Posted on 09/21/2012 4:52:26 PM PDT by lbryce
i think the fact the criminal liberal media is forced to report he voluntarily gave 30% of his income to charity, and only wrote of 50% of the $4million, could be a winner...
Harry Reid proven to lie part of this story?
Actually saw an ABC report saying Romney paid extra taxes for “political reasons.”
His tax rate is so low becuase he gave so much to charity. Contrast the Dems who talk big about giving away other people’s money and give so little of it out of their own pockets.
The media is now trying to downplay this and also trying to change the subject.
If you add his government tax to his charitable donations, he’s directed a lot of money to places other than his own pockets. Adding the two numbers to get to 30% overall, is a rather high tax—many well-off people pay marginal rates this high, but not overall rates this high.
Should Romney be dissed for deciding to arrange his affairs so he decides how his charitable money is directed rather than the government? I think he should be congratulated—first for his cleverness in using the tax laws to minimize what goes to the US government, and second, for his generosity and for his selective giving to causes he favors and whose efficiency he can gauge.
Only in part. Romney derives most of his income from dividends and capital gains - just like Warren Buffet - which are taxed at a much lower rate than regular income - a weekly paycheck - which is the way it should be. One could argue that dividends and capital gains shouldn't be taxed at all since the original capital was already taxed.
You can bet that if there was anything in the returns even remotely suspicious of impropriety, the Obama IRS would have him audited as quickly as you could say "Mitt," and the details of the audit would have been leaked (illegally) to their MSM pals. That's just "politics as usual" in the current Regime, part of their SOP.
who are economic illiterates and most likely have their taxes prepared by someone sitting in a kiosk at Wal-Mart.
Precisely. I am glad you wrote that.....now I don’t have to. :-)
I would say that about 70% of the working public in the US pay a lower rate. Maybe more than 70%.
Romney should have paid hardly any tax.
It is sickening that the government can tax ANYTHING that has been purchased with money or labor that has already been taxed. There should be zero capital gains tax. Hell, there should be no income tax period! Just a flat tax that everyone pays or a national sales tax.
We are doomed anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboTeS9Okak
My take on your post is that you number yourself among those who really aren't paying attention.
3.6 million in interest? WOW Banks are only paying .25 percent.
Keep the phony concern to yourself !
BINGO
My own feelings about Romney's tax return is that what he paid, what he did was done exactly as he should have, exactly the I way would and exactly the way I would hope he would run the country.
I knew my comments would be misinterpreted, get some snarky remark from some political unsophisticate in knee-jerk, pavlovian reaction, ready to pounce without thinking, putting any thought into it, only reacting. I said from the perspective of most Americans the amount Romney paid, being a billionaire and all, being envious of him, most Americans want billionaires to pay up to 30% while he paid only 14%. So when compared to the populist attitude that resonates with most Americans who want to see billionaires paying a higher rate, the 30% paid by Buffet and Obama , the 14% paid by Romney would not resonate very positively, as a candidate paying only 14%, it would register among most Americans in a manner that would be considered in a negative light.
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