ABC/NBC/CBS.. NOT one headline "Obama paid ONLY 18% tax rate"! WHY?

[Wry Catcher]

LOL. Most probably because that is quite a bit more than most of the wealthy pay.

Mitt Romney's effective tax rate is very low: Most economists think it should be.


The news is out that Mitt Romney paid a 14.1% effective tax rate on an income of over $13.7 million in 2011, a number that will strike many people as high but that is actually artificially inflated. He didn't fully deduct all his charitable contributions in order to make sure his effective rate stayed above 13 percent.


The main reason Romney's effective rate is so low is that the American tax code contains a lot of preferences for investment income over labor income. That's something that strikes many people as unfair on its face, and particularly unfair since it often means very low rates for extremely rich people like Rommey. And Rommey himself as a rich guy who's also a member of the political party seen as favoring the rich, and who's been recorded as whining that the working poor are undertaxed is perhaps not an ideal messenger for a defense of this policy.

Good thing Obiedoodle isn't wealthy, huh?

Oh, BTW, Romney earned his money out in the real world, while Boiking has spent his life mooching off the taxpayer to "pay his taxes".

Much of Obama's wealth came from his books. I suggest you do some research on how Romney earned his greater wealth. Start with this from Vanity Faire:

Investigation: Mitt Romney?s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A. | Vanity Fair

 

[Pop23]

No. He followed the law. He wants to change the law to require himself to pay more. Duh.

But yet he didnt pay the maximum effective rate as a leader for his cause ?

He paid what he is required to pay. What kind of commie are you?

A leader leads even when it hurts. If you make statements that certain policies should be law, than you need to follow those policies irregardless. Show your principles have the courage of convictions behind them, not simply a political bend.

Leaders lead, it's really that simple.

 

[Wry Catcher]

But yet he didnt pay the maximum effective rate as a leader for his cause ?

He paid what he is required to pay. What kind of commie are you?

A leader leads even when it hurts. If you make statements that certain policies should be law, than you need to follow those policies irregardless. Show your principles have the courage of convictions behind them, not simply a political bend.

Leaders lead, it's really that simple.

It's not that simple, at least for those who think.

Look up "Blind Trust", then find out how blind is President Obama's.

See: Just How Blind Are Blind Trusts, Anyway? : Planet Money : NPR

 

[Pop23]

He paid what he is required to pay. What kind of commie are you?

A leader leads even when it hurts. If you make statements that certain policies should be law, than you need to follow those policies irregardless. Show your principles have the courage of convictions behind them, not simply a political bend.

Leaders lead, it's really that simple.

It's not that simple, at least for those who think.

Look up "Blind Trust", then find out how blind is President Obama's.

See: Just How Blind Are Blind Trusts, Anyway? : Planet Money : NPR

I have not heard where the President, you know that guy in the White House, pushing for legislation changing the requirements of a blind trust so that the LEADER of the country can PAY a tax rate he feels fair! If I missed something, please post THAT link. Do a freaking executive order, he's pretty good at those.

Courage of conviction is all that is REQUIRED.

 

[Rozman]

Journalism is pretty much dead.
The media today gets it's orders from the Democrat party.
They will get a hard on and go after whoever the WH wants them to go after.
One week it's abortion,then immigration,now it's gun crazy time.

Romney paying low taxes was the focus of the WH during the re election
so therefore it was the focus of the media.Now it's gun control.Tomorrow we might be back
to Obamacare.

Obama loads up the wagons,goes out on a field trip,packs a bunch of his adoring fans behind
him to cheer him on.The networks are in lockstep with him as they show the footage of Obama's
speech all day and all night long.

 

[LoneLaugher]

This is great! Nutters banging on someone for not paying enough taxes. Only in LA LA Land....

 

[Rozman]

Makes sense to me when they demonize a person for doing it,then when they do it it's no big deal.

 

[Rozman]

Duh!

 

[LoneLaugher]

Butthurt nutters. Hate it when their guy is exposed as a creepy greedy guy.....who NEVER RELEASED HIS FUCKINGBTAX RETURNS.....and want to project. Silly nutters.

 

[Pop23]

Butthurt nutters. Hate it when their guy is exposed as a creepy greedy guy.....who NEVER RELEASED HIS FUCKINGBTAX RETURNS.....and want to project. Silly nutters.

Warning, deflection area ahead, check your brakes before going down steep grade.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Butthurt nutters. Hate it when their guy is exposed as a creepy greedy guy.....who NEVER RELEASED HIS FUCKINGBTAX RETURNS.....and want to project. Silly nutters.

Warning, deflection area ahead, check your brakes before going down steep grade.

Deflection? Nutter. I was responding to a comment. That is not deflection.

Try harder.

 

[Pop23]

No, it seems you were more intent on killing the messengers (nutters) then the message.

Nough said.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Well this thread has gone down hill very fast. One more example of a failed "ain't he awful" in a long long line of "ain't he awfuls".

 

[Pop23]

Well this thread has gone down hill very fast. One more example of a failed "ain't he awful" in a long long line of "ain't he awfuls".

Far easier to tell others what they should do, then to look in the mirror and say "I should do this as an example to the people"

Agreed, failure indeed.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Well this thread has gone down hill very fast. One more example of a failed "ain't he awful" in a long long line of "ain't he awfuls".

Far easier to tell others what they should do, then to look in the mirror and say "I should do this as an example to the people"

Agreed, failure indeed.

Thanks so much for sharing ... your opinion. Now, do you have any comment other than "ain't it awful" Maybe a question about his place of birth, or his religion, or his political ideology (where do you fall, is he in your opinion a Communist, a Socialist, a Muslim, a Martian?), or his grades, or his former church, or his Noble Peace Prize, or his law school awards, or his work as a community organizer (is that a bad thing, why?) or his empathy for the families in Newtown or anything else of such monumental importance it has lead for a day on Fox News Channel and the Rush Limbaugh Show?

 

[Skull Pilot]

Obama is a fucking hypocrite just like Warren Buffet.

If he truly believes that rich people like him should pay more then he should write a fucking check to cover his "fair share"

It's called leadership; something Bam Bam is lacking.

 

[Wry Catcher]

The willfully ignorant will not read this link, but that's to be expected. That it will not change their opinion is self evident. However, how can anyone with a brain not be curious, form opinions based on nothing substantive and not be embarrassed.

So, here is some intersting data on The President and the First Lady's 2012 taxes:

Obama's 2012 Tax Returns Show ObamaCare Tax Will Cost Him Less Than $2,000 - Forbes

It's really not hard reading and it is interesting. Sadly for the "ain't he awful" crowd it makes them look foolish. That looking foolish seems not to bother the foolish, is a mathematical certainty.

 

[Pop23]

Well this thread has gone down hill very fast. One more example of a failed "ain't he awful" in a long long line of "ain't he awfuls".

Far easier to tell others what they should do, then to look in the mirror and say "I should do this as an example to the people"

Agreed, failure indeed.

Thanks so much for sharing ... your opinion. Now, do you have any comment other than "ain't it awful" Maybe a question about his place of birth, or his religion, or his political ideology (where do you fall, is he in your opinion a Communist, a Socialist, a Muslim, a Martian?), or his grades, or his former church, or his Noble Peace Prize, or his law school awards, or his work as a community organizer (is that a bad thing, why?) or his empathy for the families in Newtown or anything else of such monumental importance it has lead for a day on Fox News Channel and the Rush Limbaugh Show?

Must be an uneasy fealing when you realize you have to resort to labels to justify your position.

Again, a leader leads by example, or does that simply not matter in todays world.

Truman said "The buck stops here", not the buck stops over yonder.

 

[Pogo]

No. He followed the law. He wants to change the law to require himself to pay more. Duh.

THERE IS NO LAW that says HE CAN'T PAY MORE!!!

It is the hypocrisy that he bitches and moans AND YET HE TAKES IT!

AGAIN there is NO laws that says HE CAN"T PAY MORE!

Romney did! He didn't deduct all of his charitable donations for last year.
He left $1.8 million in donations off his return in order to live up to a statement he made about always having paid at least a 13 percent tax rate on his income.

Romney actually donated MORE money then he reported for tax purpose so he paid higher taxes!
Romney and his wife, Ann, gave 29.4 percent of their income to charity in 2011, donating $4,020,772 out of the $13,696,951 they took in.

Romney didn’t deduct all of his charitable donations for last year. He left $1.8 million in donations off his return in order to live up to a statement he made about always having paid at least a 13 percent tax rate on his income. With his charity write-offs partially held back, Romney overshot that mark a bit for 2011, paying at a 14.1 percent rate.
...

If true, that's simply buying an election -- or more correctly buying a perception that will serve to take an election.

So to sum up, one guy declines deductions in order to make himself look like more of a taxpayer so that that perception might give him control of the country -- Good; another guy just takes his normal deductions like everybody else -- Bad.

OH by the way... the moderators sure were quick to MOVE this message... I might have to change it to more political!!!
LIKE Obama the hypocrite takes deductions he bemoans other take!!!

Uhh... your whole headline is about Media. Networks and headlines. Duh.
Perhaps they were still wrong. Perhaps they should have moved it to the Rubber Room.

Geez, what a whiner.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Far easier to tell others what they should do, then to look in the mirror and say "I should do this as an example to the people"

Agreed, failure indeed.

Thanks so much for sharing ... your opinion. Now, do you have any comment other than "ain't it awful" Maybe a question about his place of birth, or his religion, or his political ideology (where do you fall, is he in your opinion a Communist, a Socialist, a Muslim, a Martian?), or his grades, or his former church, or his Noble Peace Prize, or his law school awards, or his work as a community organizer (is that a bad thing, why?) or his empathy for the families in Newtown or anything else of such monumental importance it has lead for a day on Fox News Channel and the Rush Limbaugh Show?

Must be an uneasy fealing when you realize you have to resort to labels to justify your position.

Again, a leader leads by example, or does that simply not matter in todays world.

Truman said "The buck stops here", not the buck stops over yonder.

You're new here but have already established yourself as one of the willfully ignorant. That's sad, but it doesn't entirely explain your inability to read with comprehension. BTW, there is nothing wrong with labels, placing you in the set of "ain't he awful" was appropriate; no probative evidence exists not to, and placement in the willfully ignorant set seem appropriate also. Classification, it's done all the time in science.

I don't need a lecture on leadership, I was a leader in my organization. While it's true a leader sometimes leads by example, that is not a universal truth. A good leader has a vision, does not ask followers to do something s/he would not do and must convince followers that the mission is doable and worth the effort.

The leader must listen to all levels within the organization and modify the vision when necessary. It's easy to identify a faux leader, s/he has trouble changing course do to their constant concern as to how change will effect them. When the boss has greater concern for their own legacy and not the mission, failure is assured.