Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:00 PM

Bicoastal (12,643 posts)

Brian Williams is HAMMERING Romney on his taxes.

Switzerland, Luxembourg, Caymans, etc.

And Romney keeps saying the same thing: (not a direct quote) "I'm sure most Americans don't resent people who are successful, and I've been EXTRAORDINARILY successful at running a business. And I'm sure Americans don't want to see job creators (like him?!?) punished with a high tax rate, etc..."

He just doesn't get it...

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Brian Williams is HAMMERING Romney on his taxes. (Original post)	Bicoastal	Jan 2012	OP
it would be funny if Newt is hiding cash offshore too	Rosa Luxemburg	Jan 2012	#1
+1. What if Newt just decided to take on 1 more wife during the Primaries and was like WHAT?!	FarLeftFist	Jan 2012	#4
He sure doesn't get it. Like Bush Romney's base are the rich.	southernyankeebelle	Jan 2012	#2
Not here, he's not. You must be in a different time zone. nt	Honeycombe8	Jan 2012	#3
It was on network NBC--actually it was over by the time I finished writing this.	Bicoastal	Jan 2012	#6
Sorry, but I don't think Mitt was running a business.	napi21	Jan 2012	#5
Is he really, though?	LuvLoogie	Jan 2012	#7
Which is better, a puddle of puke (Romney) or a pile	coalition_unwilling	Jan 2012	#10
Did I hear Mitt claim that his taxes plus charitable contributions were 40% of his income?	onenote	Jan 2012	#8
My fave line is when he said "I payed 40% bet taxes and charitable donations"	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2012	#9
Most of his donations went to the Morman Church (nt)	JaneQPublic	Jan 2012	#11

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:04 PM

Rosa Luxemburg (22,020 posts)

1. it would be funny if Newt is hiding cash offshore too

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Response to Rosa Luxemburg (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:05 PM

FarLeftFist (6,161 posts)

4. +1. What if Newt just decided to take on 1 more wife during the Primaries and was like WHAT?!

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Response to Bicoastal (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:04 PM

southernyankeebelle (10,725 posts)

2. He sure doesn't get it. Like Bush Romney's base are the rich.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:05 PM

Honeycombe8 (18,006 posts)

3. Not here, he's not. You must be in a different time zone. nt

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:07 PM

Bicoastal (12,643 posts)

6. It was on network NBC--actually it was over by the time I finished writing this.

But I'm sure it'll be replayed and dissected on MSNBC fairly soon...

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:06 PM

napi21 (39,482 posts)

5. Sorry, but I don't think Mitt was running a business.

He was a partner in a private equity/leveraged buyout firm. That group was just that...a group! They talked each deal over and jointly made a decision on which was to go and what to do. THAT'S NOT running a company!

Although Romney is probably the best of the four candidates left in the race, I KNOW all he would do if elected is eliminate all barriers to businesses and Wall Street, and make the SCOTUS extreme RW for the nest 25 years!

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Response to napi21 (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:32 PM

LuvLoogie (131 posts)

7. Is he really, though?

The best of the four? I'm not convinced. He might be the worst. It's hard to tell, given his self-righteous claims to privacy and privilege.

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Response to napi21 (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:39 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

10. Which is better, a puddle of puke (Romney) or a pile

of poop (Gingrich)?

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Response to Bicoastal (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:35 PM

onenote (22,016 posts)

8. Did I hear Mitt claim that his taxes plus charitable contributions were 40% of his income?

I thought I did, and unless I'm missing something that's simply BS. From what I saw, in 2010 he had 21.7 million in income, 3 million in taxes and 3 million in charitable contributions-- that works out to less than 28 percent. Maybe he was mixing up his return with Obama's, which showed a combined tax/charitable percentage of around 39 percent of income.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:38 PM

NRaleighLiberal (28,644 posts)

9. My fave line is when he said "I payed 40% bet taxes and charitable donations"

That won't play very well! less than 15% on taxes (mandatory)....more than 25% on charitable - optional? come on, Mitt.....

Brian Williams is HAMMERING Romney on his taxes.

1. it would be funny if Newt is hiding cash offshore too

4. +1. What if Newt just decided to take on 1 more wife during the Primaries and was like WHAT?!

2. He sure doesn't get it. Like Bush Romney's base are the rich.

3. Not here, he's not. You must be in a different time zone. nt

6. It was on network NBC--actually it was over by the time I finished writing this.

5. Sorry, but I don't think Mitt was running a business.

7. Is he really, though?

10. Which is better, a puddle of puke (Romney) or a pile

8. Did I hear Mitt claim that his taxes plus charitable contributions were 40% of his income?

9. My fave line is when he said "I payed 40% bet taxes and charitable donations"

11. Most of his donations went to the Morman Church (nt)