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In the discussion thread: Romney's Un-Artful Tax Dodge Purposely Omits the Word "Income" in His Statement [View all]

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 05:57 PM

13. I wonder how much in property taxes he pays on all his mansions

the giant mansion on the ski slope, the lakeside New Hampshire estate, the beachfront villa in La Jolla and who knows what other real estate he owns must involve some hefty property taxes. But it's not federal income tax.

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85 replies	Author	Time	Post
Romney's Un-Artful Tax Dodge Purposely Omits the Word "Income" in His Statement [View all]	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	OP
It was a virtual admission that he'd not paid income tax in some years...	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#1
I hope someone in the media picks up on the carefully selected phrasing in his denial.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#4
Someone just did	pscot	Aug 2012	#37
I'm an old guy, I still forget that.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#50
I think he'll get what's coming...	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#53
Unlike Nixon, Romney's Checkers is Seamus and I doubt he would be a witness	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#2
I thought so too and also noticed McCain not sticking up for him	K8-EEE	Aug 2012	#3
Very interesting observation, K8-EE	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#9
This is the same dodge the "elites" use to suggest that Tax cuts on the first $200,000 is not	Vincardog	Aug 2012	#5
Are we sure that he actually had an income most of those years?	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#6
He must have had	treestar	Aug 2012	#17
You raise an interesting point	aint_no_life_nowhere	Aug 2012	#19
There is no factual basis for anyone to believe that capital gains is not income.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#30
Well said. It is indeed income.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#32
He had an income as the governor of Mass unless he declined it.	beyurslf	Aug 2012	#23
I think I heard he did decline his income from being Governor	siligut	Aug 2012	#26
AFAIK he received income from the Olympics in addition to his Bain income.	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#55
compared to what?	heaven05	Aug 2012	#70
I know Mitt is treacherous	siligut	Aug 2012	#72
yeah	heaven05	Aug 2012	#75
He's probably never had what the IRS calls "ordinary income"	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#38
actually he has on occasion had some "earned income"	magical thyme	Aug 2012	#45
.	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#49
He had an income	brush	Aug 2012	#66
Good catch	Teamster Jeff	Aug 2012	#7
It's indeed getting very interesting.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#35
I caught that too...	JHB	Aug 2012	#8
ewww.. burning mental picture right now. n/t	progressivebydesign	Aug 2012	#15
We all noticed.	aquart	Aug 2012	#10
Willard rocks the "Fuzzy Math" with the best of them	tridim	Aug 2012	#11
LOL	Bozvotros	Aug 2012	#31
Good catch DZ !	kentuck	Aug 2012	#12
Thanks, kentuck. I hope someone in the press grills him on the omission.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#51
Should it be wordsmithing?	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#56
I wonder how much in property taxes he pays on all his mansions	aint_no_life_nowhere	Aug 2012	#13
True! And it's not tax he should whine about	treestar	Aug 2012	#18
And the property tax on rental properties is paid in the rent. The landlord	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#25
Good point. He said "Harry needs to put up or shut up"	Maraya1969	Aug 2012	#14
Maraya1969, you have it.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#52
Excellent point n/t	ProSense	Aug 2012	#16
FICA, property taxes...	cthulu2016	Aug 2012	#20
Absolutely right. Some lawyer wrote the statement!!!	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#21
If he's paid no INCOME tax because he's HAD NO INCOME, that's all he has to say.	rocktivity	Aug 2012	#33
That creates a problem for Romney	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#40
IMO we need to hit Rmoney on how much of his income is exempt from taxes.	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#57
This is a very good point	reflection	Aug 2012	#82
He wouldn't have paid income taxes....	citizen blues	Aug 2012	#22
interesting--and welcome to DU!	renate	Aug 2012	#29
Under IRC §61(a)(7), dividends are included in gross income.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#34
Yep.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#36
My mistake. Thanks for correcting that.	citizen blues	Aug 2012	#46
"paid far more in taxes on my $42k salary" You probably paid more than the corporations	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#47
Exactly!!!!	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#85
i heard that on the way home from work	barbtries	Aug 2012	#24
Exactly.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#59
It's Capital Gains!	elleng	Aug 2012	#27
In 1921, the Supreme Court made it clear that capital gains are subject to taxation as income.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#39
There's a corresponding tax protestor argument out there	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#41
IMO, the tax protestors, like the teabaggers, are the strangest people ever.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#43
Probably as strange as the ones that think loans should be forgiven after 7 years.	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#58
Interesting concept	quaker bill	Aug 2012	#62
There's a statute of limitations in the Bible? Who knew? Certainly not the banksters.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#69
If I rebut anyone on this it would be to point out that it only applied to the Israelites.	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#73
Loopholes. Always loopholes.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#77
yep, Mitt is the master of loopholes	Enrique	Aug 2012	#28
So ironic that the upcoming historic battle over concentration of wealth through biased legislation	wiggs	Aug 2012	#42
Its too bad that the upcoming historic battle is not going to be about job-transferring "free-trade"	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#44
It is in the sidecar	quaker bill	Aug 2012	#63
It is in the sidecar? One of the candidates is opposed to job-transferring "free-trade" agreements?	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#67
It would have been VERY easy to be unambiguous.	bleever	Aug 2012	#48
Quite an effort, too, huh, bleever.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#60
SLICK WILLARD	grasswire	Aug 2012	#54
I just read something about UBITs which apply to IRA and family trust money	demgrrrll	Aug 2012	#61
he can't pay income taxes technically he is unemployed	Heather MC	Aug 2012	#64
What Is Not Said Often Says More	DallasNE	Aug 2012	#65
Especially with this cold, calculating politician.	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#79
There is a box on the average 1040 that	bonniebgood	Aug 2012	#68
Will we ever get the chance to see what a complete liar we're dealing with here?	flamingdem	Aug 2012	#71
Interesting observation. I think this issue touches his Crazy Place.	DirkGently	Aug 2012	#74
"He knows, to the penny, what he's paid."	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#81
Yeppers. Less than one second after I read Romney's retort I thought, "Sure, sales taxes!"	Ian_rd	Aug 2012	#76
"... I have paid taxes every year.	xxqqqzme	Aug 2012	#78
Sales tax really adds up	Blue Gardener	Aug 2012	#80
I noticed the phrasing too.	existentialist	Aug 2012	#83
He's baiting Obama. Obama is not buying it.	applegrove	Aug 2012	#84

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