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hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
7. bullshit
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 04:58 PM
Jan 2013

and unlike Krugman, I do NOT trust the Tax Policy Center

they are pretty clearly carrying water for Obama.

Here's one simple and very clear example.

Mitt Romney has $4.9 million in dividend income.

If the Bush tax cuts had been allowed to expire he would have paid a rate of 39.6% taxes on those dividends which would have then been treated just like any other income.

Instead, thanks to the betrayal of ATRA they are only taxed at 20%. Saving Romney almost $960,000 a year in PERMANENT tax cuts.


The fact that Obamacare will raise taxes on Romney starting in 2013 is not relevant to the betrayal of ATRA except that dishonest liars like Obama, Krugman and the Tax Policy Center are using that juxtaposition to lie about the impact of ATRA.

But go on, tell me again how cutting the tax rate on dividends to 20% is actually an increase in taxes on the rich. Because if Krugman says it or Obama says it then it MUST be true.

Kick! n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #1
No comments? n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #2
Boy, are my ProSense Jan 2013 #3
I love Krugman! NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #4
Krugman is such a tool hfojvt Jan 2013 #5
Dumb point. ProSense Jan 2013 #6
bullshit hfojvt Jan 2013 #7
Your analysis is bullshit. ProSense Jan 2013 #8
what increase in capital gains rates? hfojvt Jan 2013 #9
Like I said, ProSense Jan 2013 #10
no offense, but that isn't an argument hfojvt Jan 2013 #11
The anatomy of bullshit: ProSense Jan 2013 #12
that wasn't the basis of my analysis hfojvt Jan 2013 #13
You make no sense. n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #14
Criticizing the system, when it works so well for him, makes for a rather sizable blind spot. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #15
Is this a case of ProSense Jan 2013 #16
Your TLA is meaningless to me. But, it is human nature. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #17
Yes, ProSense Jan 2013 #18
usually I think of him as being on our side hfojvt Jan 2013 #19
I agree that he is definitley on our side, but being a very rich economist, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #20
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