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In reply to the discussion: Phil Mickelson apologizes for tax comments ('I'm retiring 'cuz taxes are too hi!") [View all]Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head here!
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Phil Mickelson apologizes for tax comments ('I'm retiring 'cuz taxes are too hi!") [View all]
bullwinkle428
Jan 2013
OP
The man is making $30,000,000/yr in endorsements above and beyond his golf earnings ......
Botany
Jan 2013
#2
people think that if they pay $$$$ for his kind of sticks they will play like him
Botany
Jan 2013
#56
Disgusting. Phil has built his fortune during a time the tax code has been criminally generous to
indepat
Jan 2013
#57
No he's not. If you've heard the stories I have you wouldn't be defending him. n/t
Dawgs
Jan 2013
#5
For a guy that's spent over 20 years building up this big image as a "man of the people",
bullwinkle428
Jan 2013
#6
People who are in the public should stop and think before they say something. Lets face it
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#8
Anyone who turns down more money because their taxes will increase is either bad at math ....
Scuba
Jan 2013
#18
Then he didn't retire because his taxes went up, he retired because he didn't want to work.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#21
"I'd much rather pay a 70% rate on Phil's $30,000,000 than a 40% rate on $50,000."
KansDem
Jan 2013
#27
What is disgusting is that he has his money funneled into retirement pretax. The PGA has a great
Pisces
Jan 2013
#12
This is a common meme in RW world...it's just in the air. It's a way they can claim empowerment
wiggs
Jan 2013
#16
That's not my point. The point is...they don't follow the money. They talk and whine and bluster
wiggs
Jan 2013
#85
The only logical response to assholes who make this argument is "good".
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#84