What's wrong with this picture?

[Tennessee Gal]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. There's not one thing that's right with that picture. Not One Thing.

[99th_Monkey]

2. Well, yah, but there is a BIG difference in these kinds of incomes

All Mitt has to do to "earn" his millions is to sit on his sorry ass,
except when he's running around firing people, which he loves to
do.

[Earth_First]

3. $60,000/yr.

[Hutzpa]

4. Damn! I'm bitter

[orpupilofnature57]

5. It's in clear numbers, with nowhere to wiggle.

[liberal N proud]

6. They talk about middle class feeling entitled.

[Kennah]

7. Factually accurate. I see nothing wrong with the information.

If anyone seriously believes there is nothing wrong with the situation that allows this to be, then they must be part of the 1 percent or a seriously deluded Fox News viewer who plans to vote Rmoney.

[ErikJ]

8. Needs explaining or defining

Fed income tax? Fed Payroll tax, state sales taxes ? 15.5% what?

[obxhead]

9. It's completely inaccurate

Add in state, property, sales, and gas taxes (to name a few) and the effective tax rate for the "middle class" is far higher than 15.5%.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

14. I say this all the time... then add in state, property, sales, and gas taxes.

[noamnety]

10. The kerning is a little too wide on the heading. (nt)

[Tennessee Gal]

11. It is based on effective federal income taxes.

That means that Mitt can make many bundles of big bucks without working at all since his income is from investments. He doesn't pay as high a rate as middle-class Americans because he can afford highly paid tax attorneys and accountants to find all the tax avoidance loopholes he needs and to hide his income in foreign locations.

What kind of man thinks it is okay to run for President while investing money in foreign countries to avoid paying taxes to the United States Treasury?

[JoeyT]

13. I was just about to ask that.

Thanks for explaining it.

I was wondering because I've never paid 15.5% taxes in my life. Not that I want my taxes lower, I want that bastard that's paying 14% to pay more.

I suspect his actual tax rate is far lower than 14%. It's just 14% on the stuff he hasn't hidden.

[calimary]

12. What's wrong with this picture? EVERYTHING.

GOBAMA.

[MADem]

15. Damn right! Love it~ nt

[yurbud]

16. this makes it look like Republicans already got one of their wishes: a flat tax

[hfojvt]

17. I am having trouble believing that

my own data (from IRS stats) says that taxpayers making less than $67,280 in AGI are only paying an income tax rate (on average) of 9.29%. Even those making as much as $113, 799 are only paying an income tax rate (on average) of 12.44%. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/169

So I'd like to know where the 15.5% comes from.