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In reply to the discussion: Romney's Un-Artful Tax Dodge Purposely Omits the Word "Income" in His Statement [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)18. True! And it's not tax he should whine about
people with average properties pay their property taxes too.
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Romney's Un-Artful Tax Dodge Purposely Omits the Word "Income" in His Statement [View all]
David Zephyr
Aug 2012
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I hope someone in the media picks up on the carefully selected phrasing in his denial.
David Zephyr
Aug 2012
#4
Unlike Nixon, Romney's Checkers is Seamus and I doubt he would be a witness
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#2
This is the same dodge the "elites" use to suggest that Tax cuts on the first $200,000 is not
Vincardog
Aug 2012
#5
There is no factual basis for anyone to believe that capital gains is not income.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#30
AFAIK he received income from the Olympics in addition to his Bain income.
LiberalFighter
Aug 2012
#55
If he's paid no INCOME tax because he's HAD NO INCOME, that's all he has to say.
rocktivity
Aug 2012
#33
IMO we need to hit Rmoney on how much of his income is exempt from taxes.
LiberalFighter
Aug 2012
#57
"paid far more in taxes on my $42k salary" You probably paid more than the corporations
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#47
In 1921, the Supreme Court made it clear that capital gains are subject to taxation as income.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#39
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
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
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? One of the candidates is opposed to job-transferring "free-trade" agreements?
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#67
Will we ever get the chance to see what a complete liar we're dealing with here?
flamingdem
Aug 2012
#71