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hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
7. makes for an easy example
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:41 PM
Aug 2012

Romney's income $21 million, tax rate 14%
Ryan's income (wages) $153,000, tax rate - 20% (not including payroll taxes of 7.65%)

Romney makes about 65 times as much as Ryan, but still pays a lower tax rate.

And most of Romney's income - $3.3 million in interest, $4.9 million in dividends, and $12.6 million in capital gains - is made without doing one iota of actual work.

Man I love listening to him speak. He knows his shit and has the delivery to back it up. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1
But ... But ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #2
I'm loving this ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #3
Excellent point: ProSense Aug 2012 #4
True ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #5
Thanks for sharing that clip. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2012 #6
makes for an easy example hfojvt Aug 2012 #7
And still begs the question: ProSense Aug 2012 #8
Kick! n/t ProSense Aug 2012 #9
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