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class A hypocrite, just like all of 'em

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[quote=Mattyk;877606]class A hypocrite, just like all of 'em[/quote]


Indeed.





I'll share this facebook status update from one of my friends. I found it funny.


[quote]42% of South Carolina Evangelicals voted for Gingrich - the guy who admitted to cheating on his wife dying of cancer, then cheated on 2nd wife. Only 13% vote for Ron Paul, married to same woman for 54 years. Hilarious.

Also, SC, you can join Iowa in getting out of the union, we have enough idiots, thanks.[/quote]

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[url=http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/24/news/economy/Romney_tax_return/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1]What's in Mitt Romney's tax return - Jan. 24, 2012[/url]

Im not an occupy type, but a common sense type. When it comes down to paying fair share clearly he isnt. Our tax system is f*cking ass backwards when he is paying 14%.

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[quote=Chico23231;878324][URL="http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/24/news/economy/Romney_tax_return/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1"]What's in Mitt Romney's tax return - Jan. 24, 2012[/URL]

Im not an occupy type, but a common sense type. When it comes down to paying fair share clearly he isnt. Our tax system is f*cking ass backwards when he is paying 14%.[/quote]

yup, it's BS.

I can't believe anyone would even consider voting in Mr. Big Business. Did we not learn anything after what happened just a few years ago?

[quote]
Romney is one of the wealthiest candidates in history to seek the U.S. presidency.
[/quote]

:vomit:

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[quote=Mattyk;878332]yup, it's BS.

I can't believe anyone would even consider voting in Mr. Big Business. Did we not learn anything after what happened just a few years ago?



:vomit:[/quote]

People will never learn Matty until it's too late. I have no hope for our government because I feel the people are pretty much hopeless themselves. It all boils down to education (and not just degrees). My idiot co-worker still believes the "trickle down" economic theory works and is all for giving rich people tax breaks. This guy works in IT, but is about as dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to world matters.

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Interesting "endorsement":

[url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286025/20120123/ron-paul-2012-gets-endorsement-nassim-taleb.htm]Ron Paul 2012 Gets 'Endorsement' from Nassim Taleb - International Business Times[/url]

I dont like a lot of Ron Paul's policies, but i will say that he is perhaps the only politician i trust.

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winner.

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[quote=NC_Skins;878637][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kdg7c.jpg[/IMG][/quote]Addendum to #5 - ...or that they're 'open' minded.

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[quote=Chico23231;878324][URL="http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/24/news/economy/Romney_tax_return/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1"]What's in Mitt Romney's tax return - Jan. 24, 2012[/URL]

Im not an occupy type, but a common sense type. When it comes down to paying fair share clearly he isnt. Our tax system is f*cking ass backwards when he is paying 14%.[/quote]

I agree the laws should be changed but lets not forget that he did pay 6.2 million in taxes last year.

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[quote=firstdown;878651]I agree the laws should be changed but lets not forget that he did pay 6.2 million in taxes last year.[/quote]


No. That 6 million was over TWO years, not one.



[quote]over the [B][U]past two years[/U][/B] and paid $6.2 million in taxes[/quote]

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[quote=NC_Skins;878657]No. That 6 million was over TWO years, not one.[/quote]

Ok I was looking at the 42 mil not the 21 mil.

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[quote=firstdown;878651]I agree the laws should be changed but lets not forget that he did pay 6.2 million in taxes last year.[/quote]

FD agree on the tax code is jacked and should be changed. But its the percentages within there which are just an effing joke. 6mil over 2 years on 45 mil total, come'on. Read up on the Buffet arguement, its sensile. And i wasnt gonna bring up the caymen islands, but YOU know whats going on there, or do you bank with Carribennean bank? Shell company. For Mitt to act like that is a norm is insane.

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And then there's the State of the Union address by [URL="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/state-of-the-union-registers-at-th-grade-reading-level-112236.html"]The One[/URL]

[I]President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.[/I]

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[url=http://news.yahoo.com/7-reasons-voters-souring-mitt-romney-094700884.html]7 reasons voters are souring on Mitt Romney - Yahoo! News[/url]


Yup.


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[quote=RedskinRat;878698]And then there's the State of the Union address by [URL="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/state-of-the-union-registers-at-th-grade-reading-level-112236.html"]The One[/URL]

[I]President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.[/I][/quote]

Start a Obama/Dem thread so I can bash those guys too. I don't want to shit up the GOP thread with donkey stuff.

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[quote=NC_Skins;878705]

[B]Start a Obama/Dem thread so I can bash those guys too. I don't want to shit up the GOP thread with donkey stuff[/B].[/quote]

He already did:

[URL]http://www.thewarpath.net/debating-with-the-enemy/44659-occupy-types-32.html[/URL]










chill out im just kidding

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The GOP sucks so bad that even dictators realize what a mess they are.


[url=http://news.yahoo.com/castro-lambasts-us-republican-primary-idiotic-164004951.html]Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic - Yahoo! News[/url]



[quote]"The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is — and I mean this seriously — the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been,"[/quote]


:laughing-

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[quote=mlmpetert;878708]chill out im just kidding[/quote]

I was being serious. There are many things I want to unload on them as well. The Occupy Stuff isn't Obama/Dem stuff.

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Dirtbag slow to the draw :P It's ok though, that picture needs to be on every page...lol

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I love how no one has mentioned that of the two years of income in question, Romney gave away 17+% of it ($7M) to charitable causes.

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[quote=NC_Skins;878710]The GOP sucks so bad that even dictators realize what a mess they are.


[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/castro-lambasts-us-republican-primary-idiotic-164004951.html"]Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic - Yahoo! News[/URL]


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The GOP being a shitshow doesn't equate to the Dems being the opposite. Both are rotten apples in their own ways.

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[quote=GMScud;878878]The GOP being a shitshow doesn't equate to the Dems being the opposite. Both are rotten apples in their own ways.[/quote]

Oh definitely. I agree 100%. If you would start the Dem thread, I'll be glad to dole out some smackdown. I'm not partial when it come to chastising crooks. :)

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[quote=GMScud;878877]I love how no one has mentioned that of the two years of income in question, Romney gave away 17+% of it ($7M) to charitable causes.[/quote]


Which is tax deductible? Didn't 4 mil of that go to his church? He does that out of beliefs.

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[quote=NC_Skins;878884]Which is tax deductible? Didn't 2 mil of that go to his church?[/quote]

Pretty sure it's tax deductible. I think $3-$4M went to the Church of LDS. And the rest was spread out.

Also, his tax rate is lower because a big chunk of his income came from a private equity firm that he co-founded. Basically none of his income comes from wages. It's all investments, interest, and dividends. So he's not paying any payroll taxes- medicare, SS, etc.

He's not breaking any tax laws. Granted, these laws should be changed so this kind of income gets taxed more reasonably, but he shouldn't be villified for his success on the up-and-up in a tax system that he didn't put in place.

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[quote=NC_Skins;878884]Which is tax deductible? Didn't 4 mil of that go to his church? He does that out of beliefs.[/quote]

Yeah. No one mentions Romney giving away 17% of his $41M. Interestingly, it's been completely glossed over that Obama only gave away a whopping 1% of his earnings in that same time frame.

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[quote=GMScud;878892]Pretty sure it's tax deductible. I think $3-$4M went to the Church of LDS. And the rest was spread out.

Also, his tax rate is lower because a big chunk of his income came from a private equity firm that he co-founded. Basically none of his income comes from wages. It's all investments, interest, and dividends. So he's not paying any payroll taxes- medicare, SS, etc.

He's not breaking any tax laws. Granted, these laws should be changed so this kind of income gets taxed more reasonably, but [B]he shouldn't be villified for his success on the up-and-up in a tax system that he didn't put in place[/B].[/quote]
^^^^^^^^

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[url=http://www.thepostgame.com/commentary/201201/craig-james-most-hated-man-west-texas]Craig James: The Most Hated Man In West Texas | ThePostGame[/url]

Couldn't have happened to a better douche bag.


[quote]Not so much. Public Policy Polling just came out of the field with news that only 2 percent of Texas Republicans will vote for him for U.S. Senate. It's early yet, but if Republican political consultant Brian Mayes is correct, 2 percent is about where we should expect him to end up. In the interests of disclosure, I'm working for one of the Democrats in the race, and we aren't concerned with James in the slightest.[/quote]

What did this asshole expect?...lol

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[quote=NC_Skins;878884]Which is tax deductible? Didn't 4 mil of that go to his church? He does that out of beliefs.[/quote]

So you think Mitt donated 4 million to avoid paying a 13% tax on that money.LMAO So what that means is he gave away 4 million to save $680,000 of that 4 million. If he did not donated the money he would have had $3,320,000 in his pocket after taxes.

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[quote=GMScud;878892]Pretty sure it's tax deductible. I think $3-$4M went to the Church of LDS. And the rest was spread out.

Also, his tax rate is lower because a big chunk of his income came from a private equity firm that he co-founded. Basically none of his income comes from wages. It's all investments, interest, and dividends. So he's not paying any payroll taxes- medicare, SS, etc.

He's not breaking any tax laws. Granted, these laws should be changed so this kind of income gets taxed more reasonably, but he shouldn't be villified for his success on the up-and-up in a tax system that he didn't put in place.[/quote]

You do understand that SS is capped after the first 106,000 a person earns and anything over that is not have a SS tax.

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[quote=GMScud;878893]Yeah. No one mentions Romney giving away 17% of his $41M. Interestingly, it's been completely glossed over that Obama only gave away a whopping 1% of his earnings in that same time frame.[/quote]
wonder what that means in the grand scheme of things? because you know damned well O didnt make the kind of cash that Romney did...or at least claimed

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[quote=firstdown;879458]So you think Mitt donated 4 million to avoid paying a 13% tax on that money.LMAO So what that means is he gave away 4 million to save $680,000 of that 4 million. If he did not donated the money he would have had $3,320,000 in his pocket after taxes.[/quote]

No, I'm saying he "donated" that 4 million out of religious beliefs and not anything to do with saving money.

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[quote=dmek25;879480]wonder what that means in the grand scheme of things? because you know damned well O didnt make the kind of cash that Romney did...or at least claimed[/quote]

I was speaking in terms of a percentage of earnings, not a dollar amount.

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[quote=NC_Skins;879512]No, I'm saying he "donated" that 4 million out of religious beliefs and not anything to do with saving money.[/quote]

I took it the other way around. Like he just donated the money to avoid taxes. I have heard others say that here and everytime I heard that I just have to laugh.

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Does the dollar donated to avoid the tax collector do less good will than the dollar donated in complete benevolence?
--Moshe Dayan.....

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Mitt slaughtered 'em down there in my old home state.

I wouldn't mind seeing fellow Gator Marco Rubio get on the ticket with Mitt. That could be formidable.

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of all of the talk about O being an elitist, Romney is so far out of touch with the every day Joe's it isn't even funny. ill bet all of the big corporations will line up to donate to his campaign once the big show starts

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[quote=dmek25;880855][B]of all of the talk about O being an elitist, Romney is so far out of touch with the every day Joe's it isn't even funny.[/B] ill bet all of the big corporations will line up to donate to his campaign once the big show starts[/quote]

funny isn't it