Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

What's in Mitt Romney's tax return - Jan. 24, 2012

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%.

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?

Romney is one of the wealthiest candidates in history to seek the U.S. presidency.

:vomit:

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

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:

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.

[NC_Skins]

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

winner.

[NC_Skins]

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Addendum to #5 - ...or that they're 'open' minded.

[NC_Skins]

[mlmpetert]

Interesting "endorsement":

Ron Paul 2012 Gets 'Endorsement' from Nassim Taleb - International Business Times

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

[GMScud]

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.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by GMScud

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.

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

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Which is tax deductible? Didn't 2 mil of that go to his church?

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.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by GMScud

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.

^^^^^^^^

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by GMScud

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.

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.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

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

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.

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by GMScud

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.

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