Barack Obama: Tax Hypocrite
Dr. Helen Smith writes at PJMedia:
If you take a look at Obama's 2011 taxes, you see that he paid a rate of 20.5%, a little higher than Romney but still not that high given his income. Higher than Romney's, but then he had book royalties and wages from his job rather than capital gains etc. But on his itemized deductions, he took deductions for his mortgage, and charitable deductions that substantially lowered his tax burden. He has been trying to lower these itemized deductions for those who make more money (such as himself, one of the "rich") saying that it is not fair. Yet he takes them fully anyway. I assume Mitt Romney has no problem with lower capital gains rates for those investing and taking a risk in business and he takes those deductions. Who is the real hypocrite here?
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And I'm all like, if only Obama'd kissed another man, right? Because gays shouldn't pay taxes... They're gay! And they're dissatisfied, so they get to keep their money... Even if they're not in the Olympics or anything wonderful like that.
Amirite? Sure.
BTW, is this gay tax exclusion for federal income taxes, state taxes, or local property taxes? Or are there some other kinds of fees for which gays are exempt? (Airline fuel surcharges or something?)
Is there a PDF that lays all this out? Listen, there's a very practical generation of youngsters in America's future, and they'll want to know the details of your scheme as soon as possible, so that they can sit down with their financial planners and devise the plan of investment and fucking that's right for them as individuals... Individual Americans.
You know, we're not all the same, Amy.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at August 4, 2012 1:04 AM
Also, do gays get passports without paying fees to the State Department?
And do they get franking privileges, like congressmen?
Let's say I don't actually want to kiss another man, and am only willing to feel up his nipples a little bit, but I have a great routine on the parallel bars... Not enough for an Olympic medal, but perform well in some sort of international qualy tournaments.
Can I at least get a reduction of my tax burden?
Let me know.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at August 4, 2012 1:09 AM
Crid, I fucking love that website. Spanks for the link.
In other news, that fucking shyster of a president is going to use a pblic beach in Westport, CT on Monday as his private fucking landing pad. Fucking dick. Who's the elitist now, you hypocritical fucking biracial baastard?
Have I mentioned before how much I hate this fucking douche?
Flynne at August 4, 2012 6:58 AM
sorry I made the link wrong!
Flynne at August 4, 2012 7:00 AM
Crid, Amys position is not that gays shouldnt pay taxes. It is that gays, being offically discriminated against by law from participating fully in scociety should get a rebate commensurate to thier finacial losses.
For a guy who throws tnatrums like a whiney bitch every time anyone misconstrues your meaning you sure dont mind activley lying about the position and motivations of others
Why is that do you suppose?
lujlp at August 4, 2012 10:31 AM
(OT- Some academics are not oblivious.)
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at August 4, 2012 11:19 AM
OK, here is what we can assume:
* All presidential candidates are rich, because you need to be to run
* All presidential candidates are ashamed of being rich, because the mythology is that they should be "one of the people".
* Therefor they will all try to prove how much richer (Not one of the people) the other candidates are
* They are all hobnobbing with rich people for donations, also because that's who their friends are
* This makes them look like corporate tools, so that they will all try to make it look like their opponent is hobnobbing with more rich people than they are.
So basically, I discount any stories having to deal with any of that
NicoleK at August 4, 2012 1:26 PM
Well, geez, Nicole, you live in Switzerland and don't have to deal with the aftermath of the inconsideration of these tools. We do! And it sucks.
Flynne at August 4, 2012 2:36 PM
> Dr. Helen Smith writes at PJMedia
They don't seem to give her a byline or credit of any sort... even if you go to the list of all articles she has written, this article is not attributed to her.
Snoopy at August 4, 2012 4:49 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/08/04/barack_obama_ta.html#comment-3295689">comment from SnoopyHer name is at the bottom in script.
Amy Alkon
at August 4, 2012 5:44 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/08/04/barack_obama_ta.html#comment-3295690">comment from Amy Alkon"Posted at 9:13 am on August 3rd, 2012 by Dr. Helen Smith."
That's their style there -- that the byline comes at the bottom, in script.
And it's not written for her personal blog but for PJ Tattler, which is why you find it as part of PJ Tattler and not her personal blog.
Anybody got any other questions about the workings of Pajamas Media? Apparently, I'm a fountain of information on the subject.
Amy Alkon
at August 4, 2012 5:45 PM
The point is flynne, they're all like that. And they were like that before I went to Switzerland.
NicoleK at August 5, 2012 11:50 AM
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