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It’s ya boy, Mitt. Raise the roof for Nov. 2nd, dawgs. How my GOP friends doin’ tonight.
Why are Capital Gains such a bad thing? And why do people want to tax money that in essence is being gambled. I would maybe be more willing to accept it IF it was taxed at the same rate you can subtract Capital Losses from your income. The tax law was so screwed up I lost about 15% in the market, but since I had dividends I had to pay taxes. Why, b/c I owned more stocks. Please someone explain.
Oh and how much did Obama make in Capital Gains?
obama last year made about 1/10th of what romney made, though how much was capital gains is unrevealed. that’s why people are focusing on this as an issue that puts romney out-of-touch with the populace, since he made tens of millions last year when so many american families were still struggling.
interesting… looking up some inof on the history of US capital gains taxes, it looks like these taxes were raised under nixon, ford, and reagan — three republican presidents. they were reduced under w bush, and the reduction was continued under obama. so much for the “this socialist wants to tax and spend us into ruin!” theory…
ironically, Obama also gave about 1/10 that Romney did to charity, Biden about 300 bucks.
But funny how local liberals want more rich people in their cities than the poor.
Why? Because the rich pay more in taxes than the poor.
So Obama commits himself to charity the same level Rommney does, only that he has less money left after doing so?
Romney’s so-called “charity” is the multi-national corporation known as the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.
But in the words of my favorite Smurfs around here, the rich CAN afford to give more and since they can they should. So Obama needs to lead by example of what he believes, right? Or is a good leader someone who continually says, do as I say not as I do. (PSST Obama is good at that.) Actually most politicians are. I want leaders not preachers.
What? WHAT?? Hold The Presses!!!
The rich should give MORE because they CAN AFFORD TO DO SO???
Now Peanut darling… why does that paradigm apply to charities but not to taxes?
Just wunnerin.
Note sarcasm… I don’t care what the rich do, it’s their money. I do care however that a President that preaches “Spread the Wealth” has not done so himself.
A) Gosh. I didn’t know Barry was a Preacher Man.
B) I’m guessing he has been very VERY careful about whom he donates money to in recent years because people were b1tching so much about the church he attended in Chicago.
C) there is a difference between tithe and taxes. The POTUS wants rich folks to give more tax money to Civic Infrastructure because they can. Great. I’d agree.
[Heck... I'd love to see a sliding tax rule implemented in accordance to living wage by zip code of primary residence... but you know that there would STILL be people who would fraud it. People cheat on their taxes... no matter how you regulate it.]
Speaking of tithes… the Mormon Church is very… um… powerful.
Wall Street Pull? They has it. Just sayin.
In this example, Obama already gave the same as share of his income as someobody far richer. What is your point?
He should give more. B/C he still has abundance of cash left, therefore until he’s living like the reast of America he needs to keep giving. Isn’t that the philopophy or am I missing something here?
If I recall, he spends most of his money on expenses that are normally waived for Presidents, like some of his staff, his campaign bus, and the various expenses of his daughters, wife, and dog.
I doubt the staff one, the campaign bus actually has been shown he used his *gasp* campaign funds for it. Just like most other Presidents have. What various expenses of his wife and dog… I guess I’m looking for the pedigree of that statement.
Campaign money is basically yours once you get it anyways, as long as it can be rationalized as a campaign expense (IE, anything).
But he is not preaching the life of a abstinent monk in a monastery.
Liberals don’t want more rich people in “their” cities than the poor. You’re mistaken. Perhaps you are confusing liberals with conservatives. And while it might be true that teabaggers would like more rich people in their trailer parks, it’s unlikely that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are going to move into one soon.
Granted, Obama gave to actual charities, while Romney just passed the buck to a religious organization who might use it to just build more Churches and buy more books and pamphlets (and hats to read golden plates out of).
Doesn’t the Mormon Church own Coke?
They’re actually a very good business investment.
BTW – Mormons used to not be able to drink caffeine… until they bought coke. Now, colas are acceptable.
I love it when theology and ecclesiology follows economics. Quite amusing.
This post tells me much about you. Churches and religious groups provide more aid to the poor worldwide, than ANY government funded agencies. I’m not religious by any means, ask any old timers, but I can’t stand the “Religion is nothing but a crutch and contributes nothign to society” mentality. The Mormon church is actually well known for it’s charity work. All mormons must go on missions overseas to some of the poorest places in the world to help build houses and hand out food and lcothing provided by the Mormon church. You and Q can mock the Mormon church, but I guarantee you that mormon’s have done more for the good of mankind than any “Occupy Movement”.
True, but he isn’t actually donating to charity that he knows will attempt to accomplish a certain goal, he’s passing the buck to an organization who he doesn’t know exactly what they’ll use the money to do.
Actually I bet he’s 99% sure what the organization will do with the money. Mormon Church has strict guidelines in what the money can and can not be used for.
For what it can be used for, yes, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be evenly or fairly appropriated, they are human, after all.
Do you even know, or are you generalizing? One shant let their bias lead their thought or they will be a fool.
The Catholic Church has strict guidelines as to what their money can and can’t be used for, which doesn’t stop them from limitless acts of abuse. The same applies to the Mormon Church, which is rife with corruption, as well.
And at least the Catholic Church doesn’t hold, as an article of faith, that it will someday take over the U.S. government and replace it with a theocracy.
@evenly or fairly appropriated, they are human, after all
As opposed to the government, right? I mean only they can be trusted to do that with our money fairly.
Except that everybody benefits from the government in some way. The Mormon Church in Utah doesn’t really affect me here in N.C.
Not really.
Ya rly. Do you benefit from paved roads and railways? Because those are mostly paid for and maintained by the government.
Are the roads faily and evenly maintained in your state/county/township or do the rich areas get the best stuff? Thought so.
They’re typically maintained by how much traffic they get, and how easily it would be to do that repair without disruption, which tends to be in highways, certain city districts, and upper class neighborhoods where everybody drives a hummer limo.
What I really meant was for some the detriment out weighs the benefit. But some people don’t live in areas that have paved roads, and the funding for local roads generally comes from state revenues anyway and mine are usually full of potholes. But the government employees get their double dipping retirement pensions and such all the same.
“But the government employees get their double dipping retirement pensions and such all the same.”
What??
Public employees who are drawing a pension can go back to work and get a salary too.
That’s true in the private sector as well. It all depends on the requirements of the pension plan. People can even continue to work and draw Social Security benefits.
Well it doesn’t matter to me what the private sector does, I just want my potholes filled!
Well, some roads are actually unable to be serviced by the government, because they’re owned by a small group or business, so if that applies to you, file a complaint to your whatever.
It’s no crime to retire from one job and take another. Funny, if someone in the private sector does it, the teabaggers hail them as a hard-working, traditional values patriot, but if someone’s first career was in government, they are automatically smeared as a lazy, immoral parasite, with not right to the pension they earned.
the government has a responsibility to use its money for the good of the country, including all citizens regardless of group, race, creed, color, religion, etc.
the mormon church uses its money to promote issues that mormons care about, in a mormon way, for mormon ends.
if i am not a mormon, and in particular i do not support some of their views, then how much money they have is irrelevant to me. the government, for instance, cannot spend millions supporting prop 8 in california. and on issues i do care about, i do nto want to deal with their proselytizing — i would rather teen moms had counseling services that helped them come up with an appropriate plan for their future than be forced into keeping the baby and giving it up for adoption with a mormon family.
i do not give money to religious charities that get involved in issues outside the boundaries of achieving their charitable goal. if a catholic charity trying to help sick people in africa will not provide contraception to stem the spread of aids, then they’re not really doing their job outside of the religion’s party-line of contraception=bad. i’ll give to another charity who’ll do the same job, only actually solve the problem.
Teal Deer, You do bring up an interesting point. I’ve worked closely in/with 501 non-profits. We have to be extreemly careful about ANY political activities outside our limits of teaching about our issues. Usually, we are very limited on how much we can spend on an issue. I could be paid $15 milage to go to the capital to talk about a specific bill. I could be paid travel plus time to go to the capital and testify in a Senate or House committee hearing on an issue.
So, how could the LDS church keep it’s tax exempt status and spend so much on Prop 8? Do they have a sub-group for political action?
romney also belongs vocally and loyally to one of many conservative religions that push the concept of tithing — of giving a certain percent back to the church (conveniently, it’s usually pushed at 10%).
how much did he give? and how much did he give to non-religious charities?
if you look at numbers of donations, conservatives give more money to charity… but a large portion of that is to churches or to church programs. the money that liberals give tends to be for a cause, not for an institution. it becomes hard to compare the numbers when they have different fundamental beliefs as to the use and significance of money.
in oher words, i’d like to see the breakdown of what romney gave and to where, subtract the church from the list, and then compare relative amounts in a menaingful way to other people who make what he does, or are in a similar position or hopeful position.
If we’re going to reomve the “Church” from the equation, then we must remove the liberal “Organization” from the equation as well. Deal?
You should remove all organizations from the equation that spend a significant amount of money for non-charitable issues, like building big fancy churches and stuff.
Like say organizations that use it to bribe politicians (and or donate to someone’s campaign), mis-utilize public funds, teach a pimp how to slave trade children, etc… **cough cough ACORN**
“…teach a pimp how to slave trade children…”
Wat
Conservative guy video taped Acorn lady telling him how to hide under aged children and bring them into the country. However due to the slipperyness of Acorn the guy was arrested for video taping without knowledge and Acron just got a slap on the wrist.
Was it Acorn itself or just a guy Acorn had hired?
It was an Acorn employee. However instead of apologizing, Acron attacked the presenter. Also as an employee you represent the company you are working for. Example: BP’s contractor Transocean was actually responsible for the spill, but everyone refers to it as the BP Oil Spill.
Well, did the presented say things like, “This is what ACORN stands for,” or, “Your tax dollars at work?”
Now did this already happen or is it only a “fact’ like the weapons of mass destruction in iraq that the media came up with?
To clarify a point here, if you belong to a church you may be obligated to tithe as a member of the church. Your standing and membership within the church can be directly affected by lack of tithe or incomplete tithe. The tithe is then no longer a charitable donation but an obligatory payment to the church to maintain your status and membership. I’m not sure if the Mormons would actually kick someone out for failure to tithe but I know a few churches who do.
So less charity and more a cruddy country club with mandatory weekly attendance.
Capital gains and capital losses do offset. Dividends aren’t capital gains – they’re income.
Capital losses one year may be ‘saved up’ to offset capital gains in following years.
Oh gawd/ess(es)… he really does love the spotlight, doesn’t he?
American Presidential Campaigns.
They’re like American Idol, but with mo’ money.
And Ties.
Red Ties, Blue Ties, Conservative Ties, Progressive Ties, Ties to Swiss Banks…
Why do people seem to idolise these candidates and presidents like that?
A few weeks or months later they get screwed over.