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January 17, 2012 04:38 PM UTC
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Yesterday I made a totally inappropiate post for MLK day. I wasn’t thinking.
sorry – dave
We all misstep from time to time – it’s whether we are big enough to acknowledge the grievance. You definitely fit in the “big” guy category, Dave.
And thanks for being a big enough person to say what you just did. The measure of a true person is owning it. Good on you.
Good thing that being dickish doesn’t get you sent to the penalty box otherwise there wouldn’t be any of us left to post.
about your Slavic soft-porn videos . . .
on every issue.
Sorry. I just saw the lead and hoped to see some inspirational stuff and then saw that and over reacted. It is all good.
Best,
Tim
It was a very fair way to characterize what I did – it was idiotic.
Calling someone an idiot on the same day or actually on any day is not cool.
Best,
Tim
Good for you.
from BusinessWeek
It would be nice if Pols in the blackout included links to all of our Congresspeople – calling out Senator Bennet as a sponsor of PIPA and our 6 Congresspeople who are silent on this issue.
And placing a thank you to Representative Polis for his herculean efforts to delay the SOPA bill to this point.
I haven’t read them say they have but you suggest that they are with your comment about linking to sponsors on this issue.
Should have said “if”.
when we click on here to view the latest scoop what they have decided. So far, a noticeable silence on the subject from the Guvs. Maybe it’s a surprise…
I do envy Mitt Romney and other millionaires in one respect — I wish my tax rate was not more than twice the rate that they pay on their capital gains.
From Huffington Post today:
“On Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidate finally admitted that the effective tax rate he has been paying for the last several years is likely below that of middle-class workers, which would also include military servicemembers.
In Greenville, S.C., Romney was asked directly what his effective tax rate is. It was a hot topic of discussion at Monday night’s debate, at which Romney repeatedly declined to fully commit to release his tax returns.
“It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything,” said Romney on Tuesday. “For the past 10 years, my income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past, rather than ordinary income or earned annual income. …”
Just quit your whining and start living from investments made in the past, rather than ordinary income or earned annual income.
Problem solved.
There’s at least a rumor saying so.
It’s on hold to be “fixed.” There are still a lot of people in Congress willing to vote it through if they can get away with it. And there will be a lot of effort to change it just enough to get it passed, while the bills are fundamentally flawed.
And you still have PIPA in the Senate (sponsored by our own Senator Bennet [D-Corporations]) which is just as bad.
The battle isn’t over yet.
I’m sure it won’t do anything to change his mind, but his staff will at least be aware of one constituent who doesn’t like it.
SOPA: Lawmakers backing away from online-piracy bills by Brad Plumer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
Romney concedes that his tax rate is “probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything, because my last 10 years, I’ve – my income comes overwhelmingly from some investments made in the past, whether ordinary income or earned annually.” [NYT http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes…
Oh, and then there’s a few “speaker’s fees from time to time, but not very much.”
How much is that?
Hardly enough to keep track of for Mittens, the People’s Candidate. Wish I could say that I was laughing all the way to the bank…
It’s just that he doesn’t consider himself rich? Or rich enough?
Which will probably be his 2011 return, which gives his accountants (pl.) plenty of time to massage numbers like crazy so they won’t look quite so bad. And of course reflecting his being “unemployed”?
Not that he’s a creepy hyprocrite. Hyprocritical creep. Whichever.
The only reason Romney is reluctant to release his tax returns is because when the public sees what he made last year, it will kill his “I’m an average guy struggling just like you are” meme. In fact, it will make everything he has said downright insulting to those that really are fighting to stay above water. And he knows it.
The longer he stalls releasing them, the worse it will be for him when he finally goes public. He’s handling this badly. And it’s no one’s fault but his own since his campaign has focused on him reiterating ad nauseum that he “feels your pain’ when the reality is he has never known what it is like to wonder if you will make it to the end of the month with enough money left over to buy groceries or pay your phone bill.
Of all the candidates running, he’s the one that disgusts me the most because he continuously and willing sells out to whatever position works for him (pro-choice/anti-choice, pro gay/anti gay civil unions, pro health care reform/anti health care reform) at any given time in his political career.
And the fact that evangelicals, Tea Party activists, and the hard core right that typically focus on social issues are willing to get behind him just proves the Republican Party has sold their soul to obtain their ultimate objective–taking back the White House at any cost, including their own ethical and moral beliefs.
how the f*ck can anyone possibly buy his “average guy” bullshit unless they’re willfully ignorant of facts and in denial of Mitten’s past.
Mitt’s epic 2012 FAIL will be bandied about for blame between the varied inbred GOP factions for years. Mitt will be the reason GOP goose stepping proles divide and leave the party in disarray.
Obama next term sees the US pulled back from the ditch and on the road to progress and he’ll leave 2016 in a sweet spot for another Dem victory. Tip o’ the pint to Shrub, his minions, and the idiocy of the GOP since their legacy is to keep ’em out of the Oval Office for years to come.
confidence in an Obama win in November. Right now, I wouldn’t bank on Romney losing, not unless we continue to see the economy rebound. I think your prediction is premature.
Besides, this race is not about how Democrats or Republicans are going to vote. We already know how the two parties will vote–straight along party lines. No large block of Republicans are going to cross over to vote for him this time. The Unaffiliateds are the great unknown; they are the ones that will decide this race.
I do think you make a good point about disarray within the Party if Romney loses. A Romney loss actually strengthens the Tea Party and further splits them apart from the moderate faction. They can dig in deeper to the right and use his loss as a prime example of why the Republican Party shouldn’t have settled for him.
Of course, they won’t own their share of the blame in his loss while they quietly cast their votes for him but it will give them serious leverage from within the Party to strengthen their positions.
But plenty on the right. including righties of modest means, admire, and aspire to being just like, Romney. To those who are not particularly partisan and see themselves as in the middle these repeated reminders that he really has no idea, about how people outside of his tiny elite circle live can’t be doing him much good.
He probably really doesn’t realize that a 10 K bet is a huge deal for almost all of his fellow Americans, that most Americans will never make anywhere near the neighborhood of 400K (not much) in a year, that putting himself in the same boat with America’s jobless because he can afford not to work in order to run for office is just rubbing people’s noses in it.
It’s not just that he’s so wealthy and was born into it. It’s that, unlike the Roosevelts, Rockefellers, Kennedys and the like, who grew up in privileged circumstances, he really has no curiosity about or ability to imagine how different his whole life is from the way most people live.
I think he must think that middle class people are pretty much able to afford whatever they need and most of what they want, just on a somewhat more modest scale than what he has always had. He probably thinks middle class people should have no trouble affording coverage for health care if they just tighten their belts a little. Maybe buy a less expensive car or something. Eat out at nice restaurants one less time a week. The thought of such a profoundly ignorant man as the leader of the free world is terrifying.
Even the Bushes weren’t so tone-deaf on this subject. He keeps referring to six-figure sums in the same way a working American would refer to $100.
As someone pointed out on another blog, 15% is likely his tax ceiling, whereas 16% is probably the floor for most Americans.
Harvard MBA venture capitalists can’t really discern the difference between marginal and effective tax rates – it has to be explained to them.
LIAR MITTENS LIAR MITTENS LIAR MITTENS. Man I can’t stand this guy. He is really right out of the 80’s per VanDammer.
He’s not just tone deaf and ignorant to what a great many people who consider themselves part of the middle class (ie. me) are going through, it’s like he’s rubbing salt in the wound every time he opens his mouth.
Jesus, just admit you are wealthy, dude. I’m not going to hold you being rich against you. I’m holding your policy shifts against you, not your money.
this man is cold, clculating, and backed by experienced staff so how can he be making such fundamental errors in communication?
the authors of “The Real Romney” (Michael Kranish and Scott Helman) have interviewed colleagues & compatriots of Mitt and one thing that stands out is his careful cautious maneuvering to eliminate or minimize losses (in his financial dealings and his political actions). How can he be so tone deaf? How can he not know that he’s losing the masses of the middle class?
Mitt is another blueblooded pompous patrician trying to hide his lack of character & compassion. He’s called the Tin Man due to a cold absence of heart and all he does rings hollow. Anyone catch the recent story of a Mitter volunteer weeping to Willard about losing her utilities and he whips out a few Jacksons to fix it (photo op!). Classic.
This alms for the masses crap just to shut ’em up all while Mitt plays the big benefactor bringing the better falls flat. Pure patrician bullshit!
He’s a throwback to 80’s yuppies so break out the kelly green whale slacks and the Sperry topsiders for another run at a Reagan/Poppy renaissance.
The tax rate for Mitt is 15%. But that’s before deductions, etc. It’s possible that Romney paid 0 taxes some years on millions of dollars of income. If so, how does he explain that to the voters.
Taking all these hits is better than releasing information like that. My guess is his effective rate has averaged below 10% and was close to 0 some years.
if you don’t have enough to meet all your basic needs, plus health care, plus a decent car, plus a little extra for restaurants, vacations (with or without dog car-topper), then it is YOUR FAULT! You don’t have a work ethic, or you don’t work hard enough, or you’ve made bad decisions, or, or . . .
I followed the laws…and, if anything, tax rates should be cut
assmug as Mittens is, he’s probably got a few people around him that understand the problem. But, the first problem he has to get past is the Republican nomination without handing the kooks another “electability” issue.
I look for release, and a whole lot of “uncoordinated” Super-PAC super spin, right after Daddy Mittbucks seals the nomination.
I hadn’t thought about that but you are right. He’s got to wrap up the primary first and releasing these before he does could put that at risk. Although frankly, I think he’s got the nomination in the bag no matter what.
2012 is to average one per month. Surprised, who would have guessed so soon, in January?
The unemployed comment last year was pretty tone deaf and insensitive. Maybe he’ll fire the entire American workforce when he is king/president and replace them with cheaper labor (illegals) for the good of the country.
just what is Mittens hiding? Obama has released all his returns since 2000 so we have to force Mitt to do the same.
Betcha there are some pretty gains from derivative investments and maybe, perhaps there are some speculation gains suggesting his money was out there taking advantage of the economic downfalls. It’s truly a case of damage being done by what he doesn’t show & tell. Just more grist for the mill as DCCC & Obama take on Willard.
Lets do some math. If he claimed no deductions, his tax on $374,327 of income would be $108,317, an effective tax rate of 29%. So how can he say his rate is closer to 15%? The last numbers that I could find estimated that his income in 2006 was $37 mil, almost all capital gains. Assuming he made only $30 mil in 2011, his capital gains tax, at 15% would be $4.5 mil. So, on income of $30,374,327, Mitt might have paid taxes of $4,608,000, for an effective tax rate of, 15.2%. Put another, simpler way, Mitt’s $370,000 in speaking fees were approximately 1% of his income, “not very much.” I will join the chorus, I am envious . . . of his tax rate.
(always a problem for the faithful . . . Did God mean “net” or “gross”? Anyone else notice that God isn’t all that good on money issues? Or, as George Carlin famously noted . . . all powerful, omniscient but always needs more money, lot’s more money.) and all those tax-deductible
campaignfree speech donations?with all the crazy shit the GOP candidates have been saying in their debates. Last night Perry referred to Turkey as being ruled by a “bunch of Islamic terrorists”. Our ally has taken deep offense. Biggest reason to hope the nominations gets settled, to keep the candidates from causing a great deal of trouble for Hillary and the thoughtful folks in the State Dept.
Unfortunately, we won’t be able to talk about it tomorrow. Well, not here anyway.
and ifn we do, we don’t be needin the brown skinned folk innit.