Rich in Ohio Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Wow, another new level of hypocrisy has been achieved by our liberal challeger. I guess all that business about attacking the upper two tax rates and those evil rich people who make over 200k per year will not apply to them. I can't wait to see how lockhart and the boys spin this. I wonder if a staffer will be fired as a sacrifical lamb. Anyway, lets see what the lib flamers have to say about this. Middle Class Said To Pay Higher Tax Rate Than Heinz Kerry And Kerry Mon Oct 11 2004 10:22:17 ET Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, writes in the WALL STREET JOURNAL on Monday: "According to the Kerrys' own tax records, and they have not released all of them, the couple had a combined income of $6.8 million in income last year and paid $725,000 in income taxes. That means their effective tax rate was a whopping 12.8%.... "Under the current tax system the middle class pays far more than the Kerry tax rate. In fact, the average federal tax rate -- combined payroll and income tax -- for a middle-class family is closer to 20% or more. George W. and Laura Bush, who had an income one- tenth of the Kerrys', paid a tax rate of 30%. ... "Here is the man who finds clever ways to reduce his own tax liability while voting for higher taxes on the middle class dozens of times in his Senate career. He even voted against the Bush tax cut that saves each middle-class family about $1,000." The Kerrys "have unwittingly made the case for what George W. Bush says he wants to do: radically simplify and flatten out the tax code. ... So before John Kerry is given the opportunity to raise taxes again on American workers, shouldn't he and Teresa at least pay their fair share?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichFan Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I can't wait to see how lockhart and the boys spin this. I'm sure it will have something to do with Bush not even being smart enough to get out of the 30% rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Wow, another new level of hypocrisy has been achieved by our liberal challeger. I guess all that business about attacking the upper two tax rates and those evil rich people who make over 200k per year will not apply to them. I can't wait to see how lockhart and the boys spin this. I wonder if a staffer will be fired as a sacrifical lamb. Anyway, lets see what the lib flamers have to say about this. Middle Class Said To Pay Higher Tax Rate Than Heinz Kerry And Kerry Mon Oct 11 2004 10:22:17 ET Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, writes in the WALL STREET JOURNAL on Monday: "According to the Kerrys' own tax records, and they have not released all of them, the couple had a combined income of $6.8 million in income last year and paid $725,000 in income taxes. That means their effective tax rate was a whopping 12.8%.... "Under the current tax system the middle class pays far more than the Kerry tax rate. In fact, the average federal tax rate -- combined payroll and income tax -- for a middle-class family is closer to 20% or more. George W. and Laura Bush, who had an income one- tenth of the Kerrys', paid a tax rate of 30%. ... "Here is the man who finds clever ways to reduce his own tax liability while voting for higher taxes on the middle class dozens of times in his Senate career. He even voted against the Bush tax cut that saves each middle-class family about $1,000." The Kerrys "have unwittingly made the case for what George W. Bush says he wants to do: radically simplify and flatten out the tax code. ... So before John Kerry is given the opportunity to raise taxes again on American workers, shouldn't he and Teresa at least pay their fair share?" 65078[/snapback] Well Rich Kerrys own man Lockhart has revised that 200k figure down to 100 k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 So, in other words, a guy who doesn't have his tax records figured out his tax percentage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 So, in other words, a guy who doesn't have his tax records figured out his tax percentage? 65179[/snapback] Nice point. And anyway...wasn't it just two months ago that people were pointing out that the wealthy pay a great proportion of the taxes in this country, anyway? The Heinz-Kerry's $750K is probably 50 times what your average middle-class family pays in income tax...but they're not doing their share, because they're not paying a hundred times as much? That has nothing to do with my opinion on tax policy, I just wanted to state it to point out three things: 1) This country's taxation system - and how people view it - is screwed up. 2) The above is so screwed up that creative use of the numbers can prove that pretty much everyone is getting shafted by it. 3) You people here are ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Forgive me if I am wrong, but didn't Kerry point out all of this himself the other night? He didn't use the exact numbers, but pointed out that he, the president and Charles Gibson should have a higher tax burden, than the current Bush plan calls for. I am not sure what the point of the article is. We already knew all of this....Rich, am I missing something? Are you/they upset that Kerry made more money than the president? What is the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 While I agree that its kind of hypocritical that Kerry is taking advantage of the tax code in this manner, I cant truly get on ANYBODY for doing that. Name me one person who pays MORE in taxes than they legally have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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