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Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf
Everyone has deductions. Not just him. Most people actually pay no taxes at all. He probably still paid more than you through his various business even if he was able to legally right off a substantial portion of his personal.
What bothers me is the hypocrisy. It's one thing to go after his business record, but Mitt Romney was right 47% of Americans don't pay income taxes and the ones that to do have numerous deductions. Anyone using govt programs like Obamacare don't pay their "fair share" either. A lot of whining for something most people don't do themselves.
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Erm... this is very "stop vilifying the rich".
By having more money, yes, you are INHERENTLY more responsible for society and to help. If you don't want to be expected to contribute more, don't make as much. There's a income ceiling for basic needs. After a certain income, it's just bragging. One's quality of life reaches its max point at a certain number and can't get tangibly any better.
Not to mention how most of the rich have to exploit cheap labor elsewhere or malign the poor to do so (he deals in property in NY - how many poor people has he run out of their homes and neighborhoods so he can build hotels?). He literally has vilified the poor for not paying taxes. I don't care if he's still paid more in overall figures - he has more money. If he doesn't want to fulfill his legal duty to help the government he lives in through taxes, he can move.