Post here if your effective federal tax rate this year was higher than Bernie's (13.5%) !!

[hill2016]

Defined as

total tax (line 63) / total income (line 22)


I'm not sure what mine is yet because my accountant filed an extension.

[boston bean]

1. Hell YES!

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. Good. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I'm glad you found another trifle to occupy your time

since you finally ran out of material to keep BerniePopeGate going.

[hill2016]

5. yeah

that was a good run wasn't it?

But I've got lot more goodies on Bernie's tax returns. Mortgage interest deduction is next...

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. A good run? That was digital fucking diarrhea.

[Dem2]

3. Do I get a 5% discount if I do?

I want to earn much more and pay a lot less too.

[NCTraveler]

6. Here. Nt

[Jefferson23]

7. lol

Your OP's are something else.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Nope. Sorry. Less than that.

Maybe another time.

[Stallion]

9. 15.2%

nm

[jmg257]

10. Post here if you're net worth was more then Hillary's ($31 Million)!!

Defined as

We calculated Hillary Clinton’s net worth as $31.3 million
◦Hillary Clinton minimum possible net worth: $10.8 million.
◦Hillary Clinton maximum possible net worth: $51.7 million.

In January of 2009 Mrs. Clinton left the senate to become the U.S. Secretary of State. Her salary in that job was $186,600. While that’s not exactly small, It’s only $12,600 more per year than the salary of a U.S. senator at $174,000.

It hardly accounts for a $10 million hike in the Hillary Clinton net worth total the same year. Also in 2009, Clinton reported buying $5 million to $26 million in money market funds and real estate.

[brooklynite]

25. I'm confused: are we talking about min (yes) or max (no)

Now, have we decided that wealth is bad? Even if we decided to save $500,000 by not having kids? Or worked responsibly to save every dollar we could?

[jmg257]

27. Calculated as mean. Shit no - wealth is great! Being poor sucks, not nearly as fun.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. 12.6%.

[ericson00]

12. I pay more taxes than BS (in sales taxes and tobacco taxes together)

n/t

[Vinca]

13. You know what Bernie really needs? A "charity"foundation.

One that gives a small fraction of money away, but provides a nice living to the "directors."

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. If I donate money to it, do I get a complementary arms shipment? n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

14. 1.4% n/t

This of course doesn't include FICA, Property, self employment, personal property, gas, utility, sales or other taxes. Add those and, like Sanders, it's about 30% - maybe a bit more.

I imagine that the nice thing about being rich would be that, although income tax rates would be higher, those rest would be much lower.

[Joe the Revelator]

16. Reply to my post if Wall Street will pay you 250k an hour....

....to talk.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. 5%

[LexVegas]

19. Yes....but I am not part of the establishment. nt

[stevenleser]

20. Yep. nt

[frylock]

21. Which tax rate did your nanny fall under?

[quaker bill]

22. 9.2

and I make a very decent living, but not as much as Bernie.

[Jitter65]

23. Yes

[brooklynite]

24. 23.4%...

[HassleCat]

26. About the same.

I think mine was a bit higher last year, and a bit lower this year. Or maybe vice versa.

[Gothmog]

28. Much higher