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onenote

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8. Did I hear Mitt claim that his taxes plus charitable contributions were 40% of his income?

Reply to Bicoastal (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:35 AM

Jan 2012

I thought I did, and unless I'm missing something that's simply BS. From what I saw, in 2010 he had 21.7 million in income, 3 million in taxes and 3 million in charitable contributions-- that works out to less than 28 percent. Maybe he was mixing up his return with Obama's, which showed a combined tax/charitable percentage of around 39 percent of income.

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Brian Williams is HAMMERING Romney on his taxes. [View all] Bicoastal Jan 2012 OP

it would be funny if Newt is hiding cash offshore too Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #1

+1. What if Newt just decided to take on 1 more wife during the Primaries and was like WHAT?! FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #4

He sure doesn't get it. Like Bush Romney's base are the rich. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #2

Not here, he's not. You must be in a different time zone. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #3

It was on network NBC--actually it was over by the time I finished writing this. Bicoastal Jan 2012 #6

Sorry, but I don't think Mitt was running a business. napi21 Jan 2012 #5

Is he really, though? LuvLoogie Jan 2012 #7

Which is better, a puddle of puke (Romney) or a pile coalition_unwilling Jan 2012 #10

Did I hear Mitt claim that his taxes plus charitable contributions were 40% of his income? onenote Jan 2012 #8

My fave line is when he said "I payed 40% bet taxes and charitable donations" NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #9

Most of his donations went to the Morman Church (nt) JaneQPublic Jan 2012 #11