[quote=squat250]if romney had said, 47% of americans pay no income tax, and left it at that, it wouldn’t be obnoxious. if he argued for policies to make more americansearn enough to pay taxes, it might even be mildly inspiring…
When romney says 47% of americans see themselves as victims just looking for a handout, then he qualifies as douchiest politican of the last 100 years. except for hitler.
i figured we were going to get to hitler eventually so i thought i’d just cut to the chase.
it is pretty hilarious that he omitted his charitable deductions to keep his tax rate above 13%. I mean, jeepers, he pays so little tax himself that he has to basically forego deductions to pay what he beleives will look like a non-repulsive tax rate. and then he has the gall to call half the rest of the nation a bunch of freeloading dirtbags who have no interest in helping themselves.
sheesh! high-larious!!![/quote]
The #1 way to “broaden the tax base” is to bring jobs back to the U.S. and give workers a greater share of the surplus value they create.
So far, all we’ve heard is lip service from either party. This could be done very easily, but the moneyed interests (who are trying to convince the stupid masses that people aren’t paying taxes because they are “lazy freeloaders”) won’t allow it. If any politician got up there and said, “I’m going to make it my sole mission to reverse the tax and trade policies that have decimated this great nation, and I’m going to make sure that we no longer socialize the losses while privatizing the profits,” they would be history.
The reason why so many people are paying low/no taxes is because they are too poor to do so. The 1% have managed to off-shore their jobs and destroy their ability to earn enough money to pay taxes in the first place. It’s funny how they try to blame the victims of their profiteering and political corruption. That needs to change.
