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View Poll Results: Income tax and Presidential preference
$0 - Obama 2 2.56%
$0 - Romney 5 6.41%
$0 - Someone else 2 2.56%
$1-2500 - Obama 5 6.41%
$1-2500 - Romney 3 3.85%
$1-2500 - Someone else 2 2.56%
$2501-7500 - Obama 6 7.69%
$2501-7500 - Romney 4 5.13%
$2501-7500 - Someone else 1 1.28%
$7501-$15,000 - Obama 7 8.97%
$7501-$15,000 - Romney 6 7.69%
$7501-$15,000 - Someone else 0 0%
$15,001-$25,000 - Obama 6 7.69%
$15,001-$25,000 - Romney 4 5.13%
$15,001-$25,000 - Someone else 1 1.28%
More than $25,000 - Obama 9 11.54%
More than $25,000 - Romney 10 12.82%
More than $25,000 - Someone else 5 6.41%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-19-2012, 02:23 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I bet there are a lot more of us 53%ers voting for Obama than the Romney campaign would have us believe...
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:28 PM
 
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It's really none of your business.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:29 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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It's really none of your business.
Really? Because according to Mitt Romney, the amount of Federal income tax one pays (or doesn't) is extremely significant.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:32 PM
 
Location: North Texas
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I'm in the 53% who does and am in the top quintile of earners in the U.S., and I'm voting for Obama. Again.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:33 PM
 
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Really? Because according to Mitt Romney, the amount of Federal income tax one pays (or doesn't) is extremely significant.
That of course in no way makes what I paid in income tax any of your business.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:33 PM
 
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I wonder if Mitt Romney is part of the 47% that do not pay taxes
He is, he doesn't have a job lol! He lives off his old money's interest so doesn't have to pay federal income tax.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:35 PM
 
Location: The D-M-V area
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I don't know why there's such a disdain for the rich lately.

I think it's jealousy.

Romney gets pounded meanwhile JayZ throws parties for Obama with 280k worth of Champagne in Gold Plated bottles and that's perfectly o.k.

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Some 100 people attended the $40,000-per-person event, which took place after Obama spoke to 200 donors at a $12,500-per-family reception at the Waldorf Astoria. The total campaign cash haul for the day was $6 million.
Ridiculous.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ight-club.html
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:38 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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That of course in no way makes what I paid in income tax any of your business.
Then don't answer the anonymous poll. Problem solved.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:42 PM
 
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I don't know why there's such a disdain for the rich lately.

I think it's jealousy.

Romney gets pounded meanwhile JayZ throws parties for Obama with 280k worth of Champagne in Gold Plated bottles and that's perfectly o.k.

Ridiculous.

JayZ isn't walking around preaching that he knows the pain of the average Joe. Although, he could....He actually did come from nothing.

I have absolutely no disdain for the rich. None whatsoever. I want to be one, one day. However, if you are a filthy rich presidential candidate, you better sure as hell be honest about it and not try to con me into trying to believe that you understand my middle-class or poverty strife. You better also show me how you are looking out for my interests (and that doesn't mean freebies). Romney is having a hard time pulling that off.

Let's face it--most presidential candidates these days come from wealth. The latest exception or the closest to actually experiencing middle class has been Obama, although by the time he ran for President he was definitely in the upper ranks of middle class based on the combined income of his household. Other "wealthy" presidential candidates have never had this much trouble trying to connect with voters of lower economic levels.
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:47 PM
 
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This thread smells of "no true Scotsman"
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