On multiple occasions, Barack Obama has declared that it is fair and even virtuous for "people who have done well like me" to pay higher income taxes. Then why didn't he?
My colleague Kim Strassel has reported on a voluntary federal fund for liberals who want to contribute more taxes than they owe -- but, alas, almost none do. The annual collections are less than 0.1% of all tax collections. As Ryan Ellis of the American Shareholders Association asks: "What's the difference between Obama and the big corporations who 'cheat' the government by taking advantage of what the tax code affords them?"
Mr. Ellis's group has reviewed Mr. Obama's tax returns for the past eight years. The Illinois Senator has dutifully paid his taxes in full. But in no year did Mr. Obama make extra tax payments to help reduce the deficit or fund all the spending programs he favors. If Mr. Obama's tax plan had been in place over the past 12 years, he would have had to pay $250,727 more in federal taxes over this period.
Nov 7, 2008
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Es "solidario" pero no es boludo.
ReplyDeleteLo mismo de siempre. Hagan lo que yo digo, no lo que yo hago.
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