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Sorry, but I sure can, SS contributions directly come back to those that contributed, FIT never does
then people like you would starve to death
Please, I go to the local kitchen and when I'm at our house on the Oregon coast, I go the soup kitchen there as well. No problem.I'd be happy to oblige them. I pay taxes for what is legitimate-that includes police and executioners. But PB robbing me would be fun. and a messy clean up for my maid
As Ronald Reagan would say: "There you go again."Yeah, I voted for Bush vs. Gore and I voted for Bush vs. Kerry. Would do it again, and again, and again. Seems that the results actually are different than what you believe. Bush was doing quite well until Democrats took control of the Congress. I welcome you putting the Obama and Bush results side by side for total comparison. Let me start, Bush had a net job gain, Obama a net job loss, Bush had a declining misery index, Obama has a rising misery index, Bush had a net labor force increase and Obama has more and more dropping out of the labor force, and all this in the Bush first term compared to the Obama first term. In addition Bush didn't add 4 trillion to the debt in his first term. Carry on distorting results.
Um, Libya and Iran are hardly equivalent. Did you notice we have reestablished our embassy in Libya?
I would imagine that Buffett had his FICA paid up around noonish on January 1st.
actually Buffet never maxes up his FICA
Buffet doesn't pay taxes because Buffet chooses not to pay taxes. :lol: he is scamming you people.
Last year my federal tax bill — the income tax I paid, as well as payroll taxes paid by me and on my behalf — was $6,938,744.
Actually, he paid almost 7 million in taxes last year.
You just said that SS contributions have been spent on other things. How are they then directly coming back to those that contributed?
:lamo
Buffet puts the majority of his wealth into a trust so it can't be touched, pays himself a lower income salary so he's in a lower bracket, and Berkshire Hathaway owes back taxes all the way back to 2002.
again, Buffet pays pretty much what he decides he wants to pay. then he get's government to back his bets and people are stupid enough to buy his pap.
Typical diversion from you and total lack of understanding of what LBJ did with SS contributions. Where are your SS contributions?
Actually, he paid almost 7 million in taxes last year. You facts are once again deficient.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html?_r=1
Seriously, if you guys are going to comment on what he says, you should take the time to actually read what he says.
So now corporate taxes are the same as personal taxes? Hint: they are not.
And I thought his corporate tax issue and private tax issues were two seperate things. I guess not eh?
To the best of my knowledge, he was talking about his taxes not his corporations.
B.S., this is exactly the part you quoted.
Last year my federal tax bill — the income tax I paid, as well as payroll taxes paid by me and on my behalf — was $6,938,744.
B.S., this is exactly the part you quoted.
Last year my federal tax bill — the income tax I paid, as well as payroll taxes paid by me and on my behalf — was $6,938,744.
That nails it as well, no individual pays 6.9MM in payroll taxes for an individual so what are we to believe from Buffett, that he thinks the individual should pay more taxes but is fighting to keep from paying corporate taxes? Hmmm, nice spin Obama supporters
Payroll taxes = taxes deducted from your pay, or the taxes paid by the company on your behalf(ie part of FICA usually).
He didn't pay $7,000,000 in taxes on a income of less than $200,000. You do, when it's your portion of your employee's tax.
Capital gains. That was kinda his point you know.
and then some. he does everything he can to minimize his own tax exposure; then he invests in financial insurance products whose worth will increase if tax rates go up, then he initiates a public campaign to raise tax rates.
it's sort of like when he invests in Goldman Sachs, and then starts talking about how the government needs to bail out Goldman Sachs. Buffet isn't stupid - he's more than willing to have the government collect our money and give it to him.
Everyone attempts to minimize their tax exposure. That is expected, and it's why Buffett argues that the rules should be changed.
Do you find it a bit cynical on his part that he wants to change the law AFTER he has pulled in his billions. He has already said he is going to leave his kids very little and he is 80 worth something like $40 billion. Pretty easy to be noble and say you can take all the money I make going forward as he can't spend the money he already has.
:lamo
Buffet puts the majority of his wealth into a trust so it can't be touched, pays himself a lower income salary so he's in a lower bracket, and Berkshire Hathaway owes back taxes all the way back to 2002.
again, Buffet pays pretty much what he decides he wants to pay. then he get's government to back his bets and people are stupid enough to buy his pap.
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