Should Mitt Pay More Taxes?

Mitt Romney made $21.7 million in 2010 according to his tax returns, and paid $3 million in federal taxes, about a 14% effective tax rate.  The bulk of his income ($12.6 million) was from capital gains on investments, plus taxable interest of $3.3 million and ordinary dividends of $4.9 million. His net worth is estimated to be [...]

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Bill, What’s Stopping You?

From an interview of Bill Gates on  ABC’s “This Week” show, when asked about the “Buffet Rule” that the rich should pay more in taxes:

  “Yes, I’m generally in favor of the idea that the rich should pay somewhat more, but to really deal with the deficit gap we’re talking about, that alone, just numerically, is [...]

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The Warren Buffet Tax

It really irks me when rich and famous guys are treated as gods and gurus because they made a lot of money. Money gives them the imprimatur to bloviate on how things should be. Warren Buffet is at the top of my bloviator list since he and Bill Gates (Sr. and Jr.) have talked about [...]

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