Joe Biden paid $3.7 million in taxes in 2017

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Courtney Martin @courtwrites 7h
In 2017, when Trump paid $750 in taxes, @JoeBiden paid $3.7 million in taxes in 2017

And Biden gave $1 million to charity. Trump gave $0.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/joe-biden-releases-tax-returns-during-2020-democratic-primary.html

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[mucifer]

1. Biden earned his money from a book deal and speaking engagements if people are wondering

These days 9 million dollars isn't the insane amount of money it was a few decades ago. I mean it's a crazy amount of money to us DUers. I know that.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. Here at DU we are the "little people"

Leona Helmsley = “Only the little people pay taxes.”

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3. it's impossible to not have $750 banging in my head

...when I think about the thousands we paid this year, wiping out any benefit from the stimulus.

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[UpInArms]

5. It made me think of this

Nearly half don’t have the cash to pay for a $400 emergency, Fed survey finds

Seven years into an economic recovery, nearly half of Americans didn’t have enough cash available to cover a $400 emergency, according to a new survey released Friday.

That’s according to the latest findings from the Federal Reserve’s annual economic well-being of U.S. households, which found 44% in 2016 said such an expense would have to be covered by borrowing or selling something. That’s a similar percentage to what was found in past Fed surveys — 46% said so in 2015 — and in other studies.

Of the group that can’t pay in cash, 45% would use a credit card to pay off the expense over time, about a quarter would borrow from friends of family, another 27% just couldn’t pay the expense and smaller fractions would turn to selling items or using a payday loan.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[MineralMan]

6. I saw that ad this morning on my local CBS affiliate.

It's an outstanding take on Trump's tax situation, and will ring strongly in most people, who pay far more than Trump in taxes every year. This could be huge on November 3 for people who need one more reason to switch their vote to Biden or to avoid going to the polls to vote for Trump.

[Bayard]

7. And his cult is saying,

This is because he is a smart businessman.



Excellent ad!

[Takket]

8. At that rate he paid $750 every 1.78 hours

So that will become the new standard. How mush did Biden pay every 1.78 hours. Only $750!!!