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kpete

(71,985 posts) Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:14 PM Jan 2012

Cool Tool: "Mitt’s Income vs. Your Income" Calculator

Mitt’s Income vs. Your Income
How long would it take the GOP candidate to earn what you make in a year?
By Dan Check|Posted Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at 4:35 PM ET

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Mitt Romney released his 2010 tax return on Monday. His total income for the year was listed as $21.6 million, more than one-half of which came from capital gains. How does that stack up against your income? Enter your annual income below to find out how long it would have taken Mitt Romney to earn the same amount of money. (Don’t worry, we’re not collecting any data you type in.)

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Cool Tool: "Mitt’s Income vs. Your Income" Calculator (Original Post) kpete Jan 2012 OP

About 4 hours 51 minutes and 10 seconds. sakabatou Jan 2012 #1

Hmmm, about as long as it would take me to kick him in the nuts gratuitous Jan 2012 #2

It would take me the better part of a century to earn what he earns in a year DFW Jan 2012 #3

While I was sleeping one night, Mitt earned my annual income for 2010. RevStPatrick Jan 2012 #4

1 day, 5 hours! Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #5

Even though it's a huge amount of money, Democrats should focus more on the 14% tax rate Fuzz Jan 2012 #6

10 hour and 6 minutes, but what gets me is justgamma Jan 2012 #7

sakabatou

(42,148 posts)

1. About 4 hours 51 minutes and 10 seconds.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:15 PM

Jan 2012

I don't know exactly what my income is.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

2. Hmmm, about as long as it would take me to kick him in the nuts

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:38 PM

Jan 2012

That seems fair.

DFW

(54,358 posts)

3. It would take me the better part of a century to earn what he earns in a year

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:00 PM

Jan 2012

Dear me, how will I EVER manage to make ends meet?

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)

4. While I was sleeping one night, Mitt earned my annual income for 2010.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:46 PM

Jan 2012

It would take me over half a century to earn what he earned that year.
Which would, frankly, be fine with me if he would just pay his fair share of fucking taxes!

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,406 posts)

5. 1 day, 5 hours!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:51 PM

Jan 2012

n/t

Fuzz

(8,827 posts)

6. Even though it's a huge amount of money, Democrats should focus more on the 14% tax rate

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:52 PM

Jan 2012

on that money. imho

The American people still like to think they'll be rich one day too, as deluded a dream as that is.

justgamma

(3,665 posts)

7. 10 hour and 6 minutes, but what gets me is

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 06:56 PM

Jan 2012

Most of us work until our backs or knees give out to make what he does in his sleep. He gets all the tax breaks. I'm not complaining about my taxes, I consider them the dues for living in this great country, but for gosh sake make the code fair. He should pay the same percentage as the working stiffs in this country.

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