How much of Romney's income is actual wages?

[LiberalFighter]

Subject to payroll taxes. Especially for Social Security.

[alphafemale]

1. zilch nt

[TheWraith]

2. As far as I can tell, none.

He doesn't actually have a salaried job, FICA taxes aren't assessed on capital gains, and I don't THINK they're assessed on non-payroll income like speaking fees.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I thought I saw something about "speaker's fees"

In the $300K range... I suppose that might count.

[mike_c]

4. I presume it's pretty close to zero....

From the summaries I've seen of his tax return, it didn't look like any was wages. Or maybe it's such a relatively small amount that it's insignificant.

Yup, quick Google search confirms: Romney reports income of $21.6m, no wages

[dionysus]

7. his speaking fees, which he said "weren't very much" were 300k.

300k is a fortune to us, but out of 21.6 million, it's nothing... so basically he doesn't do shit but make money on interest and dividends...

edit; roughly 1.42% of it is from "speaking fees"

good god...

[Pirate Smile]

5. 00000

He doesn't work. He's just been running for President for 6 years.

[dionysus]

6. 300k-ish in "speakng fees" out of 20ish million a year

[lonestarnot]

8. Not one fucking red cent. Not one!

Ok. Others on the thread are more accurate with the speaking fees.

[Life Long Dem]

9. Remember this one?

“I should tell my story,” Mr. Romney said. “I’m also unemployed.”

Mr. Romney said at the end of his discussion. He added, “I may be unemployed for longer than I’d like.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/romney-im-also-unemployed/