Ya want to really get people PO'd - tell them about Cheney's tax return

[kerry-is-my-prez]

I was talking to some people in the pool (here in Republicanville - Naples, Florida) and asked them if they had heard about Cheney's tax return. That he had made more than 8 million this year AND that he was getting a refund of $1.93 million.

First you tell people that most of this money came from his HALLIBURTON stock options AND that in 2000 - he went on and on about how he had gottne rid of all of his Halliburton stock (what he neglected to mention is that he kept his Halliburton stock OPTIONS) - pretty much same difference.

THEN when you tell them that he's getting a refund of $1.93 million - their heads usually explode.



http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/BC_TAXES_BUSH15_2NDLD_COX.html

WASHINGTON — In another reminder that when it comes to income No. 2 is No. 1 at the White House, the Cheneys on Friday released their 2005 tax return showing $8.8 million in income.

The overwhelming bulk of the income listed by Vice President Cheney and his wife, Lynne, resulted from exercising stock options in order to make charitable contributions. That money came from a fund Cheney set up in 2001 to distance him from income produced by stock options he accumulated as chief executive officer of Halliburton Company.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_income_taxes;_ylt=AtRC9fD1nX

Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife made more than 10 times as much, overpaid the tax man and are looking for a $1.9 million refund.

[papau]

1. Some of the donations would've been non-deductible except for Katrina

emergency legislation - but Cheney donated no money to Katrina related charities!

Donation to a GOP or personal charity may very well be admirable - on the other hand it may well be a con job that just moves money around the GOP faithful.

[Rockholm]

2. I thought he made 200K a year?

I guess all that extra income was from Halliburton. What a scumbag.

[mrcheerful]

3. The pukes around here would just reply with well he earned that

money so why do you want it taken from him? They like it when one of their own gets tax breaks at their expense.