Is this guy in touch?

[jms62]

http://gothamist.com/2012/09/14/romn...ss_is_250k.php

[Clip-Clop]

Was he in the Upper East Side?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

http://gothamist.com/2012/09/14/romn...ss_is_250k.php

no, he's not in touch. and the last line caught my eye:


"The basic problem for Republicans is that their highest policy priority is to cut the effective tax rate paid by the richest 1 percent of Americans, but the vast majority of the voters don’t share that goal."


problem is, the 1% are the ones who pay the poLIEticians, thus getting what they want.



"Based on 2010 census data, the middle class would be the sixty percent of Americans with household incomes from $20,001 to $100,065.

[richard burch]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, he's not in touch. and the last line caught my eye:


"The basic problem for Republicans is that their highest policy priority is to cut the effective tax rate paid by the richest 1 percent of Americans, but the vast majority of the voters don’t share that goal."


problem is, the 1% are the ones who pay the poLIEticians, thus getting what they want.



"Based on 2010 census data, the middle class would be the sixty percent of Americans with household incomes from $20,001 to $100,065.

at one time those "1% ers" used to be called bikers.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, he's not in touch. and the last line caught my eye:


"The basic problem for Republicans is that their highest policy priority is to cut the effective tax rate paid by the richest 1 percent of Americans, but the vast majority of the voters don’t share that goal."


problem is, the 1% are the ones who pay the poLIEticians, thus getting what they want.



"Based on 2010 census data, the middle class would be the sixty percent of Americans with household incomes from $20,001 to $100,065.

So many Romney supporters voting against themselves you have to wonder WTF are they thinking? Do we have that many 1%er's posting on Derby Trail??? Voting for a man who made his fortune firing people and shipping jobs out of the country and doing it on borrowed money... That is one thing but voting for someone who under the guise of lowering taxes will actually be raising their taxes... Is this whole campaign a ruse for him to LOWER his own taxes???

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1915949.html

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by jms62

So many Romney supporters voting against themselves you have to wonder WTF are they thinking? Do we have that many 1%er's posting on Derby Trail??? Voting for a man who made his fortune firing people and shipping jobs out of the country and doing it on borrowed money... That is one thing but voting for someone who under the guise of lowering taxes will actually be raising their taxes... Is this whole campaign a ruse for him to LOWER his own taxes???

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1915949.html

I don't think there are too many Romney supporters on here, just a group fed up with DC as a whole in most cases. Actual number of supporters is likely around 4-5.

[OldDog]

Is this guy in touch?

Who is?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjbtMOFmlJQ
(0:35)

Adjusted Gross Income: $379,000

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I don't think there are too many Romney supporters on here, just a group fed up with DC as a whole in most cases. Actual number of supporters is likely around 4-5.

which is why it's baffling that people still support either party.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I don't think there are too many Romney supporters on here, just a group fed up with DC as a whole in most cases. Actual number of supporters is likely around 4-5.

I agree with this. The unknown is often more appealing than than the status quo. It is hard to believe in a country of this size that these are the two options. We are in trouble either way.

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by 3kings

I agree with this. The unknown is often more appealing than than the status quo. It is hard to believe in a country of this size that these are the two options. We are in trouble either way.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by jms62

So many Romney supporters voting against themselves you have to wonder WTF are they thinking? Do we have that many 1%er's posting on Derby Trail??? Voting for a man who made his fortune firing people and shipping jobs out of the country and doing it on borrowed money... That is one thing but voting for someone who under the guise of lowering taxes will actually be raising their taxes... Is this whole campaign a ruse for him to LOWER his own taxes???

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1915949.html

I guess they are "F'ing" thinking that they don't want to vote for socialism, no matter how well marketed and advertised.

[joeydb]

By the way, not trying to be political in this next statement:

Can't we just find what the median income is (rather than the mean - which can be distorted by large incomes of the George Soroses and Warren Buffets of the world), go a standard deviation to each side - that's the range, and call it a day?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

By the way, not trying to be political in this next statement:

Can't we just find what the median income is (rather than the mean - which can be distorted by large incomes of the George Soroses and Warren Buffets of the world), go a standard deviation to each side - that's the range, and call it a day?

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/...eat-recession/

average income is a bit less, about 46k.