Indeed Al Sharpton represents what is wrong with the system in DC and in much of the nation when you get down to it – PROGRESSIVISM.

Their idea of a tax rate is simple – unless you work with us, or we need you, you are the enemy and we will tax you until you break.

Hate, anger, envy, jealosy, false pride, lies, distortion and fabrications across the board are their game; here we see that the overall percent Romney paid is from his INVESTMENTS, not from a normal salary or corporate rates that are taxed out the window.

If anyone wants a clear idea of just how far the Progressives of BOTH sides will use selective targeting to get their way, recall the bonuses the CEO’s were due to get under lawful and binding contracts and Congress was trying to pass unlawful legislation targeting those handcount of individuals for massive, ruinous taxation purposes.

Remeber to the Progressives the individual matters not, you are expendable; unless you are the one individual sitting on top of the heap.

May God strike Al Sharpton down with a bolt of lighting for spewing lies from that s**t hole he calls a mouth. 

Another example of why “not to argue with an idiot”.

Heres another one, I understand Romney paid 14% to the government, but he also paid basically that same amount to charity. Doing the math, I’d call that 28%, just 1/2 of that went to a charitable organization instead of giving it to the government to waste.

Back when I did my own taxes (1994-2009), I was constantly shocked by the ACTUAL tax rate that I ended up paying.  Regardless of what “tax bracket” I was in, after all the itemized deductions, I wound up paying between 6 and 9 percent.  I was middle class and had the standard deductions that everyone takes.  I didn’t cheat and I didn’t “fudge”.  So for the Democrats to continue beating this drum is just a LIE.  Nobody pays the rate of the bracket they are in.  Solution:  EVERYONE pays 15% on all income (wage and investment) over $20,000 US.  That way the “poor”, part time, and students don’t even have to file and everyone else pays the exact same rate.  One page tax form.  Tons of income for the government.  Nobody feeling cheated.  Win Win Win.  (except of course, if you work for the IRS)

Al needs to get to Germany or Austria. If you make more than 60k per year in Austria, you pay 50% income tax. That and everyone who works pays income tax. Even people making as little as 900 Euro per month pay income tax. Plus up to 20% VAT on everything you buy. Plus fuel taxes that make up more than 50% of the fuel price. And despite all that, the Austrian national debt has risen to 80% of the GDP.

It’s similar in Germany (national debt now, officially, above 2 trillion Euro, thanks to an out of control welfare state that eats up almost 50% of the annual budget.)

he should have told them the other income that was on there he already paid taxes on for income tax and then paid taxes again on the profits how about we have a fair tax lets make it a flat tax and everyone pays the same o wait then the 48% that pay none and then get money back would have to pay something

I’d love to sit down with Sharpton and look at some REAL numbers. He wants to say “if this is true” is it fair? Well, you have to first define what is fair before you compare numbers. Then you have to look at the TRUTH. Without an outline of the REAL facts, and a determination of what is considered fair, then you can’t progress in his world. However, I would also like to point out that until the poor become wealthy, they will never understand what it means to have wealth. America was FOUNDED on FREEDOM – you have the freedom to progress yourself and make as much money as you choose, by legal means. No one is holding back the poor but the poor. If they don’t believe in themselves, refuse to allow a few “nays” defeat them, work hard for the income they may have, then they’ll never be anything other than what they are now.

I wish the people that were asked the “is it fair” question would use the brains God gave a duck and just say YES.  It is more than fair.

Even if a person that makes $20 million only paid a 10% rate, that person still paid $2,000,000 in taxes. Quit getting caught up in the smoke and mirrors “rate” game and look at actual dollar amounts of taxes paid. I think everyone will realize that the wealthy pay thousands of times thier “fair share” in taxes. 

We need to abolish the income tax and capital gains tax and all taxes and go to the FairTax.org 

Sharpton is a FOOKING idiot.  He is mixing income tax and capital gains ..you dip shit. The 15% is on investments, it’s double taxation because he’s already paid tax on his salary…GOD that guy ia mentally challenged.

The reason people such as Mr. Sharpton argue as they do is because they know that they are lying and do not want to admit it.

Maybe we wouldn’t have to worry about the rich if we were not allowing millions and millions of NON US citizen to live for free in this country.  Can someone please tell me how that is right?  There are plenty of people like me who barely make enough to put food on the table, and I go to work and see a constant parade of Latinos here in Connecticut literally living better than millions of ACTUAL US citizens and have to hear them brag about how “everything is free in America.”  Yeah, free for them because we’re paying for their welfare lifestyle!  Limits are not enforced because they claim they can’t speak English, and therefor can’t work, so for decades, generation after generation the continuous flood of NON citizen welfare robs the US citizens of their hard earned tax dollars.  This should not be happening.  We must stop this insanity and bring our tax dollars back to the citizens.  These people should be deported!  If this is a nation of the people for the people, then we should be heard, and I have yet to meet anyone who wants our taxes used this way!  It makes me sick!  Americans need to be informed about this and the welfare ride needs to end!  With welfare at an all time high in America, and nearly 25% going the NON US citizens how can we prosper as a nation?  We can’t!  Do away with the billions going to NON citizen welfare and maybe the left can stop trying to steal from those who are successful through hard work and determination. 

Wonder how much money “Rev.” Al Sharpton has withheld from the government on account of his “charitable organizations” he manages?  What I don’t think is fair is Sharpton claiming to be a Reverend.  He gives the rest of us Christians a bad name.  How come I can see Jesus telling Sharpton he’s a “broad of vipers!”  http://www.thePoliPit.com

What will the progressives do once they bankrupt the rich? They will turn on all of us and each other and it won’t be pretty. The “rich” do not have enough money to dig us out of the pit – just enough to make the pit deeper.

AL SHarpton has never been familiar with truth.  G, were the Tawana Brawley false face-feces criminal charges “fair”, Al, you lying sack of gorilla dung?

Sharpton is an idiot.  I say we should go with the consumption tax that way the more you spend the more you pay in taxes instead of taxing a person’s income.  The more a peson earns the more likely they will be spending more of it.  I think it is unfair that those who get paid cash “under the table” don’t pay any income tax at all because it isn’t recorded & reported.  This would make the rich, poor, illegals, visitors, & tourists, etc all pay the same rate across the board an no more of the government getting into my financial status.     And how is it fair that no matter how much I pay in taxes, I don’t get to use any of the “free” government services like so many “illegals” & do.    Go with a flat tax & the illegals would have to pay the taxes just like everyone else.

Sharpton is an idiot.  He obviously is one of those rude people who thinks the louder he is, the more correct he is.  If public speakers and reporters wish to comment on things, they should be diligent enough to understand what they are talking about and do the research.  They have a responsibility not to twist facts.  The scary part is that people believe what he says.  

So funny how we both posted  “Sharpton is an idiot” at the same time.  Great minds thinking alike today.

Does anyone still take Al Sharpton seriously. The man became wealthy by fleecing his own race, pretendning to be the successor to MLK. He’s a fraud & anyone with any intelligence ignores him anyway. The Dems use him as their token black guy to keep the ignorant blacks on their side. Educated & intelligent blacks know he’s a fraud.

I’m not even sure where I read it today, but it was proposed that a 3% fed sales tax be added to everything, and claimed that it would wipe out deficit.  Argument against that is that folks on the lower income levels would be hit harder by 3% than others.

So… Then why was I paying 24% making $38,000 before I got married a few years ago? Now paying 15% at a slightly higher income, but married. And I’m now claiming every deduction I possibly can on my W4!

Sharpton owes millions in back taxes.  
http://patdollard.com/2011/12/msnbcs-al-sharptons-non-profit-millions-in-debt-owes-irs-back-taxes/

Is it fair that the same Rev. Al Sharpton gave seminars in Brooklyn as how to steal gas by tampering with the natural gas meters? And that I know for a fact. He’s nothing more than a crook and another one of Obama’s cronies. 

He paid over $7 Mill to charity, add that to the $6.2 Mill he paid in taxes on the $42.5 he made in 2011-12, and it’s 31%.  That’s not taking into account that much of his earnings are also taxed on the corporate level before distribution.  Media tends to twist.

Why does anyone even go on this Race Hustlers program? He a is a joke…

Is it fair that the same Rev. Al Sharpton gave seminars in Brooklyn as how to steal gas by tampering with the natural gas meters? And that I know for a fact. He’s nothing more than a crook and another one of Obama’s cronies. 

Which ever candidate proposes a new tax structure and acutally has it planned out in black and white, will be likely be your next President  What a steal of a Presidency…

Watching that made me sick. It’s hard to believe someone can really be that stupid. I shudder to think that there are actually people out there listening to Al Sharpton and believing his pathetic attempt at argument. 

Sharpton is a fool……………..FAIR? FAIR? IS IT FAIR.  HOW ABOUT GETTING A REAL JOB YOU FUCKING FOOL!

if you’re going to argue that everyone should pay their “fair share” of taxes, then you’d better be able to define exactly what that means.

I think the congressman dropped the ball here.  He should’ve thrown the question back at Al asking..  is if “fair” for Mitt to pay X million a year in taxes(I don’t know what it is) while 48% pay nothing?   I disagree with this mentality of a % as a measure of fairness.  I make 85K a year, pay plenty of taxes and I think Mitt Pays his fair share.  It would take me a lifetime to simply MAKE what Mitt most likely paid this year alone in taxes.

What underlies their thinking is the supposition that we don’t already have more than enough government, and that funds are better spent by the government than by the private sector.  As long as the gubmint keeps dishing up crumbs for the bottom feeders of society, we will continue to have this unrestrained growth of gubmint while the actual economy suffers.

it’s really so simple….the D’s cannot even remotely think about running on their record since there is nothing positive on their record since 2008!  What else can they do?  They can’t talk about jobs, can’t talk about national economy, can’t talk about healthcare, can’t talk about housing markets, can’t talk about the banking system.  they can’t talk about foreign policy either as the left in place what was all ready there.  so, when you can’t puff your chest out and be proud, the only thing left is to attack on emotion and emotional based comments as the issues aren’t there to speak about.  

nor his personal taxes he paid on the money he earned before he invested it to be taxed again!

The solution is simple. Amend the tax code to say “nobody shall pay taxes at a higher rate than Mitt Romney”. Lower everybody’s tax rate to 14%. Do you think that would shut up the Al Sharptons of the world? No it won’t, because they don’t want equality. They want class envy.

Al Sharpton is not sharp.  Like any politician, he may have a point, but it is DULL.

From:    http://www.finweb.com/taxes/what-is-my-tax-bracket.html

Marginal Tax Rate

Filing as Single

Filing as Married Filing Jointly or Qualified Widow(er)

Filing as Married Filing Separately

Filing as Head of Household

10%

$0 to $8,375

$0 to $16,750

$0 to $8,375

$0 to $11,950

15%

$8,376 to $34,000

$16,751 to $68,000

$8,376 to $34,000

$11,951 to $45,550

25%

$34,001 to $82,400

$68,001 to $137,300

$34,001 to $68,650

$45,551 to $117,650

28%

$82,401 to $171,850

$137,301 to $209,250

$68,651 to $104,625

$117,651 to $190,550

33%

$171,851 to $373,650

$209,251 to $373,650

$104,626 to $186,825

$190,551 to $373,650

35%

$373,651 and higher

$373,651 and higher

$186,826 and higher

$373,651 and higher

A Few Examples:

Suppose an individual files as single and makes $38,000 in taxable income. Their taxes will be calculated by using:

10 % x $8,375 + 15 percent * ($34,000 – $8,375) + 25 % x ($38,000 – $34,000) = $5,681.2

Since each tax bracket applies only for the level of income listed.
This individual falls into the 25 percent tax bracket. The highest
marginal tax rate is 25 percent. The average tax rate can be calculated
by dividing the taxable income: $5,681.25 / $38,000 = 14.95 percent.

You are paying taxes in the lower end of the 15-25% tax bracket.  If you made $82,000 a year you’d be paying 28% tax instead of about 14.85%

I hope this prints as it shows on my computer.  Now, if you had deductions, you might be a lower tax bracket, like deductions for interest on mortgages payments.  Mortgage is one of the so called, “loopholes.”

See the website above.  Buy one of the tax programs.  They are great.

WHY is Sharpton permitted to do this I ASK? Honestly this man gets away with anything against the law. It truly behooves me how he just stays in the limelight.

How does this man Sharpton always come out of a situation that is against the law with a smile.

Let’s be honest from observation, Al Sharpton is NOT really intelligent, nor even high school material.  He is a lemming trailing behind other lemmings and not a brain cell between them.

Al Sharpton has the balls of a brass monkey.  Why does anyone give this bozo any credit or even have him on their program, it is beyond me.

It seems that everybody has a different tax rate. Your government says a tax rate of 30% and most say that it is less than 20%. Be honest with yourselves and keep a tight watch on ALL the taxes that you pay over one year. You’d be surprised what % rate you will find. Don’t forget that government includes federal, state and local taxes. Include in that your home tax and all the taxes that are at the bottom of the pile that are not so outwardly exposed as the Federal tax rate. As for Sharpton, the man has a mental problem and talks a lot more than his mind knows.

Al Sharpton is lying what else in new. i am just shocked that he didn’t try to reach over choke him an scream at him “say it’s unfair you rightwing teabagging racist nazi bigot” who needs facts when you got Moore givening you facts.

Sharpton should be asking, why Obama’s own staff owes over $300,000 to the IRS that they haven’t paid yet.  It’ll sure be a bright day when MSNBC becomes a news organization and not the Leftist org that they are now. 

Obama keeps using Warren Buffet’s secretary to compare their taxes.  The secretary’s salary is probably in a tax bracket that requires the percentage she is paying.  Buffet himself probably lives on his investments which puts him at a lower rate just like Mitt Romney and many others in Congress and other very wealthy folks, i.t. Nancy Pelosi, (who by the way is always using the word “rich” like she’s just an averaged salary individual.  I’m all for checking on her IRS record for paying taxes.  Let the IRS go after all those people in any government job who are delinquent and the President also if necessary.  He talks about FAIR but his cronies get special treatment don’t they and those that criticize him get “punished” as he puts it.  Washington DC doesn’t know what “fair” really means. 

Who is the idiot that put him on MSNBC? That P.O.S. has no true value to anyone but himself.

Al Sharpton is lying no less than President Obama did when he gave his State of the Union speech and said Warren Buffet paid less in taxes than his secretary paid. Obama intentionally lied just to gain political points with the ignorant people who don’t know any better.

I don’t understand how anyone can even decipher what Sharpton says. He slurs his speech and drools. He needs to be checked for strokes.

Pearls before swine…

To focus solely on the income tax is foolish. I’m not surprised Sharpton would do it, but some of you people know better.  If you’re an average American ~ between Federal personal income taxes, State & local income taxes (some states), Sales taxes, Social security & Medicaid taxes, your “consumer share” of Federal corporate income taxes, Property taxes, Fuel/gasoline taxes, and a few others you’re paying over 54%.

Pull your head out, Sharpton (etal).

The Republicans are total and complete MORONS!  They do not even know that to qualify for that 15% tax rate, you have to had INVESTED money and it had to be at risk for at least 12 months!!  That money was invested with after tax dollars.  It is not paycheck income like those morons fail to understand.  The other side of the investment tax rate is this.  If someone invests and loses money, they get to write it off at the awesome rate of 3,000 per year!!  So if Romeny, or any other investor loses $30,000 in one year, they get to take a tax deduction against other earnings for 10 years!!  And the other issue is that ANYONE can get the benefit of the 15% tax rate.  All they have to do is to invest, let their money be at risk for at least 12 months and risk the loss.  Any money they make after that, they get taxed 15% on the increase. 

Democrats Caused the Financial Crisis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddExyFkfcfI&feature=related

Smoking-Gun Document Ties Policy To Housing Crisis By PAUL SPERRY, FOR INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY  Posted 10/31/2011 08:05 AM ET
http://news.investors.com/Article/589858/201110311638/Housing-Crisis-Obama-Clinton-Subprime.htm?src=IBDDAE

If you don’t know there is a difference between CAPITAL GAINS and INCOME taxes you are either a moron, a democrat, or most likely both.  This guy is a congressman?  He should have monster trucked Sharpton!  He couldn’t answer any questions! 

‘Do you think it’s far blah blah blah I never shut up I never shut up.’

“Of course it’s fair, we all follow the same laws.  Next question, Jackhole.”

This is why people hate politicians.

Sharpton is just a phony and uses his own people for personal gain while he feeds them garbage! The guy should go to jail for the the way he uses people and including the tax payers with his phony non profit and tax evasion!
God forbid the people who listen to the idiot ever wake up to the fact he never wants them to actually have success….. then he would no longer be able to sell them their lack of success is someone else fault! That they are being ripped off… but they are .. they just don’t know he’s the one doing the ripping….

“Total” or “complete” would do, but applying both make you look like a moron.

http://www.billism.com/eng_to_ebon_trans.html

Instead of focusing on the issue, you instead divert by focusing on grammar!.  I bow to your educational excellence. 

Just sayin’ … you toss it, and I’ll knock it out of the park.

Al Sharptounge the Tax dodger makes a fool of himself.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/liberal-dead-cat-arkansas-a-google-search-tells-a-partisan-story/2012/01/24/gIQAukABOQ_blog.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/liberal-dead-cat-arkansas-a-google-search-tells-a-partisan-story/2012/01/24/gIQAukABOQ_blog.html

Mit Romney paid his taxes.  The 15% rate is on Capital Gains, not Income.

To learn why go here:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=106799,00.html

Poor old Al!  What can I say?  If I were running for political office I’d want the reverend to criticize me as he has Gov. Romney.  He doesn’t realize it but it’s counterproductive!!  Poor old Al!  Is that the best MSNBC can do?  Unfortunately, Yes!

That made me laugh. Thanks.

FAIR TAX:     I believe Obama told us what he thought of us, who like to keep life simple, and government out of our private lives, by hiring a  HUGE number of more IRS employees last year? Think of those implications!  Frightening, really.  Is there a movement for fair tax?  Sign me up,I’m serious.  

Likewise. Thanks. It’s a rare commodity these days.

Al Sharpton is a product of his own invention which means nothing. What is scary is alot of people believe in what comes out of this guys mouth, that is brown in color. 

I found this…….”IS THIS FAIR!”  lol  I don’t about you but I paid my taxes!

On May 9, 2008, the Associated Press
reported that Sharpton and his businesses owed almost $1.5 million in
unpaid taxes and penalties. Sharpton owed $931,000 in federal income tax
and $366,000 to New York, and his for-profit company, Rev. Al
Communications, owed another $176,000 to the state.[9]

On June 19, 2008, the New York Post reported that the Internal Revenue Service had sent subpoenas to several corporations that had donated to Sharpton’s National Action Network.
In 2007 New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo began
investigating the National Action Network, because it failed to make
proper financial reports, as required for non-profits.[83] According to the Post, several major corporations, including Anheuser-Busch and Colgate-Palmolive, have donated thousands of dollars to the National Action Network. The Post asserted that the donations were made to prevent boycotts or rallies by the National Action Network.[84]

Sharpton countered the investigative actions with a charge that they reflected a political agenda by United States agencies.[85]

On September 29, 2010, Robert Snell of the Detroit News reported that the Internal Revenue Service had filed a notice of federal tax lien against Sharpton in New York City in the amount of over $538,000.[86]
Sharpton’s lawyer asserts that the notice of federal tax lien relates
to Sharpton’s year 2009 federal income tax return, the due date of which
has been extended to October 15, 2010, according to the lawyer.
However, the Snell report states that the lien relates to taxes assessed during 2009.[87]
 

”
The Republicans are total and complete MORONS!” 

 Please m34, we know all about the tax rates and so do the Liberals.  This is ignorant spin from the left.  It’s another attempt to divide the country.

You can only carry forward $3,000 of that loss into subsequent years but you don’t get to deduct that $3,000 from your taxes, you can only deduct the $3,000 from the total of Cap Gains for that given year.  Capital Gains = $10,000 - carryover loss ($3,000) taxes due on Capital gains of $7,000.  If the figures were on a million dollars of Capital Gains you can only lower your gains by $3,000 ($1500 if filing Jointly.

The write off is not $3,000 off of your taxes due, it’s $3,000 off of your Capital Gains total for that year.

Just to be specific which you aren’t.  Nothing “awesome” about losing your investment income in any circumstance and having to carry it over into the next year!!!!! 

 This is why we need a flat tax then everyone will have skin in the game and actually care about how its being used. Dems want to hose the rich because they are a minority (the rich) and give it to the majority to get votes. All this class warfare is a total scam after the election Obozo will raise taxes on everyone because the rich don’t have enough money to balance the budget even if they took it all. (Obozo will win because they’ve already rigged the election.)

We all have been following Al Sharpton for years. He is extremely dense when it comes to facts and will say almost anything to make his view sound reasonable and true. Almost like a politician.

In all honesty, why would anyone listen to Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson or Barack Hussein Obama?

 He is a politician. He sucked so badly they put him on M.S.L.S.D. with the rest of the washouts who couldn’t get elected.

 It’s funny how none of these clowns can define what fair is other than saying more;.

Isn’t this information out there for anyone to research?

How on earth does this guy have a show? He barely seems able to speak, let alone comprehend the tax code or the difference between income taxes and capital gains.

lol…if this mans lips are moving….he is lying…sharpton huh…yep he is sharp alright…lol

Sharpton’s an idiot and an a$$, he makes it harder to send my taxes in knowing idiots like him can get away with something that would have shut my shop down and put my husband and I in the poorhouse.
I’m a sole proprietor of a small expanding shop, my husband and I bring
home about $60,000. each every year. Every year we pay property taxes on our
business equipment, our farm and farming equipment. I pay income taxes
to the tune of approximately $10,000.00. every three months. .Each
payroll I pay 7.35% of each of my nine employee’s Social Security and
Medicare. Sales tax, permits, you name it we all pay it. So, counting up truly just what our government demands from us to keep making the money they are destroying, is… is.., I’m going to bed, my head hurts. None of us know, unless you are a masochist it’s too painful to set down and add it all up.

It is.  My source is IRS.gov.  Now they know their taxes. Liberals don’t seem to know crap when it comes to taxes.  Geitner, Sharptounge, Rangle, Kerry,  ect. ect.

LMAO

Do you really think they’ll go actually read any of these links. You are an optimist sir!!!

They already know the facts but they can’t express them because they are on the Campaign trail for Obama or their hatred for Conservatives makes blood come to their eyes when confronted by the truth.

You see it in every Liberal who posts to you Benny so I think you’re being sarcastic. Ha Ha Ha Ha

“Timmah” for example. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Hmmm, I see you are a shrewd man. You detected my sarcasm even though I attempted to conceal it from you…

John Kerry knows how to only pay 13.1%!!!

Hahahahah

I should write another ode to Timmah, he provides inspiration.

He also registered his yacht in RI rather than pay Mass tax on it.

Dear Rev Al   Exodus 20: 16  You ever read this? Kind of doubt it by your lying. Do not know which church ordained you but they should strip you if they are truly a church of God.

Don’t waste your time. Liars are liars. Ha Ha Ha Ha

say al sharpton why is that you can get away with not paying taxes but i good working american my 401k taxed almost 1,600 dollars and i thuoght this can’t be happening but it is and you are not doing a damn thing except make excuses for the government when you are just as bad and look who is calling the kettle black now senator.     
                                sincerely jeffrey d hayden

They did it to even out the social makeup of the network.  It sure wasn’t due to his ability to speak.

Personally, I’d like to make it a requirement of the job….or turn M. Bachman loose…..

Smiles. I’ll have to post this really good joke later, it’s in this vein…LOL

Tell me, who’s Secretary makes as much money as the owner or CEO of a company?

Warren could pay her the same as he gets paid in about 30 seconds but why would he?  She’s a Secretary not a CEO.

Warren Buffet pays way more in taxes (by millions) but not at the same rate as his Secretary.  Apples and Oranges folks.

Liberal rhetoric from the President of the United States on down.  The ignorant Liberals are sucking it right up and the uniformed are too.

That night I was on a roll,no? Some things need no repeating…LOL

I follow your lead, it always proves interesting, and fruitful.

Excuse me Rev…….if it’s not TRUE, it doesn’t MATTER if it’s “fair” or not. *rolls eyes*

Why isn’t he in prison for not paying his taxes?

go to fairtax.org…

Here is the real question regarding “FAIRNESS”; is it fair
that MSNBC subjects viewers to the unintelligible ranting’s of a moron like Al
Sharpton? Do we really have to be lectured about “FAIRNESS” by a guy who made
his name by lying, cheating ranting about how “White America” enslaved blacks? Sharpton
can rant about “FAIRNESS” and income taxes after he coughs up the $3.7 million
dollars that he owes the Federal Government in BACK TAXES, until then he should
shut his PIE-HOLE! Sharpton doesn’t even pretend to care about the facts or the
truth…. FACT – according to the most recent IRS data 97% of all individuals
paid 11% or LESS in Federal Income Tax! FACT – 48% of all individuals pay $0.00
in Federal Income Tax, most actual get MONEY BACK or REFUNDS for taxes that
they NEVER paid to the Federal Government. FACT – Yes, Romney only paid a
Federal Tax Rate of around 14% in 2010… because his income came from CAPITOL
GAINS not a weekly salary. Before he invested his money he had to earn it and
at that time he most likely paid at the HIGHEST FEDERAL TAX RATE on record.
What isn’t fair; NITWITS in the media (like Sharpton) and NITWITS in the
Democrat Party (like Obama) claiming that millionaires and billionaires aren’t
paying their “FAIRSHARE”! As usual we have the Democrat party and their media partners’
spinning the usual lies about the EVIL RICH PEOPLE! Here’s what real evil is… having
to watch or hear Al Sharpton on any broadcast and the potential of 4 more years
of Obama and his class warfare!

Well said,Joe.

you are realy stupid.

can anyone tell me if this so called 30% rate is just personal income tax or does that include all the other fed tax programs… soc sec, med, et al…? It seems we pay quarterly about a third of our income to our tax accountant… just a smidge confused what that 11% or lower rate is that 97% pay… help please?

Agreed.  He’s completely nonsensical.  What curse did we invoke that gave us Al Sharpton?  And why are there so many suckers who swoon over him?  It’s like the cult behavior we see in the Middle East, North Korea, etc.  You have to suspend rational thought and refuse to do any of your own homework in order to fall in line behind Sharpton, Jackson, Pres. Obama, the Clintons, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, etc. ad nauseum.

Thank you for your intelligent and enlightened response!

“Straight up lies”?  That’s not fair!  hehe

i figure that it would be a waste of time to use facts on you.

  I will be nice here, and call him a Mr–(HE SURE IS NOT A REV.)–Sharpton was a joke before he got the show on MS–LSD, and he is even worse now than he was before.  WHY?? he does absolutely “NO” research on anything he talks about, and he is so ignorant he thinks he knows what he is talking about, basically the whole lot of them at this TV station is the same way, but any how we have “THIS MAN”——THE BIGGEST JOKE OF ALL THE BLACK AMERICANS IN THIS NATION.

  Soul would it be safe to say HE IS AN IGNORANT FOOL??

  We do not ask for this George, God is going to judge Al Sharpton for what he did, and what he said, and what he said, and WHAT HE–(SHARPTON)–SAID, AND DID TO THE HOLY-LAND, AND TO THE HOLY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.,  Gods people will not be mocked, and we are to blame for allowing this piece of human scum to stay around.

I know…
I know…

It’s all been explained here already in earlier posts.  You also can go to IRS.gov and find all the tax information you need there. You have a tax Accountant but don’t know what your tax obligations are?  It’s time to do some research on tax codes panzwent.

If this is just a sarcastic post then never mind.

Why isn’t Geithner in prison?  Obama appointed him Secretary of the Treasury and he’s a liberal, that’s why.  He couldn’t do his own taxes but Obama put him in charge of the Nations finances.

Geez, isn’t Obama the smartest President ever? 

Al is a huge joke, he owes millions in back taxes and has the nerve to talk about anyone else? Hypocrisy at its finest. Between Al and Jesse Jackson I don’t know which one is the bigger windbag.

He’s a “Liberal” Reverend.  You’re supposed to look the other way when he breaks the law.

He’s a “Liberal” Reverend.  You’re supposed to look the other way when he breaks the law.

This is amazing, is Sharpton this stupid or is he just regular left stupid. To argue and talk about taxes when he himself owes money.  I think he is reaching right into Pelosi stupid.

Speaks volumes of Obama’s judgement, SoThere.

gosh, thanks for the reproof, i don’t do our taxes, my husband handles all of the finances in our home because he is self employed. I apologize that i seem unintelligent to you, i was asking a question i just don’t understand, i will have to do my own research.

 He’s just another do as I say not as I do liberal windbag who abused his own race to get where he is.

Ol’ Al is one scary dude.  He looked into the crystal ball and after the reelection of B.O. (groan),

saw that the rate for the ”average” American will slowly creep up which will include taxes, fees

and other ”costs.”    The Administration DOES want a European-style USA, don’t they?

Nothing says Europe as much as higher taxes and more gov’t control.

Well, if the Rev. would get the Congress to pass a Flat Tax with EVERYTHING taxed from being born to the funeral, we wouldn’t need the 500 pages tax return that Romney had.  The IRS tax book is 2,700 pages if I remember.  Just about as bad as Obama care bill that N. Polski said to “read” it when you wanted to know something, don’t ask her!

How about it Rev????

Ken,  I like the idea about everyone paying income tax—even those who EARN less

than $20,000 yearly.   Theirs would be more a ”token” tax—something like $5-$10,

depending on income.   That way ALL would have an investment in our gov’t.

I’m
not sure which comment to reply to!  They’re
all apt!  ‘Reverend’ Al is a hysterical
ass!  I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.  It boggles my mind how so many people find his
word gospel!

Oh boy, Richard!  You certainly called that one!  If there was equality (everyone being

equal) then, what would/could others such as Sharpton et al, have to bellyache about?

That would remove their livelihood.

J.w.,  Sadly, I have to agree with what you say re: the election.  As much as many say

they dislike B.O., the elections will probably not be kosher. (Can I say that?  Dictionary

gives another meaning, as well as the better known one.)   Yep, EVERYONE will have

to get a boost in their income tax rate—if all the rich gave up all their money, it would be

like a couple of drops in the bucket.  The gov’t needs a steady stream of income.

Heh, Bjv

I was in a discussion of this very same idea from a lady in Uk., a Muslim, (she’s a friend) but hasn’t the mindset of a free person. She thinks everything is sweet with their European Socialism….She can’t connect the dots…

Yet is very worried…

Hey R.F.!   We’re already like Europe and we didn’t even know it!  : )

Too funny, bjv.

Oh goody, ”Edo”!  I can hardly wait until B.O. makes the US just like Europe since he

has such great admiration for their style of government.    With all the entitlements being

paid out in our nation, it won’t take long before we rival or surpass Germany in %. 

Then, we can pay the same percentage of taxes as many of the European nations.  : (

That would delight B.O. and most of the progressives.     “Ah, we have arrived!”

So what can we conclude about the Rev. Al Windbag’s comments? That he is most likely the STUPIDEST person on television & that ANYONE who believes any of his nonsensical drivel has the innate intelligence below that of an Australopithicine. Anyone remember Tawana Brawley? He should have lost ALL credibility with that factually devoid episode; instead he gains fame, bona fides and a boatload of money from those moronic leftists because his blather fits in with their factually devoid narrative that the United States is inherently an evil, “unfair” country, instead of the bastion of freedom it truly is.

We all need to know the truth!Can the average guy read through how full of sxxx Sharpton is…..

Stop with the long winded responses to Al Sharpton’s question:  Is the same percentage unfair?  Say  to Al Sharpton YES  it is unfair to those who earn more who pay a larger AMOUNT.  30 % of $10,000 = $3,000 while 30% of $100,000 is $30,000. Conclusion the same percentage means those making 10 times more pay 10 times more than someone earning 10 times less. Is paying 10 times more UNFAIR? Centainly not to those earning less.  What’s the beef? or better yet Where’s the beef?

It is the only way he can stay in the spotlight and on TV, he has no other way of making money.  I would like to see his tax information and the taxes he has paid.    He has his nose into everything and always tries to play the race card.  Maybe he’ll give it up one day and crawl off into a hole.

A very dim lit bulb employed as the Host for the show. Millionaires have the same tax rates as the  upper middle class. Millionaires have the money to lower their tax burden through donations such as charitable deductions. Which Charitable organizations would Mr. Dim-Whit eliminate in order to have an intelligent talking point?

Half the time this ignoramus rears his ugly head, it is to denigrate, disparage or otherwise do his best interpretation  of racism or race baiting. Sharpton is a self admitted socialist ideologue who doesn’t see anything in our great nation worth intellectual investing in. He is sadly stuck in the past civil rights tragedies of the 1960′s and wants to continue down this road to keep himself at the center of attention for race relations which according to him have gotten worse instead of better over the past 50 years. Sharpton attracts the poor, disadvantaged and uneducated with his vitriolic rhetoric and uses it to fuel civil strife instead of a means of promoting a pat forward to attain education, skills and a belief that opportunity exists in this country if you work hard and act responsibly. Sharpton hates Capiltolism with a passion, but what he was never able to understand is that while Capitolism does create some social injustices it is the engine of a free market system that has made this country the greatest nation on earth. If the Congress and the democrats specifically were to address the inner city social problems and the other inequities for minorities instead of damning the sytem and using whatever concessions they get for lining their pockets, we could make a difference and avoid becoming a communist nation that would fail into a banana republic where no one has a decent standard of living. The notion that life is not fair therefore we must redistribute the wealth on the backs of hard working tax payers is wrong. By the way, REV Al likes to chastise people who are financially successful unless they happen to be democrats, but at the same time he is a hypocrite since he owes 3.7 million dollars of back income tax. Think about how much money Rev Al has to take in to owe almost 4 million in back income tax. This guy is  genuine fraud and should be jailed.     

Someone explained to me what happens when socilism exists.
The older people never get used to it, but the younger the person is, the quicker the acceptance.
It’s all in the indoctrination;  almost like a permanant trance.   Similar to the dog analogy.   The animal would not bite the hand that feeds it.  

The ones with money are made to feel quilty if they don’t share their wealth.   Charity is part of their daily routine, or being charitable.   Socialism is a lure once the bate is taken.    Decisions are made for you in just about all aspects of life and freedom of expression is discouraged.

Most socialists would not admitt all of the above;  who would, the thought of being shackled, because that’s what they are in one way or another, isn’t something one needs to think about.   Everything is peachy until the government or those in power run out of money.   That’s the reason a One World scenerio is in the making.  Bartering between  regions would suit their agenda.

not this young one.

WHY would anyone with any brains even lesson to That old bag of foul air ??? Sharpton is an IDIOT. He doesn’t even have a church/sect,etc, why do they call a man with NO faith, REV, and there is Jackson, with the same story.???  I believe they are just trouble makers, keeping the Black folks in a tizzy, and worked up to hate the White folks. Am I right or wrong ???

Sharpton lectures us about paying more taxes and avoids them himself.  The heighth of hypocrisy.  In fact,  many in the White House and Federal Government workers are in arears on their taxes.  We have to pay, but not the elitists Progressives.

this old one is having none of it.

The trouble with Al, Jesse and the likes is that they are not true believers in God, they are opportunist in the name of God. Why anyone that is truely religious would follow these tax cheats and liars is beyond me.

I have to disagree with you. The answer to Al Sharpton’s question should clearly be NO. It is not fair that those who work hard, go to school, invest wisely and build large fortunes should be taxed at a rate higher than those who are not as diligent, intelligent or motivated to build a large fortune. I attended law school and passed on six figure jobs in order to work as a county prosecutor. I should pay the same tax rate as someone with a six figure salary. I believe a flat tax is fair.

… and, no holiday month just for being “Europeon.”

What sort of ‘rev-rund’ jumps on a bandwagon of made-up statistics and attempts to brow-beat a Congressman with them?  “Rev-rund” Al does NOT have light behind his eyes, and causes the Christ within my heart to repel with disgust.  Wonder if he goes to the Bohemian Grove for summer fun and frolic?

Regardless of who is president, people are going to have to understand monetary policy and the business cycle. Whenever you devalue a currency, you start to see the middle class disappear.  This is what’s happening. Once we decrease the debt and bring back the purchasing power of the dollar, then we will see economic growth. Until then we’re just kidding ourselves, thinking that a better tax plan is what’s going to pay for unlimited amounts of printing money and spending.

My Dad used to say, “Never get into a pi**ing contest with a skunk.”  When I think of Sharpton
the black critter with the stripe down his back comes to mind REALLY clear.

The President and Al Sharpton never talk about effective tax rates on average income earners.  Based on 2011 tax tables, a single person with W-2 wages of $40,000 has taxable wages of $30,500 using standard deduction and one exemption and pays taxes of $3,721 or 9.3% of W-2.
A family of four earning $75,000 W-2 has taxable wages of $48,600 with taxes of $6,436 with an effective rate on W-2 of 8.58%
If Warren Buffet’s secretary earns W-2 $100,000 is single under 65 claims standard deduction and one exemption, she will pay $18,957 in income tax at an effective rate of 18.96%.  She does have a marginal rate of 28% which she would pay on $6,900.

Why doesn’t someone tell Romney and others to start being more direct and say point blank:  15% to govt and another 14%+ to charities adding up to ___%.  Then follow up with the question: Whom would you rather spend your money, a charity or the bloated government who thinks that they are the only intelligent human beings on the planet and can thereby be trusted to make decisions for Americans?  How has their decisions worked out so far?  Everyone needs to look at Regan’s speech when he supported Goldwater.  He used visual aids – simple charts and posters to pound in his words. 

Perhaps if little Timmy Geithner would take the time to collect from these tax slackers……

The only reason there is a Reverend Al Sharpton to debate with is because the left wing media created him.  His diviseness, his ranting and spewing of lies, has earned him a place in the liberal hall of fame.  He consistently fans the fire of racism, to anyone who will listen and unfortunately there are many that do.  Oh,and as a side note,  didn’t Al get in trouble for not paying his taxes at one point?  What a joke this court jester for the left is.

What good do sharpton and jackson do ? They show up for riots ! 80 % of black homes have NO fathers in them. Leaving the children to the streets. Both should be out there fixing this huge problem !  Instead of using there time with there girlfriends, and shaking down white corporations, for money !  They could be doing plenty to save the black race, instead of watching the race disappear, by killing itself off !

MSNBC.  ARE THEY STILL ON T.V. ?  Having sharpton on, is one of the reasons they have NO RATINGS.

Funniest part was when Al pretty much said – ok, let’s stipulate it’s not true, but if it were, is it FAIR?

He’s either a fool or a knave – those are the only two choices.

RuFree, that’s funny you should say this. A poster (Liberal) admitted the same hypothesis.
Condemning me for my outdated viewpoints. And stated he was glad the youth of today don’t share our knowledge of Free Enterprise, but embrace Socialism.

Hypnotism is in evidence with the OWS crowd. Did you listen to the repetitious chanting?
It’s a continuation of elementary school.

Doodaddio, had an excellent post on this awhile back.

Thank you for the rejoinder.

Warren Buffet started this whole thing and it sounded stupid to me then – of course he’s talking about his capital gains and not his salary income – there’s a big difference. And, even so, what is taken out of my salary is not always what I end up paying once I file my income tax. I imagine his secretary is not an average citizen and yet, I doubt she pays 30% once she receives her returns.
But now everyone is running with it, including our very own president in his SOTU, and since the drive-by media won’t point this out to the average citizen, those still uninformed are going to believe the rich should get tax increases.  This is a great ploy to instill even more class warfare and I bet obama was so excited when buffett made this comment. I’m sure biden will also now come up with his own take on it – or has he already?

Sharpton , a so called reverend, is not envious he is covetous. A true reverend should never habitually break any of the commandments of God. If I were him I wouldn’t dare call myself a reverend because Gods judgement begins at the pulpit.

The ‘ Rev’. Al.speaks,his followers listen,why? I don’t know.Maybe they have bought the story hook line &sinker.being kept down and all of that. Maybe they are waiting to hear something fair and honest out of his mouth.MSNBC hires malcotents &people light in the loafers for a reason to cause trouble.Straight out lies,no statments or story verifications,Lean Forward?wth is that?

I wonder if Al Sharp Tongue pays his fair share!

Let’s shake off the shackles of debt slavery and tax bondage.
Let’s help Ron Paul break-up the FED/IRS crime syndicate and restore true economic liberty that made America great.
Dr. Paul has over 800,000 Facebook fans. —-$5 donation a week from each fan would generate $4,000.000 a week. —If we can get a 30 week commitment, the campaign will be able to raise $109,500,000.00 within a short space of time. —- The main point is that everyone can afford $5 a week. —– This amounts to a glass of wine, a Starbucks coffee, or a Pint of Beer.http://www.dailypaul.com/204721/how-to-raise-100-million-needed-to-beat-obama-buy-dr-paul-one-coffee-every-week-for-30-weeks#comment-2181723

I saw this while channel surfing and caught the last four minutes.  I was amazed at the oneway, blinders on,and no concept of what he was talking about attitude of the buffoon.  The nitwit tried to end the interview and the congressman asked the “REV.” what his tax bill was.  The buffoon just cuouldnt get off the air fast enough.  I did some research and found that Sharpton owes taxes, is behind in paying taxes and is being investigated for his own tax record.  One that lives in a glass home does not throw stones.

Idiot has been for a long time.

Why isn’t he in jail?  Hypocrites! Reverse racism at it’s finest.