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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: puborectalis who wrote (644276)2/1/2012 3:39:23 PM
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The Obama's reported nearly $2.7 Million in Adjusted Gross Income in 2008.

You get that? You think Romney is any more wealthy than Obama? In any real, meanginful sense? The only difference is that Romney actually MADE his money. Obama had never held a meaningful job in his life, except being a senator -- which doesn't put one it that income category.

You bullet list of points are all essentially out-of-context. Romney made clear during the interview this morning that the poor have a "safety net" and that to the extent there are problems with it, he'll fix it.

Once a person has a few million dollars, whether you have 250M or 10M, there really isn't much difference in the lifestyles. Anyone who can win the presidency today is wealthy by middle-class standards. Period. That includes Obama.

Income inequality arguments ARE about envy. Why else would someone complain?

Unless he can be shown to have violated tax law, which I can assure he can't, I don't see the problem with his tax returns.

The bottom line is that you're just spewing liberal talking points without even thinking them through. For the foreseeable future, only very wealthy people are going to get elected. That is to some extent the political system we've got; but it is also a fact that most people who run for political office are in a position to do so only because they've been financially successful in the past.
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