thats funny, i FEEL like i pay taxes... my paycheck SHOWS i pay taxes, and my lack of money PROVES i pay taxes.
stop parroting romney's talking points. the "income tax" is not the only tax on income, nor is it the only tax. the poor pay the greatest percentage of the other non "income tax" income taxes, and other taxes. the real truth is niether side gives a fuck where the "revenue" comes from all they want is more of it. they sing and dance and create powerpoint presentations to support their own personal favorite place to rob, but they both steal big, steal little and always ALWAYS steal. its what washington and politicians do.
Romney wants to rob from those who already shoulder the burden of the heaviest and most "regressive" taxes, while obama wants to shove his fist up the asses of the wealthy till he can pull out their pancreas for sale on the chinese black market for used organs.
both these assholes are liars when it comes to taxes, and on the tax issue neither one will change shit for the people who are currently getting kicked in the nuts.
your assertion that rich people are smarter with their money than poor people only proves that you dont know why poor people are called POOR, BECAUSE THEY GOT NO MONEY TO INVEST!
if we had money to invest we would be part of the investment class or the "Middle Class" of merchants and managers. Romney's tone deaf harping on the evils of the people who pay the lions share of TAXES (not income taxes, but taxes in general) proves that he is exactly as stupid as Barry Seotoro on the issues that make the economy work.
Protip: Rich people and the middle class dont pay taxes. they simply charge more for the goods and services used by the poor to ensure their continued prosperity, and the burden of paying for the higher costs created by taxation of the wealthy and the merchant class falls squarely on the bent and weary shoulders of those who cannot charge more for their sweat that the merchants and industrialists will pay, and with a whole world full of poor motherfuckers to squeeze they got the lock on options for reducing their costs.
the aim of capitalism is to reward industry for industriousness and ideally provide a ladder out of poverty for those with a good idea, a willingness to work their asses off or a shitload of luck.
the cronyism we got now (and for the last 100 or so years) ensures that the poor stay in their place, while the middle class dream of upward mobility and the wealthy get a free ride on the backs of the hoi pollloi
neither mitt romney nor barry seotoro have any intention of changing the status quo since the status quo ensures the quo of their status.
We are just talking about Income taxes, nothing else. I know all too well the plight of those with no income trying to make it in this world and how all the "other" taxes take a toll, but that's the way it is and nothing I can say will change that. The biggest tax on the poor is inflation, but its so well hidden and some of the poor are so stupid sometimes that they don't even realize it, they just think its normal for prices on things to always get higher.
I have never once in my life ever listened to anything Romney says, so if I say something that he might say, it doesn't mean I am parrotting him. How did you get on the subject of Rmoney anyway? I sure didn't mention him.
In order to hear what these people say you need to either watch TV or listen to talk radio. I do neither.
I was once a poor person, from 1992-2003 I never made more than $13,000. Yet I still invested my money. Maybe it was only $50 a month, but when you don't buy a TV every few years you can afford it. All the really poor people I know all have several TV's and watch them all the time.
One of the things I recently did in anticipation of the Fed QE program was to buy some natural resource stocks at $1.27 each, they are already at $3.76. Instead of buying a $500 big screen at wal mart that will only work for 3-5 years, they could have just bought some of those same stocks and they could sell right now and buy a TV and have $1000 left over.
But that would be way too much work, and way too much waiting around for the price to rise. Much better to pull out the old 17% CC and charge that new $500 TV and then spend $1800 paying it off over the next decade. Instant gratification seems to be the problem with many people today, no idea how to wait and plan for things, gotta have it right now.