The Filthy Rich are Different from You and Me and The Not-So-Filthy Rich
“Mitt Romney is promising to reduce taxes on middle-income Americans. But how does he define ‘middle-income’? The Republican presidential nominee defined it Friday as income of $200,000 to $250,000 a year and less.” Median household income is around $50,000. [AP, via Political Wire]
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I think I can actually hear Karl Rove pounding his head on a desk.
Asshole McMagic Underpants is done.*
*Assuming that messing up GOTV and voter ID restrictions don’t fuck everything up.
@Mistress Cynica: Remember when we thought Bush I was out of touch? Hahahahaha.
I don’t know about the rest of you but I have to say I’m finding it hard to scrape by on anything less than $300,000. One has to give up so much one has to wonder, Is it worth it?
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