Re: Obama Imploding
Posted by:
Jittery
()
Date: September 10, 2008 11:24AM
pgens Wrote:
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> In 2002 it was projected that about 47% of
> revenues in 2006 would be from individual income
> taxes. In 2007 there were 139.3 million returns
> filed (not 117).
>
> So using these rough numbers that mix years a
> little but should all be in the same ballpark,
> $233M / 139.3M returns = $1.67 per filed return.
> 47% of that is 78 and a half cents. Every
> taxpayer had less than a buck in it.
>
> How about someone here give him a whole dollar,
> which will give him a 28% return on his
> investment? Maybe with that he'll go away and not
> come back until he provides some research into
> things that are easily quantifiable. I mean, to
> even use the plural and say "my tax dollars" was
> incorrect... it wasn't even his "tax dollar."
Thanks for the correction, I was going off of '06 numbers. He is always talking about how well off he is and how he will retire early, etc. so I didn't want to insult his delicate sensibilities by only assuming he would be the "average" taxpayer. A man as smart and good with money as he is certainly has to be in the top 1%. Either way, $5 is money well spent if he will simply go away.