Romney to donate Salary if elected

[Sherry]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

Cool?

Don't you realize what he's saying is you can keep the chump change salary because if I win this golden crap shoot when I'm finished with the U.S. Treasury George W. Bush will look like a benefactor.

Who and what do you think this man is -- some kind of benevolent saint? He is a ruthless businessman who sends American jobs overseas. He is a corporate vampire who buys weak corporations, drains them and leaves their corpses. He is a financial rapist who ravages pension funds. If Romney is elected the celebration on Wall Street will resemble a Roman orgy under Caligula.

Cool? Yeah. Like hell! Unless you are among the One Percent you don't want this sonofabitch in the White House.

Racist!!

 

[MikeK]

I'm still curious why so many people hate rich politicians and love rich celebrities. It would have taken a whole new direction if Obama had thought of it. Poor sap...

Now, if Romney REALLY wanted to piss off the left a little more, he would come out and say, "I don't play golf...so you don't have to worry about that. And, the wife and I don't need to go traveling all over the world or spend Christmas in Hawaii with our extended family and friends. I'd be happy just staying close to home where we don't have to send 30 SS agents ahead to clear out a hotel for us. Camp David will be just fine for our getaways. Besides, I don't plan on taking much time off...you see, there's a lot of problems here that need fixing and, if elected, it will be MY job to fix them. It's hard to do your job if your not on the job. I learned that a long time ago...it's a value I picked up while creating successful businesses and helping save those that were about to collapse. So giving up my presidential salary is only part of my "re-investment" in America's return to greatness. The other part is being present to do the hard work that will be expected and required of a successful president."

Onanistic reverie.

The last time a major segment of a national population was so willfully deluded was in 1930s Germany.

 

[Dot Com]

I'm still curious why so many people hate rich politicians and love rich celebrities. It would have taken a whole new direction if Obama had thought of it. Poor sap...

Now, if Romney REALLY wanted to piss off the left a little more, he would come out and say, "I don't play golf...so you don't have to worry about that. And, the wife and I don't need to go traveling all over the world or spend Christmas in Hawaii with our extended family and friends. I'd be happy just staying close to home where we don't have to send 30 SS agents ahead to clear out a hotel for us. Camp David will be just fine for our getaways. Besides, I don't plan on taking much time off...you see, there's a lot of problems here that need fixing and, if elected, it will be MY job to fix them. It's hard to do your job if your not on the job. I learned that a long time ago...it's a value I picked up while creating successful businesses and helping save those that were about to collapse. So giving up my presidential salary is only part of my "re-investment" in America's return to greatness. The other part is being present to do the hard work that will be expected and required of a successful president."

A RINO supporter in Texas? Maybe the world IS going to end in 2012.

 

[Cheddarmelon]

I'm not sure that someone who has millions stashed around the world in tax havens is really losing much for the pittance of a comparative amount in salary.


It's so easy to look generous when you give a bit, when you have a shit-ton of money in the wallet.

 

[Dot Com]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

Cool?

Don't you realize what he's saying is you can keep the chump change salary because if I win this golden crap shoot when I'm finished with the U.S. Treasury George W. Bush will look like a benefactor?

Who and what do you think this man is -- some kind of benevolent saint? He is a ruthless businessman who sends American jobs overseas. He is a corporate vampire who buys weak corporations, drains them and leaves their corpses. He is a financial rapist who ravages pension funds and hides his personal fortune offshore to avoid paying taxes. If Romney is elected the celebration on Wall Street will resemble a Roman orgy under Caligula.

Cool? Yeah. Like hell! Unless you are among the One Percent you don't want this sonofabitch in the White House.

Very well put

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

You think he is worried about paying a few thousand more in taxes?

 

[Cheddarmelon]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

You think he is worried about paying a few thousand more in taxes?

That's a good point. He's dodged so many of them so far, what's a few thousand bucks?

 

[Sherry]

It wouldn't just be the annual salary in office, but also the pension that Romney would not take from the taxpayers...

From the standpoint of a public pension, Obama is well-heeled.

As president, he will receive $191,300 annually for life — win or lose in next month's election — and receives a travel allotment as well as mailing privileges. Should Obama lose, his presidential pension kicks in immediately after leaving office.

Given that the president enjoys a normal life span, the pension allotment would be worth upwards of $6 million.

The federal budget spends about $3 million annually for the four living ex-presidents. Obama also will get Secret Service protection.

In addition, Obama may be due a nice pension for the eight years he served in the Illinois Legislature as a state senator.

Illinois is infamous for its lavish pension plan for former lawmakers. A Freedom of Information Act request for Obama's pension amount submitted Wednesday to the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois was not immediately answered, nor was a call to the Obama campaign.

UPDATE: PolitiFact, the fact-checking arm of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has confirmed that Obama does participate in the Illinois pension fund, which was organized in the Cayman Islands and has interests in China.

Pension Envy: Who Has More

 

[del]

Can you name the last president who did the same?

don't really care

it's certainly not a reason to vote for him, and it's certainly no sacrifice on his part.

to reiterate- big. fucking. deal.

didn't say it was a reason to vote for him.

But it could set an interesting precedent for future Presidents.

if you don't think it's a big deal you really didn't have to comment. Im sure you just ended up keeping the thread alive longer.

how very exciting for all of us!

 

[del]

You could say he's leading by example...it's hard to deny that he hasn't devoted much of his life to service.

it's hard to deny he hasn't devoted much of his life to his own wealth and goals too.

so what?

Compassionate and successful.

you're half right

 

[Vel]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

Just look at it like he's paying a 100% tax rate on that income.

 

[del]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

Just look at it like he's paying a 100% tax rate on that income.

except he'll be taking it as a charitable deduction

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

Not a surprise at all considering he did the same as governor, for the olympics, and a few other things as well.

I wonder if Obama will match the vow? He is worth multi-millions also and doesn't need the pay.

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

Just look at it like he's paying a 100% tax rate on that income.

except he'll be taking it as a charitable deduction

Which will be capped at around $25,000 so he can only claim that much...well if his plan goes through.

 

[Cheddarmelon]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

Not a surprise at all considering he did the same as governor, for the olympics, and a few other things as well.

I wonder if Obama will match the vow? He is worth multi-millions also and doesn't need the pay.

That would only seem like manuvering at this point. Much like donating your salary when you have millions of dollars is.

 

[Vel]

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

Just look at it like he's paying a 100% tax rate on that income.

except he'll be taking it as a charitable deduction

Well we all know that the value of the deduction is no where near $400,000.00 so I certainly wouldn't complain. I doubt he'd try to deduct the value of his used underwear like a certain other recent POTUS did. Besides, if he can turn this economy around, are you going to begrudge him a tax deduction?

 

[txlonghorn]

Ever notice how loud the whiners are? LOL It's ok haters...we managed to survive 4 years of this bafoon (barely). I think you'll be alright (and probably better off) after 4 years of a much more experienced business expert.

Do you know what deluded means? It's means weakened. Changed to a lower level of potency. Your hate is making you weak. You spend so much time looking for reasons to hate that you lose sight of the catastrophe that you voted into power in the first place.

This short article describes the "leader" you so proudly adore.....

October 18, 2012
Fort Hood and the Election
By Lee DeCovnick


My liberal friends and family often ask what's the source of my passion to see Mitt Romney defeat Barack Obama. They never like the answer.

Pvt. Francheska Velez.

Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, an Army bomb disposal specialist who served in Iraq was three months pregnant when Major Nidal Hasan deliberately shot her in the abdomen during the murderous rampage at Ft. Hood. Screaming in agony, her final words were "My baby, my baby."

Witnesses in the Article 32 hearing in 2010 testified that a man in an Army combat uniform stood by a front counter, shouted "Allahu Akbar!"("God is great!") and started shooting. Major Hasan also had 20 "email communications with senior al-Qaeda recruiter and Yemen-based cleric Anwar al-Awlaki."

It has been 153 weeks, or almost three years, since the Ft. Hood murders on November 5, 2009 and Major Hasan's court-martial has still not begun. Justice for the victims and their families has not only been criminally delayed, but the integrity of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) and its processes have been damaged. Don't expect any MSM coverage on the three-year anniversary of the shootings, a day before the presidential election.

This president and his political lapdogs currently use the term "workplace violence" in regards to the murders at Ft. Hood. "Workplace violence," is such a banal and Orwellian phrase. Banal and Orwellian are also the quintessential metaphors of this Administration's inner thoughts and goals.
Bottom line, direct from our commander-in-chief; there will be no Purple Hearts awarded to the 13 dead and 29 wounded soldiers, shot while on active duty, in uniform, on an US military base.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

you say that like it's a sacrifice for him.

the last thing he wants is W-2 income that's taxed at the highest rate...

Just look at it like he's paying a 100% tax rate on that income.

except he'll be taking it as a charitable deduction

He didn't take half his charitable deductions last year. That means that, unlike a progressive millionaire who has a proposed tax rule named after him, he actually pays more taxes than he has to.

 

[Lovebears65]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

I saw this today. Yep he is a real man who knows he doesnt need the money .. So why not donate it to charities. I bet Obama would never do this . In fact him and his wife go different times on vacation costing us MORE money . takes expensive vacations .. They love spending our tax dollars

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Romney vows to donate salary if elected - USATODAY.com

not a huge surprise if you know Romney. but still cool

Not a surprise at all considering he did the same as governor, for the olympics, and a few other things as well.

I wonder if Obama will match the vow? He is worth multi-millions also and doesn't need the pay.

That would only seem like manuvering at this point. Much like donating your salary when you have millions of dollars is.

Well then why hasn't obama donated a similar percentage of his multi-million dollar net worth to Romney?

Romney has donated, as a percentage of income, a lot more than Obama and both are multi millionaires.....this begs the question, which man truly is more about helping others instead of themselves?