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Ahem..
All you whiney assed "teabaggers" out there:
I filed my taxes today and I made $70,470 and paid right at $12,038 in income tax or about 17.08%.
Let's be clear:
I'm hardly the poster boy for clever tax shelters, investments or deduction gaming.
I'm single, I don't own my own home, I don't have a 401K or IRA, I don't even have any kids.
In short I took the STANDARD deduction and the one single exemption and didn't take advantage of ANY of the many tax breaks our government gives me and I paid a measely 17.08% in income tax.
I pay a mere 17.08% when I make far more than the median US household income of around $50,000 and far far more than the average personal income for full time workers over age 25 of $39,000.
And that's without even trying to reduce my taxes down. I'm sure if I tried, I could get that number down to around 10%.
The truth is that you guys are just a bunch of whiners who don't really even pay anything in taxes.
You are a bunch of crybabies who can't accept the fact that you got your ass kicked in the elections last November because America is sick and tired of your right wing crap.
The Founding Fathers didn't complain about paying their taxes.
They complained about not having representation in Parliament.
They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors to found this country and quite a number of them went broke doing just that - so STFU about your taxes already.
The truth is that you were all born on third base and think you hit a triple.
Not a single one of you would be willing to man up enough to go live on a desert island with Wilson the Beach ball for the next four years and finally stop leeching off of all those government paid for benefits that you don't want to pay for.
Show us that you really DID make it where you are now in life without anybody's help.
I dare you.
Until you do:
Shut the fuck up already.
You ought be happy that you have Barack H. Obama for your President instead of Jesus H. Christ.
If it were up to Jesus, you'd be paying a 50% tax rate - if you have two cloaks, you'd have to give up one to the guy who didn't have any - and that damned Jesus would be going around spending your tax dollars on health care for the sick, clothing for the naked, and food for the homeless and hungry.
Instead of being a "teabagger" Jesus would be telling you to "render unto Caesar" and sit down already.
What's the matter Jesus?
Didn't you get the teabaggers' memo?
We can't afford your tax and spend lib-uh-rul ways helping the needy like that.
Can you imagine Jesus saying things like:
Can I see your insurance card?
Sorry but your plan doesn't cover leprosy?
I'm sorry but you're "out of network"?
Until you figure out that America is sick of your selfish petulant whining - your side LOST last November for a REASON - all you are doing is making yourselves more and more irrelevant and ridiculous so stick a sock in it already.
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Doug D.
Orlando, FL