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    Default President Obama's Tax Return

    In case you are interested- the President's tax return is now available on-line.

    The only thing withheld is the actual social security numbers of the people involved. Everything else is there:

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/defa...ete-return.pdf

    BY the numbers:


    $5,505,409
    Adjusted gross income declared by Barack and Michelle Obama
    $400,000
    Mr Obama's salary as President of the United States

    $3.3 million
    Income from the sale of Mr Obama's first book, "Dreams from My Father," a memoir about his family and early life

    $2.3 million
    Income from the sale of Mr Obama's second book, "The Audacity of Hope," a policy prescription for America

    $1,792,414
    Federal income taxes paid by the Obamas

    $163,303
    Illinois state income taxes paid

    $136
    Foreign taxes paid

    40
    Number of charities to which the Obamas donated in 2009

    $329,100
    Total amount donated to charity (not including Mr Obama's $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize honorarium, which went entirely to charity)

    $50,000
    Largest donation, made to both the United Negro College Fund and the anti-poverty group CARE

    $150
    Smallest donation, made to United Way/Crusade of Mercy, a Chicago health and social services non-profit

    $606,170
    Tax deductions declared by the First Family — including nearly half a million dollars in business expenses

    $355,000
    Approximate value of Bank of Hawaii shares left to Mr Obama by his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, following her death in 2008

    65

    Total number of pages in the Obamas' tax return


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    Default Re: President Obama's Tax Return

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    65
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    That is why we need a FairTax system not a income system.
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    Thanks James. Would you give us the same breakdown for the V.P., please?

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    Thanks James. Would you give us the same breakdown for the V.P., please?
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    Jim, Jim, Jim...He said 'please'

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    Here ya go McDuck,

    http://www.delawareonline.com/assets...L155699415.PDF

    Ya know those brainiac types kinda look down their noses at us average folks, especially if we're not their kind. Ya gotta learn to chum, to get them to rise to the bait.
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    you gotta be careful with that google thingy,

    one time i was trying to locate an old friend, so i typed in hippie chick and big hair, like how many of those can there be out there?

    you'll never guess what all popped up, pretty sure it wasn't her, couldn't really tell though, hard to see the faces, things have never been the same between us since.

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    Exactly..here is one I got under Liberal..


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    Quote Originally Posted by James48843 View Post
    In case you are interested- the President's tax return is now available on-line.

    The only thing withheld is the actual social security numbers of the people involved. Everything else is there:

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/defa...ete-return.pdf

    BY the numbers:


    $5,505,409
    Adjusted gross income declared by Barack and Michelle Obama
    $400,000
    Mr Obama's salary as President of the United States

    $3.3 million
    Income from the sale of Mr Obama's first book, "Dreams from My Father," a memoir about his family and early life

    $2.3 million
    Income from the sale of Mr Obama's second book, "The Audacity of Hope," a policy prescription for America

    $1,792,414
    Federal income taxes paid by the Obamas

    $163,303
    Illinois state income taxes paid

    $136
    Foreign taxes paid

    40
    Number of charities to which the Obamas donated in 2009

    $329,100
    Total amount donated to charity (not including Mr Obama's $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize honorarium, which went entirely to charity)

    $50,000
    Largest donation, made to both the United Negro College Fund and the anti-poverty group CARE

    $150
    Smallest donation, made to United Way/Crusade of Mercy, a Chicago health and social services non-profit

    $606,170
    Tax deductions declared by the First Family — including nearly half a million dollars in business expenses

    $355,000
    Approximate value of Bank of Hawaii shares left to Mr Obama by his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, following her death in 2008

    65
    Total number of pages in the Obamas' tax return
    I thought he didn't like the Bush tax cuts, so why does he take them? I thought he wanted to eliminate deductions to charities, so why does he take them? He's not a big fan of leadership by example, is he? He should have paid the amount of taxes he thinks every "rich" American should pay under his tax plan. This is yet another missed opportunity by the President to demonstrate his leadership.
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    Default Re: President Obama's Tax Return

    Quote Originally Posted by James48843 View Post
    In case you are interested- the President's tax return is now available on-line.

    The only thing withheld is the actual social security numbers of the people involved. Everything else is there:

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/defa...ete-return.pdf

    BY the numbers:


    $5,505,409
    Adjusted gross income declared by Barack and Michelle Obama
    $400,000
    Mr Obama's salary as President of the United States

    $3.3 million
    Income from the sale of Mr Obama's first book, "Dreams from My Father," a memoir about his family and early life

    $2.3 million
    Income from the sale of Mr Obama's second book, "The Audacity of Hope," a policy prescription for America

    $1,792,414
    Federal income taxes paid by the Obamas

    $163,303
    Illinois state income taxes paid

    $136
    Foreign taxes paid

    40
    Number of charities to which the Obamas donated in 2009

    $329,100
    Total amount donated to charity (not including Mr Obama's $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize honorarium, which went entirely to charity)

    $50,000
    Largest donation, made to both the United Negro College Fund and the anti-poverty group CARE

    $150
    Smallest donation, made to United Way/Crusade of Mercy, a Chicago health and social services non-profit

    $606,170
    Tax deductions declared by the First Family — including nearly half a million dollars in business expenses

    $355,000
    Approximate value of Bank of Hawaii shares left to Mr Obama by his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, following her death in 2008

    65
    Total number of pages in the Obamas' tax return
    James, I'm really glad I saw this because the one that stuck out to me was another one showing AGI - $5,505,409 and the huge business write offs.

    So I thought he's using the Presidential Office for 'Private Business' and putting his Interests over the Interests of the People. So I came in this morning anxious to see the Details. THIS I can handle and in fact this all the more saves his ass. If it had been what I suspected then I would have all the more shown how he was NOT fit to serve.

    BTW -- I could care less who you are -- (Chenny for instance) -- there are LINES you do not cross.

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