The First Dude looks like he's one Miller Lite away from parting his hair down the middle in the front and growing a mullet.

Wake me up when they release the medical records of her miracle birth.

I'm outraged! This is outrageous!

From the store -



I wouldn't even wipe my ass with this campaign. Would you?

Why doesn't she tithe 10%?

She has to be spending lots of money on pot to smog out the Straight Talk Express like she does.



She puts Snoop Dogg to shame.

She can't afford to be Republican.

I'm confused. They paid 9% on over 100k?

I paid 17% on 40k. Do you pay a lower percentage the more you make?



/Can't wait for the Obama tax cuts.
//Real Republican. (aka "prefers GOP", if you are chickenshiat Dino Rossi)

Hah! They use H&R block to prepare their taxes.


/Accountant lulz

thanks imageshack?

There's a reason this was released on Friday:

She didn't report her per Diem payments to work out of her home. It adds up to a lot. Small business owners get audited and fined all the time for things like that.

Watch for the right wing spin machine to rev up and call this perfectly acceptable in 3..2..1...

For 2006, the Palins paid $11,944 (LINE 63) in total taxes on gross income of $127,869 (LINE 37), which is a 9.3% tax rate.

For 2007, the Palins paid $24,738 (LINE 63) in total taxes on gross income of $166,080 (LINE 37), which is a 14.9% tax rate.

And remember the Republican keep telling you rich people pay too much in taxes!!!

Do you make less than $100? do you pay more than 9.3%?

Top Tax Rate is not what people actually pay, but Republican's like to pretend it is.

Rad!

i made more money than that cow.

Hmmmm

I find some parts interesting, like their charitable contributions. Looks like in that area she is more "patriotic" than Biden.

Second Dude right? Or should that be:

Palin/ McCain campaign releases Sarah Palin & First Dude's tax returns. Documents show, er, not much interesting

kwakuga: I'm confused. They paid 9% on over 100k?

I paid 17% on 40k. Do you pay a lower percentage the more you make?

Yes you do because you have more things to write off or defer your taxes on like house payments and 401k and make more money from capital gains which is taxed at a lower rate.

This is why the monthly WSJ stories of "Rich taxed 35% most in the world" is such BS because no one actually pays that.

Want to read about the thousands of Americans who make 200k+ who pay NO income tax. This is what Obama is talking about for fairness in the tax code.

They Earn $200,000 and Pay No Taxes (new window)

Snow machine

/mods please erase prior comments

Corvus: They Earn $200,000 and Pay No Taxes (new window)

good sir, this linky no worky.

Oh, so there's the outrage. Pity people actually have to do a little math. Unlike in Wasilla, they just do meth.

GodsTumor Strike two

Jeremy Bates: ilambiquated: Second Dude right? Or should that be:

Palin/ McCain campaign releases Sarah Palin & First Dude's tax returns. Documents show, er, not much interesting

I believe the correct nomenclature is "Vice Dude."

for using the word nomenclature, you, sir, are filled with win.

Father_Jack: Rad!

i made more money than that cow.

Are you buying the DRINKS?!

Father_Jack: Corvus: They Earn $200,000 and Pay No Taxes (new window)

good sir, this linky no worky.

It works for me. maybe if you cut and paste it:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=5058692

HighOnCraic: Father_Jack: Rad!

i made more money than that cow.

Are you buying the DRINKS?!

always up for going for a scoop with a Dub.

Ninja Wicked: GodsTumor Strike two


Yeah, imageshack won't perform for me tonight ...oh well!

kwakuga: I'm confused. They paid 9% on over 100k?

I paid 17% on 40k. Do you pay a lower percentage the more you make?

It's a vagina, not a tax-deduction factory?

Its nice to know they made 40k more and gave 2k less to charity in 2007.

Hey we only care during election years.

Corvus: Father_Jack: Corvus: They Earn $200,000 and Pay No Taxes (new window)

good sir, this linky no worky.

It works for me. maybe if you cut and paste it:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=5058692

Yeah that did it, cheers.

FTFA:

Responding to Hurricane Katrina, Washington exempted charitable contributions between Aug. 27, 2005, and Jan. 1, 2006, from the overall limit on itemized tax deductions and the 50% of adjusted gross income limit for such giving. The one-time change wasn't limited to hurricane-related contributions.

"There was no excuse for not restricting it to the affected area," said Joann Weiner, a former Treasury Department employee who analyzed the changes in her current job as a contributing editor at Tax Analysts, a non-profit publisher of tax information and data.

Under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Washington also allowed taxpayers to eliminate up to 100% of their alternative minimum tax liability by using credits for any foreign taxes paid. Before tax year 2005, those credits could only eliminate 90% of federal income taxes.

The first two paragraphs are apparently to incentivize people to donate to charities and what not, which sounds nice but looks like according to this article is rife for abuse.

the last paragraph tho is for letting expats off the hook. As a former expat i sure resented paying American income tax for money i made in Germany or Switzerland; i didnt receive any of the benefits of the taxes paid, and i didnt even earn the money in the US, why should i pay taxes on it when i'm already paying taxes in the country where i earned the money?

I guess my point is, I kinda support the second one. :)

Bacontastesgood: There's a reason this was released on Friday:

She didn't report her per Diem payments to work out of her home. It adds up to a lot. Small business owners get audited and fined all the time for things like that.

Watch for the right wing spin machine to rev up and call this perfectly acceptable in 3..2..1...

Mine are reimbursed on a company check and counted on my w2. I don't need to declare them separately, since they were reimbursed. Only if they fail to reimburse.

Corvus: For 2006, the Palins paid $11,944 (LINE 63) in total taxes on gross income of $127,869 (LINE 37), which is a 9.3% tax rate.

For 2007, the Palins paid $24,738 (LINE 63) in total taxes on gross income of $166,080 (LINE 37), which is a 14.9% tax rate.

And remember the Republican keep telling you rich people pay too much in taxes!!!

Do you make less than $100? do you pay more than 9.3%?

Top Tax Rate is not what people actually pay, but Republican's like to pretend it is.

Six exemptions (joint filing, four dependent children), $7.4K deduction for state/local taxes, $10K deduction for home mortgage interest, $3K in charitable contributions.

Looks like a $9.6K loss on snowmobile racing as well. *shrug*

Corvus: kwakuga: I'm confused. They paid 9% on over 100k?

I paid 17% on 40k. Do you pay a lower percentage the more you make?

Yes you do because you have more things to write off or defer your taxes on like house payments and 401k and make more money from capital gains which is taxed at a lower rate.

This is why the monthly WSJ stories of "Rich taxed 35% most in the world" is such BS because no one actually pays that.

Want to read about the thousands of Americans who make 200k+ who pay NO income tax. This is what Obama is talking about for fairness in the tax code.

They Earn $200,000 and Pay No Taxes (new window)

Part of the bailout was a hold on the AMT for another year as well.

DoWhatNowToWhat: Its nice to know they made 40k more and gave 2k less to charity in 2007.

Hey we only care during election years.


And Biden consistently could care less.

Spreadhead: Why doesn't she tithe 10%?

because she's really one of the money changers

Father_Jack: good sir, this linky no worky.

You have to be using an actual computer and not a microwave oven with a corn muffin that you drag around on the counter to click with.

/jes kiddin

Saint Sarah will be in town on Monday. This is one of the reddest parts of Florida. If they have to be shoring up the base in October like this then McCain/St. Sarah are in trouble.

Will Cindy McCain's tax returns ever get released?

Or John McCain's medical records?

Bucky Katt: Saint Sarah will be in town on Monday. This is one of the reddest parts of Florida. If they have to be shoring up the base in October like this then McCain/St. Sarah are in trouble.

You need to get a bunch of whitebreads to go with you and learn a chant. When it gets attention, change it from pro-Palin to pro-Obama.

She should look on the bright side - under Obama's plan, she'll get a tax cut.

stebain: When it gets attention, change it from pro-Palin to pro-Obama.

But that would ruin its videotaped usefulness as soundbites on Fox.

Father_Jack: Jeremy Bates: ilambiquated: Second Dude right? Or should that be:

Palin/ McCain campaign releases Sarah Palin & First Dude's tax returns. Documents show, er, not much interesting

I believe the correct nomenclature is "Vice Dude."

for using the word nomenclature, you, sir, are filled with win.

There's enough vice in Washington as it is. ship them off to Siberia.

luckystar: DoWhatNowToWhat: Its nice to know they made 40k more and gave 2k less to charity in 2007.

Hey we only care during election years.


And Biden consistently could care less.

how much less could he care?

stebain: Bucky Katt: Saint Sarah will be in town on Monday. This is one of the reddest parts of Florida. If they have to be shoring up the base in October like this then McCain/St. Sarah are in trouble.

You need to get a bunch of whitebreads to go with you and learn a chant. When it gets attention, change it from pro-Palin to pro-Obama.

sadly I actually have to be at work during her speech (assuming my job is still there on Monday)

Bucky Katt: Saint Sarah will be in town on Monday. This is one of the reddest parts of Florida. If they have to be shoring up the base in October like this then McCain/St. Sarah are in trouble.

Meh. Between states, one changed vote in Utah is worthless compared to a changed vote in Virginia. But, within a state, one changed or confirmed vote in a red area is as good as one in a blue area.

The fact that they are now struggling to keep Florida is a problem for the duo-who-don't-speak-for-their-campaign. It's possible Obama could win it, but I hope he gets enough votes elsewhere that we aren't relying on the intelligence of Florida election monitors.

Father_Jack: the last paragraph tho is for letting expats off the hook. As a former expat i sure resented paying American income tax for money i made in Germany or Switzerland; i didnt receive any of the benefits of the taxes paid, and i didnt even earn the money in the US, why should i pay taxes on it when i'm already paying taxes in the country where i earned the money?

I guess my point is, I kinda support the second one. :)

And if you then live in a country where you don't pay any income taxes? Then all you need to do is live there and never pay income taxes.

Lawnchair: The fact that they are now struggling to keep Florida is a problem for the duo-who-don't-speak-for-their-campaign. It's possible Obama could win it, but I hope he gets enough votes elsewhere that we aren't relying on the intelligence of Florida election monitors.

Getting the McCain campaign to waste time in Florida is the epitome of Patton's credo: "Don't die for your country, get the other son of a biatch to die for his."

Can someone explain why the 2007 return was prepared on 9/3/2008? Is it typical for people in public office to delay these things past the April deadline?

rjsjayhawk: Can someone explain why the 2007 return was prepared on 9/3/2008? Is it typical for people in public office to delay these things past the April deadline?

Hahhaah maybe she sent in an update when she found out she might be vice president.

rjsjayhawk: Can someone explain why the 2007 return was prepared on 9/3/2008? Is it typical for people in public office to delay these things past the April deadline?

Simple. The Palins filed a 6 month extension. Commonly used. They had until October 15th to file. Matter of fact, most of my clientele waits till October 15th for various reasons, most of them because they have businesses or partnerships that haven't filed their returns in April and are waiting on the Schedule K-1 which would be their share of the partnership.

Corvus: And if you then live in a country where you don't pay any income taxes? Then all you need to do is live there and never pay income taxes.

which countries are those? do those exist? if they do, i bet they're damn hard to get residency permits in.

even the swiss, which are a haven for rich folks because they have very little taxes in comparison to the rest of the western world, they do pay something.

if you're rich enough though you can go down to your local Kanton city hall and negotiate a package w/ the tax authorities. Guys like boris becker and michael schumacher and other stinkin' rich germans do that.

Bacontastesgood: You have to be using an actual computer and not a microwave oven with a corn muffin that you drag around on the counter to click with.

i loled. well-played.