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Biden: “Some of the 47% pay higher effective rates than Gov. Romney” … say, what?

October 13, 2012

I’ve been re-watching the Biden-Ryan debate and reading the transcript … this time, it’s for comedy value.

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Beyond the whoppers, I can’t believe how many fundamentally dumb things Biden said.  Many got obscured by his bluster.

Here’s one of my favorites … suitable for the Yogi Berra quote book:

These people [the 47%]  are my mom and dad, the people I grew up with, my neighbors.

They pay more effective tax than Governor Romney pays in his federal income tax.

I’ve had it up to here with this notion that 47 percent …

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An obvious non sequitur.

By definition, the folks in the 47% don’t pay any Federal income taxes, so their effective rates are zero

And, zero is less than 14% … or any other positive tax rate.

Geez.

And that dufass is in line to be President.

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$1,000 annually, $40 per week … huh?

December 22, 2011

Someone just said in a press conference that the proposed 2-month  2% payroll tax holiday would save an average family earning $50,000 per year about $1,000.

Hmmm.  Annualizing a 2 month program. Clever arithmetic.

Perhaps, sensing that’s misleading, he went on to clarify: that works out to about $40 per week.

Hmmm.

Let’s do the math: $40 times 52 weeks = #2,080 … that can’t be right.

$1,000 divided by 52 weeks is less than $20.

Huh?

I hate to get petty, but if the “someone” had been Rick Perry, the gaffe woulda made headlines.

If it had been Joe Biden, everybody would have just shook their heads and said “again?”.

But, it was Barack Obama, so it’ll get ignored by the press … but not by the Homa Files.

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