Romney versus Obama

[ERCougar]

The truth about the recovery.

On a deceptively scaled graph.

[Pelado]

On a deceptively scaled graph.

I disagree that it's deceptively scaled - maybe deceptively cropped would be a better descriptor. I'd like the start point of the graph to be much earlier. How does the metric now compare historically to prior decades?

[EuropeanFootballMale]

Here you go

[All-American]

Here you go

There you go. Not since the 60s has an economic recovery been so slow. Darn those republicans.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

Maybe

[byu71]

I should have known it!!! Obama and his media backers start touting how good the market looks and it is because of Obama we would start back down.

[Moliere]

Day one of the general election fight and it looks like Obama's #1 theme is that Mitt is too rich to be president.

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Mitt Romney pays 13.9% of his income in taxes—less than most middle-class families:

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Mitt Romney has millions stored in offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands. RT if you agree he should close them:

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If one of the 400 highest income earners paid a fair tax rate, more than 300 teachers could stay in the classroom.

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“I was shocked and disappointed to hear that Mitt Romney is not willing to stand up for women and their families." http://OFA.BO/xsXez7

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Romney’s campaign on whether he supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: "We'll get back to you on that." http://OFA.BO/AreSeq

Granted he's also hitting on the Buffett Rule, but it's amazing how people can just make up political rhetoric to try and appeal to the lowest IQ possible (this goes both ways as the GOP is just as bad).

[Moliere]

http://freebeacon.com/hostile-workplace/

According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000).

LOL! So either Obama is also against equal pay for equal work, or he is discriminatory in his hiring for high place positions.

[myboynoah]

Granted he's also hitting on the Buffett Rule, but it's amazing how people can just make up political rhetoric to try and appeal to the lowest IQ possible (this goes both ways as the GOP is just as bad).

As everyone knows, tweet #1 is a total fabrication.

[Moliere]

As everyone knows, tweet #1 is a total fabrication.

It all comes down to definitions of middle class. Obama defines the cutoff at $250,000, which I would define as at least upper middle class. $250K a year is a lot of money and would afford a family of 4 to live a very nice lifestyle.

I might put the middle class (not upper middle class or lower middle class) at around $70K to $140K in income, which could lead some of them to pay a higher rate than 13.9%, but certainly not most.

[Moliere]

It all comes down to definitions of middle class. Obama defines the cutoff at $250,000, which I would define as at least upper middle class. $250K a year is a lot of money and would afford a family of 4 to live a very nice lifestyle.

I might put the middle class (not upper middle class or lower middle class) at around $70K to $140K in income, which could lead some of them to pay a higher rate than 13.9%, but certainly not most.

Judging by wikipedia, my definition is way too generous as the cutoff for middle class is likely less than $100K. That's a bit surprising but maybe it's individual income and not household income.

[myboynoah]

Judging by wikipedia, my definition is way too generous as the cutoff for middle class is likely less than $100K. That's a bit surprising but maybe it's individual income and not household income.

No, I'm sure it's household income, and that fits what I would expect the definition to be. I would think Mitt has a big advantage with household incomes over $100,000.

[Indy Coug]

No, I'm sure it's household income, and that fits what I would expect the definition to be. I would think Mitt has a big advantage with household incomes over $100,000.

People with incomes over $100K generally get how the economy works and that's why they take Mitt seriously.

[Moliere]

People with incomes over $100K generally get how the economy works and that's why they take Mitt seriously.

That's also why they make over $100K

[Indy Coug]

That's also why they make over $100K

Except for lawyers.