I've heard a lot of grief and "not the nicest" words directed toward presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and much of it, at least recently, revolves around his low tax rate of 15%. Ya...That's low...I get it. It sucks that a guy that makes millions pays less, percentage-wise of course (his 15% amounts to far more than any percent of my salary), than the average middle-class family, whatever middle-class means anymore. But I don't get the hate toward him. The guy isn't cheating. He's not breaking the law. He's simply paying what the government requires...and I think most of us, in general, would do the exact same thing. None of us would offer to pay more in taxes if we didn't have to...and because of that, I don't think Romney deserves the flack...He's doing what every one of us would do in the same situation.
Apparently Warren Buffet agrees. He doesn't blame Romney for his low tax rate...he blames congress....And I think that's what most people should be thinking as well. You don't blame someone for taking advantage of unfair rules which benefit them, you blame the people who made the unfair rule in the first place...take a read.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/buffett-blames-congress-romneys-15-155000898.html
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