That was the great quote from Joe Biden during the Obama presidential campaign.  I bet the president is regretting his VP said that now.   Considering two of the president's cabinet nominees have withdrawn their nomination over tax problems and a third was approved even though he had $34,000 tax issue.  Seems one might question why the president is nominating so many "unpatriotic" people? Ok, that's a low blow but it's deserved.

I just finished doing my taxes this year and found out I jumped up a tax bracket.  I use software to do my taxes and it's quit amazing how much you can deduct.  I have a very simple return were I deduct mortgage interest, two minor dependents and taxes paid.  In all I paid over $XX,XXX 25% of my taxable income last year in taxes once I deduct my tax refund.  That is a fair piece of change.  I know there is a growing belief among some that not everyone is paying their fair share of taxes or that the rich don't pay taxes.  Well I wonder if those people ever handed $XXXXX 25% of their taxable income over to the government to spend as they wish?

Edit: Someone complained I used real figures so I removed them.  Also after double checking my math I realized that number was LOW.  I was deducting my refund when I shouldn't have been because the number was with my refund deducted already.

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