Here is a fact check for you. The cut and paste link below this excerpt.
The average income tax rate under Reagan in 1983 was 11.06 percent. Under Clinton in 1992, it was 9.18 percent. And under Obama in 2010, it was 4.68 percent.
The verdict: For most Americans, taxes were lowered through the stimulus package passed in 2009 and extended to 2010, and they were also lowered in the tax compromise between Obama and Republicans. Current rates are at historic lows compared with ones from 1955 — when the numbers started being tracked — through 2007.
Thank you for trying to educate these folks, but sadly, it’s a waste of time and energy with Tea Partiers such Charles Smith. Fox News and Limbaugh have made up his mind for him. Refusing to believe empirical evidence because it disproves their ideology is a common Tea Party trait.
Aussie Down Under over 10 years ago
If that was true wouldn’t the answer be six?
edclectic over 10 years ago
And he’ll report the result as 1 to the IRS.
katzenbooks45 over 10 years ago
He’s got to recoup those campaign “donations” some way.
Thehag over 10 years ago
Here is a fact check for you. The cut and paste link below this excerpt.
The average income tax rate under Reagan in 1983 was 11.06 percent. Under Clinton in 1992, it was 9.18 percent. And under Obama in 2010, it was 4.68 percent.
The verdict: For most Americans, taxes were lowered through the stimulus package passed in 2009 and extended to 2010, and they were also lowered in the tax compromise between Obama and Republicans. Current rates are at historic lows compared with ones from 1955 — when the numbers started being tracked — through 2007.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110421/NEWS20/110421053/
alise.duhon over 10 years ago
@ thehag
Thank you for trying to educate these folks, but sadly, it’s a waste of time and energy with Tea Partiers such Charles Smith. Fox News and Limbaugh have made up his mind for him. Refusing to believe empirical evidence because it disproves their ideology is a common Tea Party trait.