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How much money do you need to make to be President?

18 April 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has released his tax return for the 2007 tax year showing that together with his wife, the Obamas earned $4.2 million. A whopping $4 million of that income was in the form of royalties from the sale of his books. Other income includes Obama’s Senate salary of $157,102 and $103,633 [...]

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“No New Taxes” Swears McCain

18 February 2008

Apparently, Senator McCain has decided that the infamous “no new taxes” strategy that helped George H. W. Bush secure the White House in 1988 is worth emulating. He uttered the same phrase on ABC’s This Week. Unfortunately for Bush, he was forced to renege on his campaign pledge during his first term. The result? It [...]

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If I Were President…

29 May 2007

Oh, don’t even get me started. But there are a number of folks who are actually making a run at it this year, some expected and some, well, not. I have contacted each of the candidates several times to ask their positions on various tax issues. And a number of them responded promptly and their [...]

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