Next presidential election: Obama VS. Romney

[Browning151]

So realistically what would you have him do? Write up a new tax code and file according to his made up tax code? Write a check for some arbitrary amount to the IRS? What would be the point? It's not like all the other millionaires would suddenly get out their check books just because Obama did. Would you all of a sudden agree with him if he did pay extra?

Put his money where his mouth is and take the standard deduction, pay the extra $90 some-odd thousand dollars he saved. That is, after all, part of the current tax code. I wouldn't expect him to write a check for some arbitrary amount to the IRS, or write a new tax code for himself, or for millionaires to follow his lead but if he is a man of his word, step up and take action. He can pay more taxes without having to change anything at all about the current tax code. Would I suddenly agree with him? No. Would I have a tick more respect for the man if he actually backed up his words? Yes, a little. My point is, it's nothing more than a talking point, rhetoric driving the wedge deeper into an already divided country.

Our revenue should be generated based on the tax code, not by each citizen's opinion on what they should pay.

Nor should it based on one Presidents campaign talking points.

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Put his money where his mouth is and take the standard deduction, pay the extra $90 some-odd thousand dollars he saved. That is, after all, part of the current tax code. I wouldn't expect him to write a check for some arbitrary amount to the IRS, or write a new tax code for himself, or for millionaires to follow his lead but if he is a man of his word, step up and take action. He can pay more taxes without having to change anything at all about the current tax code. Would I suddenly agree with him? No. Would I have a tick more respect for the man if he actually backed up his words? Yes, a little. My point is, it's nothing more than a talking point, rhetoric driving the wedge deeper into an already divided country.

I understand where you are coming from but for me, I think it is much more than a talking point. Even if Obama was indicted for tax evasion, it wouldn't change the fact that the tax system needs reform. The message is what is important, not the messenger.

Nor should it based on one Presidents campaign talking points.

Agreed but we also shouldn't discount real problems just because they are adopted as campaign talking points.