Obamas report $5.5 million in income on 2009 tax return

Washington Post ^ | April 16, 2010 | Michael D. Shear and David Hilzenrath

[hummingbird]

Did anyone read Item #42? It’s a REALLY weird deduction. Check it out.

Who are the "displaced Midwestern" people?

[hummingbird]

Now THAT'S presidential...and kinda' hot!

Blush...

[Sunbunny]

Back when we had a MAN for president.

[hummingbird]

Sunbunny, I think someone needs to throw a bucket of cold water on us!

Hubba, hubba!

[SmartInsight]

By now I think a LOT of people miss President Bush.

He didn't bow to foreign dictators either.

[SmartInsight]

Bush in Iraq at Thanksgiving.

[airedale]

He’s made a ton of $$$ over the last few years and the article says the $$$ aren’t in a blind trust why is the investment income so low $26k or so. He hasn’t paid off the house loan so he’s putting the $$$ some where. I suppose he could be socking it away in tax free stuff, but wouldn’t that be a problem for someone like him who thinks the rich don’t pay their fair share?

[Doe Eyes]

The real question is “How much did they pay in taxes?”

The Obamas paid $1,792,414 in federal income tax.

[funfan]

20%—must have had a lot of deductions maybe Timmy let him use his Turbo Tax.

[unkus]

There must be a toilet paper shortage somewhere.

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That’s good!

But I wouldn’t even use it for toilet paper.

[blueplum]

Did obama bail out the Bank of Hawaii? if so, wouldn’t that be an inside trade?

note that Zero gave less than 10% of his income to charity

[NTHockey]

0bambi - No ATM penalty.
Old Joe - nothing to Catholic Church he claims to belong to.

IRS Audit? RIGHT!

[dools007]

Not bad for a poor Kenyan kid. I wonder what made that possible—Marxism or capitolism?

[SaraJohnson]

Someone is greasing the “Mack Daddy’s” paws.

[jackibutterfly]

Yeah, isn’t that curious?? And, who’s to decide what is “midwestern”?

[blueplum]

http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/taxtips/archive/2009/tax0224.html

tax breaks for the midwest flood victims as well as those who took them in: “Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin from May 20 through July 31, 2008.”

[exit82]

Zero’s next book: “Dreams of an Audacious Dope”.

[exit82]

Wow—Joe Biden gave away $ 4,900 out of an income of $ 333,000.

That’s 1.5%

BIG F***KING DEAL!

[jackibutterfly]

But Line #42 says “If you DIDN’T take someone in. . . you get this. . .” So weird.