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It's the "Income Tax," Stupid!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Karlin, Truthout)
Sat Aug 25 13:05:49 2012
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:05:48 -0400 (EDT)
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One of the reasons I began BuzzFlash 13 years ago, as the first large no-holds-barred progressive site on the web, was my disgust with the corporate mass media. We all know by now the characterization of most White House reporters as transcriptionists, who are paid large salaries to record and print as fact the pronouncements and strategic "anonymous" quotes of political sources. <br />
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That is why Truthout is so vital to keeping the flame of truth burning. And this is why you should <a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vbWN5%2FE3noPV3JZRVCJb9n7LWeIcyHvB"><font color="#cc0000">donate now</font></a>.<br />
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The other day, I wrote a commentary on how almost every major corporate media outlet, including The New York Times, reported that Mitt Romney said that he looked over his taxes and found that he paid an average of about 13 percent over the years. The reality is that Romney never mentioned his paying that amount in income taxes. He carefully avoided the two words "income taxes" at every turn, to simply saying he paid 13 percent in "taxes."<br />
 <br />
That raises a host of questions that any reporter worth their salt would pursue. What kind of taxes was he talking about? What was his reported income (it could have been close to zero, theoretically, with lots of tax dodges)?  Was he a sole proprietor which meant that he would pay a 7.6 percent Social Security/Medicare tax (half of his reported tax payments), which are not considered income tax? What about property taxes, retail taxes, state taxes, etc.?   <br />
<br />
Romney's statement opened a hole the size that a Mack Truck could ride through. But only BuzzFlash at Truthout and Lawrence O'Donnell appeared to recognize how the mainstream media had again served as passive tools of another politician. <b>So, if you value reporting that cuts through the charade of government, politics and social and economic issues, please </b><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KyC3tGJDg16BtMrYepTaTH7LWeIcyHvB" target="_blank"><b><font color="#cc0000">donate to Truthout today</font></b></a><b>.</b><br />
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