[Vision2020] Dick Cheney's 2003 tax savings larger than your annual income.
thansen@moscow.com
thansen@moscow.com
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:54:41 GMT
We are simply attempting to restrict King George's roleplaying to his bedroom
and off the decks of aircraft carriers.
OK?
Tom Hansen
> Carl,
> No you're wrong.
> I don't disapprove of your or anyone's choice in the election.
> Just pointing out that how far removed all the candidates are from even
beginning to
be able to identify with the "common folk" as they all pretend to do.
> And that the super-rich candidate of what used to pass for the "party of
the people"
seems more hypocritical than most.
> I'm undecided in the election---but the current big two aren't at the top
of my list
right now.
> Best,
> TL
>
> Carl Westberg <carlwestberg846@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, Tim. It's clear that you don't approve of us
> liberal leaning Democrats and our support of John Kerry's candidacy. Who's
> getting your support in this election?
>
>
>
> Carl Westberg Jr.
>
>
> >From: Tim Lohrmann
> >To: vision2020@moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dick Cheney's 2003 tax savings larger than your
> >annual income.
> >Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:17:31 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > Yep, Dick and Dub really are rich guys.
> > Good thing the Democrat party nominated a good ole joe sixpack type of
> >fella who feels our economic pain!
> > See below.
> > TL
> >The many homes of Democrat Presidential candidate, John F. Kerry's
> >family......
> >
> >1. Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania (Assessed value: $3.7 million)
> >
> >2. Ketchum, Idaho ski getaway/vacation home (Assessed value: $4.916
> >million)
> >
> >3. Washington, D.C - Georgetown area (assessment: $4.7 million)
> >
> >4. Nantucket, Massachusetts waterfront retreat on Brant Point (Assessed
> >value: $9.18 million)
> >
> >5. Boston, Massachusetts - Beacon Hill home (Assessed value: $6.9 million)
> >
> >
> >Oh, and he sold this estate in Italy to activist actor George Clooney, just
> >before announcing his running for president. I guess he thought it might
> >not sit well with the common man. ($7.8 million)
> >
> >
> >Other foreign property ownership by John Kerry is unknown... because he
> >denied repeated requests for this information.
> >
> >John F. Kerry--just one of the common folk!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Joan Opyr wrote:
> >Dear Visionaries:
> >
> >Forwarding from http://www.salon.com. Dick Cheney will pay $88,047 less in
> >federal taxes this year than he paid last year. Yay, tax cuts. Woo, woo.
> >Woo. Wuh. (Just for fun, try dividing that number by your own salary,
> >remembering to subtract for the UI pay lag, and then calculate your square
> >root of aggravation. Got enough for that trip to the moon, Alice? Bang,
> >zoom!)
> >
> >BTW, of particular interest to me is the fact that the Cheneys reported
> >$477,874 more in income than the Bushes, but their effective annual tax
> >rate was 8% less. Come on, Dick -- stop holding out on George. Let that
> >clever tax planner out of the secret bunker and send him on over to the
> >White House.
> >
> >Ever more progressively yours,
> >Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
> >
> >
> >Bushes, Cheneys enjoy tax cuts
> >
> >
> >- - - - - - - - - - - -
> >By Jennifer Loven
> >
> >April 13, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush reported $822,126 in
> >adjusted gross income for last year, on which he paid $227,490 in federal
> >income taxes – or about 28 percent, according to the president's federal
> >returns released Tuesday by the White House.
> >
> >Bush and his wife, Laura, listed as income his presidential salary,
> >interest and the investment income from trusts that hold their assets.
> >
> >The Bushes' income and tax bill was slightly lower than the previous year,
> >when the First Couple reported $856,056 in adjusted gross income and paid
> >$268,719 in federal income taxes. For 2002, the Bushes paid about 31
> >percent of their income in federal taxes.
> >
> >The White House also released the 2003 tax return filed by Vice President
> >Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne. They reported $1.3 million in adjusted
> >gross income and owed $253,067 in federal taxes. The Cheneys' 2003 tax bill
> >– much lower than the $341,114 they paid for 2002 on just slightly less
> >money – represented just 20 percent of their income.
> >
> >For 2002, the Cheneys paid 29 percent of their adjusted gross income in
> >federal taxes. Their income includes the vice president's $198,600
> >government salary and the $178,437 he earned in deferred compensation from
> >Halliburton Co., the Dallas-based energy services firm he headed until Aug.
> >16, 2000. Cheney elected in 1998 to recoup over five years a portion of the
> >money he made in 1999 as chief executive officer of Halliburton.
> >
> >"The amount of deferred compensation received by the vice president is
> >fixed and is not affected by Halliburton's current economic performance or
> >earnings in any way," said a statement released by the vice president's
> >office – a word-for-word reiteration of the statement he released last
> >year.
> >
> >The vice president's office made the statement to explain the deferred
> >compensation. Cheney's office has repeatedly stated that the vice president
> >doesn't have a financial stake in the success of Halliburton, nor does he
> >have anything to do with defense contracts.
> >
> >The Cheneys' income also includes Mrs. Cheney's income from work at the
> >American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank, and
> >compensation from her service on the Reader's Digest board of directors in
> >2003.
> >
> >The White House distributed the Bushes' federal form 1040 for 2003 with
> >attached schedules two days before the April 15 filing deadline. For
> >Cheney, only the federal form 1040 was released.
> >
> >The Bushes reported itemized deductions of $95,043, including $68,360 to
> >churches and charitable organizations, including Evergreen Chapel at Camp
> >David, Md., Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas, St. John's
> >Church in Washington, D.C., the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
> >Texas and the federal government's Combined Federal Campaign.
> >
> >The Bushes paid $21,352 in state property taxes on their ranch near
> >Crawford, Texas, up from $19,902 last year.
> >
> >The Cheneys reported itemized deductions of $454,649. The couple donated
> >$321,141 to charity in 2003, mostly in royalties from the sales of Mrs.
> >Cheney's books, "America: A Patriotic Primer," "A is for Abigail" and
> >soon-to-be-out "Fifty States."
> >
> >Bush overpaid his 2003 taxes by $61,451, and elected to apply the entire
> >amount to their 2004 tax bill.
> >
> >The Cheneys overpaid their taxes by $5,712 and also directed that amount to
> >go toward their 2004 taxes.
> >
> >
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