
Gosh, Mitt Romney is a true patriot. I bet the guy sleeps in the flag. And why wouldn’t he? Through his work with the private equity firm Bain Capital (why is it no one ever mentions how appropriate that name is?) he has managed to make the American Dream come true for his family. It certainly helps when you have the financial clout to create laws that make everything that much easier for you.
Since Romney was forced to release his tax records the other day, we have become aware that he only pays 13.9% taxes as opposed to a person making under $250,000 a year who pays as much as 35%. Romney makes almost $57,000 daily (to put that in perspective: the median income for a family in the US is under $55,000 annually) and had an income of $43,000,000 over the last two years. His income mostly comes from his investments that exist on the Cayman Islands, a safe heaven for the wealthy away from the scrutiny and bother of America’s tax code.
Tom Toles is the brilliant editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post. He writes a blog for the Post as well. Today, it has been disclosed that Romney’s sons (Mitt, Jr., Matt, Kitt, Catt, and Dratt. Just kidding, those aren’t their real names) were given a gift of $100,000,000 that was free from taxation. Romney’s clones are in the special position of avoiding gift taxes.

Mitt (center, in blue) with (from left to right) Nick, Nat, Patty, Wack and Bone
Read about it by following this link and make sure to also follow the link embedded in the piece that leads to a CNN interview with David Cay Johnston who exposed this special situation that only the top 1% of the top 1% need be concerned with. Or so they would like us peons to believe.
Those fine-looking Romney boys deserve a slice too! – Tom Toles – The Washington Post.