# RomneyShamblesFollow

"Browning points'! Hilarious!!!

Someday I'll write a paper about the core differences between groups that do proselytize and those that don't, mainly because I'm curious about what I'd end up saying.

Nebbishy kvetching, we assume.

It's a bit complicated but yeah, you're on the right track. American Jews in general are progressive with special sympathy for causes around social justice. They're also pro-education and largely pro-labor, again in general. They tend not to go in for social conservatism being imposed on others in any big way, although many, possibly most, would be considered fairly conservative in their own behavior.

Orthodox Jews don't go out of their way to insist others follow their laws.My theory is that this is directly tied to the fact that Jewish people don't try to convert others. You're born Jewish or you aren't; and even that depends on your mother's ethnicity. Having a Jewish father isn't enough. Conversion isn't particularly encouraged; you have to convince a rabbi that you really want to convert.

Compare that to evangelicals, who try to convert you to save your soul and also make every effort to regulate your behavior while you're on earth. I could be wrong, but I see a correlation.

Even if Obama does win its looking like the gop is going to take the senate.

Yeah I get that you have nothing positive to say about Obama. Why not go suck some more **** you're obviously good at it.

Youtube.

Kids these days, they're just rotting their brains away there. Can't do anything witty unless you have a camera to exploit it for your 15 minutes of fame.

According to a summary of their 2011 return released by the Romney campaign, the Romneys paid $1,935,708 in federal income taxes last year on $13,696,951 in income, almost all of it from his investments. That comes out to a 14.1% tax rate, far below the top rate of 35% for earned income. But here's the thing: Had Romney taken full advantage of all the deductions available to him, the rate would have been much lower, perhaps as low as 9%. He donated $4,020,772 to charity (good for him!), but only claimed a deduction on $2.25 million of that. Why? His campaign told BuzzFeed:



In other words, Romney picked a tax rate and told his accountant to hit it. "Just get me somewhere north of 13% so people don't get mad at me." It's just an accounting gimmick; numerical smoke and mirrors. The tax return version of "I'm running for office, for Pete's sake—I can't have illegals!" Romney's reasoning is that he has previously said he never paid less than 13% in taxes. BUT HE WAS WRONG! Because in 2012, his burden under our galactically unjust tax system was less than 13%. So in order to retroactively render his remarks accurate, he simply rejiggered some numbers, neglected to take some deductions, and paid 14.1%. See—all fixed!