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See How Long It Takes Romney to Match Your Puny Salary

Slate has an income calculator that tells the tale

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 25, 2012 1:50 PM CST

(Newser) – Mitt Romney's rich enough to make rich people feel poor, with his 2010 income of $21.6 million putting him in the top .006%, notes the New York Post. To get a sense of how that stacks up to ordinary folks, Slate has a neat little calculator that allows you to punch in your annual salary to see how long it takes Romney to earn the same amount. (And conversely, how many years you would have to work to match his.) Prepare to feel poor: He earned about $60,000 a day in 2010. Check out the calculator here.

Mitt Romney campaigns at American Douglas Metals in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday.
Mitt Romney campaigns at American Douglas Metals in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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bhotheone
Jan 25, 2012 8:15 PM CST
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle gave $10,772 of the $1.2 million they earned from 2000 through 2004 to charities, or less than 1 percent, according to tax returns for those years released today by his campaign. The Obamas increased the amount they gave to charity when their income rose in 2005 and 2006 after the Illinois senator published a bestselling book. The $137,622 they gave over those two years amounted to more than 5 percent of their $2.6 million income. Romney charitable contributions  Tax year    Taxable income          Charitable donations Donations as % of income2010           $21.7 million                 $2.98 million                13.73%2011 (est)   $20.9 million                $4 million                     19.14%
Republicans-R-Dumb
Jan 25, 2012 7:47 PM CST
99+% of Republicans are so stupid to think this guy is good for the Nation as a whole. I'd ask you to wake up but I would never waste my time with Republicans knowing that will never happen. If you're not a .1% this guy and his pals will get richer at your expense. Then put the money in Swiss bank accounts and set up front corporations in the Caymans which is nothong more than a maibox to skirt paying US taxes. Then brag about it. 99 44/100 of Republicans pure dumb.
saucier111
Jan 25, 2012 4:59 PM CST
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