I seem to be on a Sanders kick of late. That is somewhat hard to believe given how ultimately insignificant he really is. That aside, however, here's a story about the great man's taxes.

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The thing about avowed socialists is not only are they hypocrites for denouncing capitalism, but those people don’t really contribute much of anything to society to begin with.

They’re completely cool with taking cash from others because they are backwards enough to think some people can actually make “too much money.”

Speaking of stupid, here’s what people are saying after learning that Bernie Sanders paid very little in taxes in 2014 after releasing his returns Friday…

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This intro is followed by some tweets as people offer their observations on the amount of taxes he paid. I will only quote the ones I found most interesting.

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(1) confused how he and his wife have enough deductions to get them from 28% bracket for their salaries & investments down to 13.5%

(2) If Bernie Sanders really only paid 13.5% tax rate, he paid LESS than Mitt Romney who was at about 14-15%. LESS than fucken Mitt Romney.

(3) Sanders claims $8,946 in Unreimbursed Employee meals and entertainment expenses

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http://www.youngcons.com/bernie-sanders-...d-13-5-in-2014/

There is also this from Yahoo:

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income of $205,271, which is their adjusted gross income before deductions. That figure is just below the $206,563 that Census data show as the lower limit for the top 5 percent of U.S. households in 2014

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, a peculiar fact for one devoted to income equalization. Plus most or all of it comes from his senatorial salary, or government benefits. https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanders-retur...024.html?ref=gs

I wonder if Bernie will be asked about this by the MSM.