{"id":1632,"date":"2012-01-24T21:56:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T04:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2012-01-24T21:56:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T04:56:55","slug":"stapleton-job-creator-pays-massive-17-income-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Job Creator Pays Massive 17% Income Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nStapleton Resident Chris Sword owns a manufacturing company in Commerce City<\/a>. His company employs over 100 workers, and the company sees annual revenues of over $40 million. Chris is proud of the company he built with only his hard work and no other outside circumstances at all. He enjoys a very nice lifestyle, owning a large home in Stapleton, a place in Vail, and takes plenty of exotic vacations. He has two beautiful children along with his extremely attractive and slightly younger wife. Chris has very little to complain about, but there is one thing.\n\n\u201cI spoke with my accountant a couple of weeks ago,\u201d says Chris. \u201cAnd I found out I paid 17% income tax last year. That is ridiculous. I am a job creator. I shouldn\u2019t be taxed so high. Then I find out that Mormon guy running for president only pays 15%. What a slap in my face.\u201d\nChris recognizes that others in the community pay far higher percentages, ranging from 25-35%. \u201cI understand that people are going to be taxed differently, and that is part of it. What I don\u2019t understand is how a job creator like myself is getting taxed at such an extremely high rate. It doesn\u2019t make any sense. Thanks again, Obama.\u201d\nChris already has his accountant combing through the 2010 return to find loopholes that may have been missed. Chris admits that other residents may be appalled by his lower income tax bracket and higher income. \u201cOn the surface it doesn\u2019t seem fair. But consider a couple of things. One, again, I am a job creator. And two, if everyone worked hard, everyone would own a company, and then everyone would pay the same that I do. It\u2019s that simple.\u201d\nChris stops short of calling residents that do not own $40 million businesses lazy, however believes it is in everyone\u2019s reach. \u201cAfter I left Brown University, my dad gave me some money to buy a company. I did, and look at me now. Just a classic rags to riches American story.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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