Middle Class Aristocrats

by digby

Man, these Republicans sure are funny. Romney just said he didn’t worry too much about how much money rich people were paying in taxes and that he was more worried about the middle class. Fred Thompson went next and got big laughs saying that he hoped he’d someday make as much money as Mitt Romney so he didn’t have to worry about taxes either.

Poor Fred. After all he’s just an average Joe who’s suffering terribly because of his tax burden:

In 2006 he took in about $3.6 million for his acting roles, another $3.6 million as a commentator for ABC Radio, plus $1.6 million for making speeches. He collected an additional $200,000 or so from his investments.

He’s worth 8 million dollars. Just like me.

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