Come to think of it....yes in deed Romney has paid up...in fact he paid more in his own personal income taxes this year alone than you and all of your family all the way out to third cousins removed, will ever pay in your collective lifetimes

Still not enough! Raise the rate on capital gains, dividends, inheritance..... it's income, tax it like income.

Why John...do you even understand the concept of "capital gains?...Its money put at substantial risk of total loss or diminution in value all to invest in the economy to start or expand businesses which in turn create jobs which in turn bring in tax revenues to the coffers by way of income tax taken from the new wage earners who then support themselves...and there is additional tax on the the goods and services sold as well as taxes on the corporate profits...so keeping capital gains tax low, brings more money into the government than higher capital gains taxes...and as far as inheretence tax is concerned, the money or assets transfered upon death have already been taxed many times over. How many more time times do you want to tax somes hard earned money. You should like you are a very greedy and selfish person who has class envy and are willing to wage class warfare but without any ammunition to support your cause. How said...Thou shall not covet.

Raise capital gains tax and the people with the money to invest will go invest elsewhere...its a global market...consider what happened when labor unions priced themselves out of the labor market...they wanted so much in wages and benefits that it was cheaper to make products in China and have them shipped half the way around the world to our markets, resulting in the loss of jobs...and now John plans to do the same with increased capital gains taxes...brother...haven't you had enough of this OWS mentality

they both will pay since iot is a business expense most of it will be written off if not all so what's the point .

Give John a minute, Joe. He's trying to figure out how to use the dictionary.

Joe, your not even close to the meaning of "capital gains" maybe before you give anyone instructions on what falls under the category of "Capital Gains" you should learn to not only read a dictionary yourself but actually understand tax code.

As far as Romney paying his share of taxes, this dead horse has been beaten many many times. 4 million more voters in November stated clearly that just because Romney paid more money in taxes does not mean he paid his fair share. My tax rate was 22% last year I certainly did not make near what Romney made he claims he paid 14% his tax returns show with his write offs he paid less then 1%. Which do you believe the liar or the tax return he filed? Personally I believe the filed return. Also lets get something clear real fast NOBODY making less then a million a year can afford to personally hire anyone to do anything. They may hire an employee of a business they run but they wont use their personal income.

Romney is a multi-billionaire who cost this country 45,000 jobs last year by lining his pockets with Bain Capitol take overs. His income did not create jobs it cost us jobs. The voters understood that and voted. You can agree or disagree, but the facts are 4 million more people and over 100 more delegates believed this president that the riches tax credits need to expire. If that income only runs thew government 8 days, it's 8 less day that we have to find a way to pay for. Even the Lost boys Boehner and Cantor got that message.

Joe: If a Single Income Earner earns $100,000 and pays 28% towards Taxes / and a Multi-Millionaire earns Tens of Millions - but thru Loopholes pays way below 28% towards Taxes - then the two are not being Taxed Equally and the Effective Result is that the person who earned $100,000 paid more of their Income towards Taxes.

Now multiple the number of Income Earners paying at 28%, 25%, 15%, and 10% by ""98% of All Income Earners"" and the ""MATH"" will show that the vast majority us pay the majority of all Taxes collected in this Country ""while the 2% who can afford to hire Tax Advisors, have Off-shore Accounts, or pay Lobbyists to Influence Gov towards their Favor"" pay far less...

So it doesn't matter if Romney paid $1MM in Taxes and I paid $28,000 in Taxes - if I paid 28% and he paid 13% then I paid MORE - GET IT!!!

@CE SWEETON - You are wrong. It is the top 1% of earners that pay the lions share of the taxes!

"Yet the data show the highest-earning families and businesses already pay the lion’s share of the federal income tax burden. According to the IRS, the top 1 percent of income earners—those earning more than $380,000 in 2008—paid more than 38 percent of all federal income taxes while earning 20 percent of all income. The top 10 percent ($114,000 and above) earned 45 percent of income and paid 70 percent of all taxes. At the same time, the bottom 50 percent of income earners—those earning less than $33,000—earned 13 percent of all income and paid less than 3 percent of federal income taxes." From "The Foundry", http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/04/in-pictures-how-much-the-top-earners-already-pay-in-taxes/

Joe:

If Family A earns $106,799 and pays 28% to the IRS - they're left w/ 72% of Earned Income.

If Family B earns $10,000,000 and pays 13% (thru Loopholes) to the IRS - they're left w/ 87% of Earned Income.

Q: Do you agree that to have 87% of your Income available is far better than having 72% of your Income available???

By your rationale the "single person" who Earns the Most in this Country could say to everybody else (including every other Billionaire and Millionaire) - you guys are all Takers because I paid the Most Taxes and you guys all paid less than that amount. There would be only one "Non-Taker"!!!

That's why you can't base who's paying the most on the Amount of Dollars paid to the IRS - it can only be judged fairly on Percent of Dollars Earned.

Sounds like someone owes the Prez $2 million 770,000 refund. O Yeh.....

When he's campaigning! Sitting Presidents who are performing Presidential duties do not pay, but Presidents who are campaigning for re-election have campaign budgets/money that is supposed to pay for costs to campaign in a city; Romney paid his campaign bills/costs, why should Obama be any different?

Odumbo should pay or his party! Ditto for here in Colorado, why should we tax payers have to foot the bill for his or any politicians re-election!

Agreed, these un-American SOB's. If the mayor had any business sense he would have leveraged the event to make money for the city as a whole, but instead he's playing politics. Now that we all know lets take NH out of the early presidential consideration pageant, since they can't afford this kind of stuff. Send their first primary to NJ or NY they are better choices anyway.

Sorry there, chap, but the Campaigner-in-chief was here as a presidential candidate. It was not an official presidential visit.

Bonnercp, very well said! What other sitting President's have been asked to do the same????? Give me a break! Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what the "real" reason is............!

the're not idiot's the're just broke. I'm sure he could cough up a little cash from his $4,000.000 Christmas vacation fund

Anybody that questions or has a different opinion of Obama is a Racist!Check yourself.

Elaine....its people like you who set racial relations and the stribes minorites have made, back 50 years with dumb comments like yours. When you run around suggesting that there is a racist under ever rock, you sound like chicken little...the sky is falling...the sky is falling..and soon, no one will listen to you, even if there just might be a real (black or white) racist in our midst. If I were black...which I am not, I would tell you to shut the h-e0-l-l up because you are making things worse...not better for minorities....oh wait Elaine...over there...a racist...go get him girl....ahahahahahahah

Elaine,
You speak the truth!!!

I am so tired of the race card being played! Get over it @Elaine Gough! Just because a person does not agree with another person of a different race does not make the person that disagrees a racist! It simply means that one human disagrees with another human! That "Race card" is way over played!!

Its people like you, obama and his wife that are dividing this country. This country was with out a doubt getting so much better regarding black and white. As soon as obama got in things started changing for the worse. All I see on huffington post is comments how we want to lessen whitey! So its not the whites being racist its the blacks making the racist comments. Just because someone doesnt like Obama dosent make them racist it makes them SMART!

It's funny how, in one reply, folks are denying that many of the haters of President Obama are motivated by racism while in another, nearly-adjacent reply, someone uses the "cute" name "Obongo" to describe our President.

Quick!

We need another reply denying that many folks hate President Obama (in large part) because they are racists!

That is a repulsive statement. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have given back way more to their community than many others in the public eye. Your petty name calling takes away any credibility your statement might contain.

Hey Bradley,

Did you know Paul Ryan has never held a meaningful job in his life? Well, he did "work" at McDonald's for a very short time, and he even drove the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile too! But those were just for pocket-change, because He and his Family started receiving SSI AND other Government "handouts" when he was 16, and his Mother still relies on assistance.

He's been on the government dole since age 16, yet wants to slice those same programs that benefited him and his family.

btw ..... who are "Obongo" and "Moochele"? Sounds like friends of yours?

@ Atlant, don't forget Moochele, which is a thinly veiled manipulation of Moolie, which is an old school racist term for African Americans.

But nobody is ever supposed to point out how much of the Republican base is racist, despite the fact that not a day goes by that some conservative poster is on some local Patch making statements like this.

Brad Potter is a plant and not from new hampshire.

Watts is a plant and not from new hampshire. probably the same person to create controversy. Would a left winger do that? YEP

So what you are saying is that anybody who has an original log-in page outside of New Hampshire is of the kingdom Plantae? If so, then I would prefer to be a Black Spruce, because I thrive at higher elevations.

I don't understand Ready About's game yet (or even that profile name), but I will play along.

Here in Springfield, IL, BEFORE he was president but in campaign mode, he owed the city $30,000+ and has yet to pay us.....4 years later........and he keeps taking trips on us taxpayers....over 1 billion last year alone.......this guy has no conscience or honor

Your ignorant misspelling tells me a lot about your simpleton attitude, my advice on this ill-conceived amateur attempt at humor is, "don't quit your day job"

Never saw a liberal shy away from petty name calling...in fact they not only do more of it, they are far more vicious

Joe, you have obviously never listened to Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck. Please provide anybody on the left that has this much air and audience share that spends as much time on such name calling.

So Brad, did you disrespect any other sitting President, by intentionally mispelling their names???? Probably not, if Obama and Michelle were white, would you have written the same comments?? I think not!!! By the way, a person who was President of the Harvard Law Review is far from being a dummy!!!

@Atlant~I'm denying that I am a racist.Tho I'm disappointed that Obama is president for a 2nd term. I happened to have voted for him the first time around. But I have since lost much faith in him as a leader of this country. This does not make me a racist at all. I think he is ruining our country that's all. I mean come on the Pres. Obama called Romney ~Romalony~ which I thought was funny, not racist!

@ dancingdelilah

OK, you have my interest. Please provide a link to where Obama referred to Romney as Romalony.

I love the name, but I can't picture that Obama actually said this and that I have no recollection of this.

Watts:

"Ready About!" is a nautical command given to tell the crew of a sailing vessel that the ship is about to change tacks (change course). Clearly Ready About wants us to change tacks from aiming towards success to once again aiming towards failure.

Meanwhile, thanks for "Moolie"; I did not know that, but there it is:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moolie

Moolie and moulignon (there are numerous way of spelling the latter) have been around for generations, mainly in Italian communities. I used to live near an Italian neighborhood in New Haven and that is where I heard it and later on I know that it has been used in many mafia movies, which is where Rush Limbaugh probably got it, as I think that he is the originator of the Moochelle hybrid of name and racist term.

Clearly you don't know your facts. When running for office you are responsible for your costs. Not the tax payer. He was backed by the democratic party which has funding specifically for this. He deserves to pay and you are a simpleton!

No sitting president ever has....wonder why you choose to treat this one differently????

It's not in the budget.

LOL! And you folks try to say its not racism. There have been 43 presidents before this man yet he is the only one that has been asked to personally pay for a visit to a city. What's next? Are you all going to demand that he pay first and last month rent on the White House? Along with a pet deposit!? What a bunch of idiots LOL!!

TB, well name all the cities that former President Bush paid for his stops.....NONE!!!
Get over it already, President Barrack Obama is the President of the UNITED STATES and there is nothing you can do about that fact!!!

Yes and we are all footing the bill.

Very well said Bill.

President Obama, FEMA, and other Federal organizations have been working pretty damned hard to get the "Sandy" issues resolved. Perhaps if FEMA were better funded or our National Guard were not committed to Bush's foreign wars, we'd be in a better position to present an even-stronger response.

@Atlant, didn't O campaign on the promise in '08n to END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN??? hmmmmmm seems to me he's missed it by about 4 years!!! LOL. oh well, so much for that promise.

Pam:

He's ended the US participation in one of Bush's wars and he's actively engaged in winding down our participation in Bush's other war.

It's easy to step into a pile of dog ****; it takes a lot longer to get it completely wiped off your shoe afterwards.

"Afghanistan; where empires go to die."

let's add up what O and his darling wife have spent on their vacations for them, friends, family, since being elected in '08. bet it would scare the do-do outta ya to see what was spent. oh yea, don't forget to add $4,000,000 for THIS month's vacation! (all while people in staten island are STILL in shelters)

Typical conservative move. Desperately try anything to suppress opinions that challenge your own, just like the voter suppression efforts. Guess what genius, where somebody is "from" has nothing at all to do with their profile. Patch has been a recently evolving set of local sites where people register wherever they first post a comment. Just go to the basic Patch.com site and see how most of the country is not represented at all with local Patch sites. Do you think that nobody from all of that area of the country are members of Patch? Of course not, they have accounts set up wherever they first posted and there is nothing about this fact that should disallow anybody from participating in any public forum.

So you can keep whining like a child about how the intellectuals are spoiling your conservative tribal chest thumping fun, or you engage in debate like a normal adult. But you look weak with all of this crying about people playing with your toys.

I just stood up and said FU - did you hear me? Can you tell me what parts of the constitution he has trashed. Did you know the majority of welfare recipients are white Anglo-Saxon males? --and they live in the RED states? Since Obama is a Christian and has not advocated changing any gun laws, you can continue to 'cling onto' your religion and guns.

Leslie you sound like you have been too long without a real man. Go get layed and then tell us how you really feel.

John Quinn is blowing smoke out his whatever; I recently retired as a case manager for welfare and spent 3 out of 4 weeks the last nine years handling welfare fraud for the county Prosecutor. (last week each month helping office make deadline by handling applications, first three handling fraud cases) Only a minute portion of welfare recipients are white Anglo-Saxon males. The majority are women with children, then elderly people, then disabled persons, then two parent households, a tiny minority of which have white Anglo-Saxon fathers. The bulk of absent UNMARRIED fathers are not white, regardless of the color of the mothers.

What a load of crap coming from a crappy mouth, LADY????

Like I said before, did Bush pay a city for any visits?..........NO! You can't stand the fact that an African American man is the President of the United States. I for one, am very happy about it! Geezzz and your very last sentence tells me you are truly crazy!!! Why not try to bring people together instead of spewing hatred Lesllie????

Bless you Bruce..

Obie,
BEth, this shows the level of your intelligence.

Of course I would say this if you were a male! Freedom of speech, has anyone stopped you from saying anything. If people do not agree with anyone, do not they also have the right to say so? That is freedom os speech. Still no one has shown any proof Obama is going to do anything to limit your right to own a gun. so any real trashing of the constitution you can point to?
I am a white-anglos-saxon Catholic male that owns a gun. So what.

Welfare recipients, you are right there, here is the new chart (blacks beat us out by 1%) -- The percentages those on welfare by race as of 2011 are listed below in descending order by percentage. Black-39.8%; White-38.8%; Hispanic-15.7%; Other-3.3%; Asian-2.4%

What John Quinn neglected to say was that out of every hundred welfare recipients, 39.8 are black and 38.8 are white and 15.7 are Hispanic but blacks only make up 14% of the population so the numbers are a joke unless you figure out the percentage ACCORDING to the percentage of the POPULATION. Blacks compose over 50% of prison populations yet make up only 14% of our population.

Show me proof that you are a Christian Leslie.

Leslie, ever thought about taking anger management classes? Geezzzz, and a Catholic. Unbelievable.....!!!

You forgot Obama's kill list. Also the NDAA. Both of which are unconstitutional in my opinion.

Who in the world is obozo? Joe are you related to Leslie???

Chalk up another "Racist? Who, me????"

Joe, the gentleman's name is Barack Obama and his title is "President of the United States".

I'm not a mooch. I've never used government assistance aside from a federal school loan. I've served active duty military in Iraq and my wife has served in Afghanistan. Why is it that in the minds of many Republicans, people cannot make a conscious, well informed decision for themselves without being a moocher, wanting a black president, or being ignorant. Maybe I vote democrat because voting republican would only further to hurt the interests of the working class. You need to stop watching FAUX NEWS.

finally! someone who has some common sense!

Tell 'em Ed!!! I was thinking about how that visit created massive* income for some businesses (* massive = more than they've probably had in a while) and how Strawberry Banke probably could have NEVER bought the kind of exposure they received.

Thank you for being so intelligent to break it down for those who have trouble understanding!! I think the way it was explained, even most elementary students would be able to comprehend - maybe the Mayor and City Council will get a clue!

Trust me, this is a captain that has no clue how to run a ship. He's had 4 years to get something going, yet he's still on the wrong course. Just look at all the economy when Geo Bush was prez 5 years ago. Unemployment, price of gas, jobs, economy, ALL were better off then. Obama is continuing to sabotage his own ship, because he has no clue what he is doing.

Dave:

It's tough to run a ship when the partisans for the other side are all scurrying around drilling holes in the planking and then complaining that the Captain is causing the ship to founder. Maybe we should first clear the ship of the Republican Rats?

Hmmmm socialist? Liar? Geezzz what planet are you from Proud?

"He's a socialist, a liar and the greatest destructive threat this country has ever faced."

Love it! You just keep going on with talk like this so that all readers can see just how limited your intelectual scope really is.

C'mon folks. The list of Obama lies is long, obvious and well documented. I'm really not sure what the motive is behind anyone who chooses to deny that. But I do know that there's no sense in trying to have an intelligent political conversation with them. Obama's efforts, policies and programs have nearly all been socialist and anti-capitalist in nature. Again, there's no sense in trying to discuss political issues with those who choose to deny reality and promote Obama as dedicated to the betterment of this country.

Proud Conservative: so the President wants to look out for the little guy, care for our nation's children, and hold the Rich accountable - and you have the nerve to question if he's a Christian??? Where are "your" Christian values when all you preach is "me"!!!

Ditto!

Jimmy, what other sitting President paid a city or town for their visit??? Give me a break!!!

The President does pay "his" own way - the town of Portsmouth earned significant Dollars from both the Media and out-of-towners that stayed in Hotels, ate at Resturants, and purchased Local Goods & Services all there to see the President.

Linda, anytime the President (any President) visits there are many out-of-towners that come just to see him. Both Media and Onlookers stay in Hotels, Eat at Resturants, and Purchase Goods and Services - does the Mayor recognize this windfall???

Take a look at Portsmouth's or any area town's detailed budget and you'll understand where these costs come from. $30K is not unreasonable.

Detailed budget? Let's see, they fly in on air force one...they have their own bodyguards - short of some traffic cops needed for the museum visit - free entrance for the president and his staff into the museum (what's a ticket cost) - sorry - still coming up with huh? 30k is the amount that the community I live in assigns to covering snow removal during the entire winter...of course being a proud conservative - I guess 30k would seem reasonable to you...just sayin...

Payment for the Obama campaign visit would come from campaign funds, not from your taxes or anyone elses. Unless you donate to a campaign, you are not paying for any of its expenses. However, official presidential trips, visits, vacations, etc. a ARE paid for with your tax money. You need to rethink your argument.

To Proud Conservative: while the President's Travel Cost during Campaigning are paid by his Campaign Funds - the Town's Cost for additional Security during the Visit do come from the Town's Budget, which is funded by the collection of local Tax Dollars.

I agree w/ Gordon Clay - the Town was more than likely made whole from all the Sales Taxes generated from out-of-towners who came to Portsmouth just to see the President.

The city of Portsmouth and the taxpayers in the city did not gain one cent from Obama's visit.

Proud:

> The city of Portsmouth and the taxpayers in the city did not gain
> one cent from Obama's visit.

No one came to the city and bought one cup of coffee because of President Obama's visit?

Surely you jest!

Amen Sal! I couldn't have said it better...just sayin...

What planet are you from? Next time you have some work done on your furnace, tell them to forget billing you because there was no advance written agreement. Or try pulling that after you have your oil tank filled or your septic tank pumped or after you finish a meal in a restaurant. We'll read about you on the front page. You're pretty much detached from reality.

WOW! What a great display of ignorance. Why don't you try exercising your "right to assemble anywhere" in Market Square and see how far you get with that.

The Mayor of Chesterfield?

He was in Portsmouth as a candidate for office, not on an official presidential visit. And the candidates' campaigns are responsible for their campaign expenses. That shouldn't be too hard for you to understand, but apparently it is.