Newt Gingrich Paid 31 Percent Tax Rate in 2010

31.2 cents on every dollar he earns and the left still is not happy. Tells me everything i need to know about the left.

Before the internet I had no idea how stupid so many people are.

The only thing this means is that he did not realize any long term gains in 2010. Which is smart... since the stock market and commodities (in general) were roaring back at that time.

It will not surprise me if those gains are realized on his 2011 or 2012 tax returns.

And their tax returns support what we've always thought: they're all wealthier than us!

31% on the money he can't hide.

crap. I am single, no dependents, no mortgage and between federal, fica and state income taxes my combined rate is 43.3% on less than $100K taxable income....!!!!!! Maybe they can share their secrets.....???

Just for the sake of truth in reporting - his tax rate is his tax paid divided by his "taxable" income, not his "total" income. The rich people get a lot of money (income) that the rich people in Congress have decided to not call "taxable" income. Like all the other rich people, I am sure Newt moves the bulk of his income into that category before he files his tax returns. The honest figure would be tax paid as a percent of total income (which is how it goes for the working class). If Newt were to release that number, that tax rate would be far lower than 31%. And, it is not just Newt. Romney's claim that he paid 15% would also drop substantially if all his income was counted.

Mitt Romney and Warren Buffet pay 15% because they make most of their money through investmets, which are taxed at a lower rate. In a previous debate, I remember Newt saying that he would lower capital gains to 0%. Now he's attacking Romney for paying too little. Newt really is the epitome of a politician.

I am more interested in you releasing your tax returns prior to 2011 BEFORE you knew you would seek the presidency. Smoke and mirrors America.

Let's watch the wealthiest pay the same FICA rate on their total income, as do the overwhelming majority of US taxpayers ... on 100% of their income, something the wealthy do NOT do. Bet they don't like a flat tax that much, not when push comes to shove.

He paid 31 percent on the capital gains...just like EVERYONE does. Betcha he paid alot less in REAL taxes. What a friggin liar.

When the average middle income American is struggling to buy groceries and Romney casually tries to place a stupid 10,000 dollar bet on TV with Perry, it demonstrates that he is out of touch with the average person and their problems. He also recently stated that the 374,000 dollars he made in speaking fees last year wasnt "much money". This demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of what American life has become for the rest of us. If he can't understand this, how can he be expected to care enough to want to fix it? Here's an answer: like almost every single other politician, he won't.

Taxes pay for things. This is something America once knew back in earlier wartimes like WWI & WWII. a decade ago, The GOP offered us a war without ANY homefront sacrifice (beyond sending kids to war from families no longer fearing the draft, and instead looking for a steady income and any kind of security -- reminds me a little bit of sharecropping after the Civil War, but I digress), AND WE AGREED! Now we reap the consequences and try to blame the rich, Obama, Congress, ANYone but "we the people" who allowed TWO wars to be fought without setting up the necessary sacrifices (in taxes, for example) needed to PAY for them. It's our own fault, folks. Sorry.

Go back and look at scrap metal drives, turning in nylon stockings and old rubber (tires, etc.), and the rationing of sugar, meat and gasoline all in the name of winning the war. Where was that for Iraq and Afghanistan? Why weren't we told that we could indeed go get Saddam and bin Laden IF WE ALL PITCHED IN to PAY FOR IT?! One the armed forces became strictly voluntary, it became easier for those in power (and those pulling their strings) to stoke the flames of war with jingoistic and utterly biased reporting of "news" that swayed popular opinion to invade sovereign countries on flimsy excuses and without sacrificing a single thing! Hell, we were ENCOURAGED to spend after 9/11! Encouraged to bankrupt our nation! Our grandparents & great-grandparents, who sacrificed for national priorities should rise up from their well-deserved rest and slap the taste out of our collective mouths.

Americans want to have their cake and eat it, too. Lower taxes, decreased services and infrastructure, and inflated military spending. Yeah, THAT's gonna work. LOL!

Yes. Let us all pay 15% and bankrupt the treasury.

He needs to hire Romney's accountant.

What a lying bastage. We all pay that type of rate if you add in state local and sales taxes.

Newt's taxes were probably more than most people make in one year. He is not hurting like the rest of us.

flat tax great for the rich but screws the poor and middle income who are just barley making so the pay more.

REP. CHARLES RANGEL (DEMOKORAN - NY) PAID NO TAXES IN 2010 ... AND NEVER HAS.

RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! DON'T BRING UP THAT FACT ... BECAUSE HE'S A NHIGGER!