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High Noon: Mitt’s Income & Yours

In 2010, it would have taken Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney 21 hours, 1 minute, and 44 seconds to earn what I did last year. In contrast, I would have to work 416 years 6 months 23 days 11 hours 20 minutes & 7 seconds to earn what Mitt did in 2010. His total income for the year was listed as $21.6 million, more than one-half of which came from capital gains. Slate magazine has a nifty income calculator that compares your salary with Mitt Romney's 2010 income. You can find the calculator here.

Question: How does your income stack up against Mitt's?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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