way. in the meantime, let s look at your headlines. president obama and vice president biden just released their they are the the released their 2012 tax returns. the obamas reported an income of just shy of $608,000 and paid $112,000 in taxes. they donated about $150,000 in taxes, this makes the president s income race 18.4%. how is that possible? that s down 2% from last year. how can the president be paying 18.4% when people in his income bracket are supposed to be paying 39.6. tucker: i don t know. but i want to talk to his accountant. alisyn: joe biden and his wife jill reported their income. it was $385,000 in income. they paid nearly $88,000 in taxes. they donated about $7,200 to charity, including dough thaeuted pots and donated pots and pans.
i do, too. sean: if i haded an 18% tax rate powers one of our liberal friends would be handcuffing me and perp walking me and throwing me in the clinker. i don t think so. unless are you suggesting that obama is not paying his fair amount of taxes? is that what you are saying? i m saying for the guy that lectures i can afford to pay a little bit more. skin in the game, tare share. he is only paying 18.4%. i want to know why. and he should why doesn t he donate up to the 39% that he says we should have? people don t donate taxes just i survivors you port raising taxes on the rich but i m not going to pay more in taxes if i don t have to. sean: why not? i don t know. do you think people who don t support government healthcare should stop taking medicare? no. sean: there are those of us that have to pay our taxes and i pay every cent that i m obligated to pay and more. are you saying he is not
donated last year. thanks a lot, joe. your patriotic duty, really leading by example. joining us to go through all of this. tucker carlson from the daily caller. kirsten powers. i m enjoying the show with fox and friends weekend. thank you. sean: let s go to the 18.4%. i m telling you i m paying state and local federal taxes i pay 60 cents of every dollar i make! of course. taxes are due monday, by the way. a lot of us have this on the brain. how could you pay 18% tax on 600 grand. in that doesn t make sense. taking very aggressive deductions. the president has just floated the idea of making a mandatory 30% just federal tax on the top 1% of which he is a member. is the outrageous. i checked in with my account and the and i m well above that. maybe i need his accountant.
i do, too. sean: if i haded an 18% tax rate powers one of our liberal friends would be handcuffing me and perp walking me and throwing me in the clinker. i don t think so. unless are you suggesting that obama is not paying his fair amount of taxes? is that what you are saying? i m saying for the guy that lectures i can afford to pay a little bit more. skin in the game, tare share. he is only paying 18.4%. i want to know why. and he should why doesn t he donate up to the 39% that he says we should have? people don t donate taxes just i survivors you port raising taxes on the rich but i m not going to pay more in taxes if i don t have to. sean: why not? i don t know. do you think people who don t support government healthcare should stop taking medicare? no. sean: there are those of us that have to pay our taxes and i pay every cent that i m obligated to pay and more.
course. yesterday, the white house released his tax returns. they showed that the first family reported a gross income of about $600,000 in 2012 and paid an effective tax rate of 18.4%. and secretary of state john kerry met with chinese leaders today. they discussed the ongoing nuclear threats coming out of north korea. let s take a listen. and what we agreed to do is immediately bear down with further discussion at very senior level in order to fill out exactly what steps we can take together to make sure that this is not rhetoric but that it is real policy that is being implemented. and the white house address was given a very personal touch this week.