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Study: Romney Plan Would Raise Taxes On 95% Of Americans
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2012.talkingpointsmemo.com — Mitt Romney’s tax plan would be a boon for the wealthy, but a tax hike for 95% of Americans, according to a new nonpartisan study.

The report, by researchers from both the Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center, examined Romney’s suggestion of an across-the-board 20% income tax cut financed by closing existing loopholes and concluded there was no way to make the numbers work without burdening the vast majority of Americans with higher taxes.

Romney has not said which tax breaks he would end to finance his plan, but he has suggested that he would only look to breaks that benefit the wealthy. The report concluded that notion is a fantasy no matter how it’s constructed: There simply are too many middle class tax breaks on the table to avoid skewing the burden against the average American.

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lightdude
Posted 321 days ago
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Nice try, meathead.
lastbaldeagle
Posted 321 days ago
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Far more than the Commie in the White House. Both are politicians and neither are statesmen, but Romney at least does not hate the country.
james2044
Posted 320 days ago
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Oh my God! I might have to start paying my way.
That means I would not be able to sleep in, take drugs and have sex all the time.
I even might have to get a job and work.

No, no, no never, I'll always vote Democrat. They woun't make me pay my way!
JBeal
Posted 320 days ago
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@james2044

Don't worry about the Sex party he will outsource that for you.
lastbaldeagle
Posted 320 days ago
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Beal, God you are a clever one. Bet you have never had a job or an independent thought.
seaknight
Posted 318 days ago
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Beal,
For sake of arguement, if we buy into Obumles ideals and accept higher taxes as the path to our nations prosperity, who will pay for it? Eventually the jobs will fade and with no jobs goes the tax base. With no tax base where will the revenue come from? You are a fool if you think any society can prosper under those conditions. If you need an example you only need look to the former Soviet Union. Communism, Socialism and anything like them are false dreams that eventually lead to destruction. Perhaps that is what you and the left are seeking!
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