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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney Flips On His Own Tax Plan, Admits He’d Give Huge Tax Break To Top 1 Percent
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/22/430890/romney-flips-on-his-own-tax-plan-admits-hed-give-huge-tax-break-to-top-1-percent/(snip)
Upon unveiling the plan, Romney claimed that it would actually force the richest Americans to pay their fair share. Speaking of tax exemptions and deductions, Romney said, For the high-income folks, were going to cut back on that, so that we make sure that the top 1 percent keeps paying the current share theyre paying or more.
But when former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) attacked Romney at the GOP debate tonight, Romney admitted that his tax plan contained a massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans:
SANTORUM: Governor Romney even today suggested today raising taxes on the top 1 percent, adopting the Occupy Wall Street rhetoric. Im not going to adopt that rhetoric. Im going to represent 100 percent of Americans. Were not raising taxes on anyone.
ROMNEY: Number one, I said that were going to cut taxes on everyone across the country by 20 percent, including the top 1 percent. So thats number one.
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Romney Flips On His Own Tax Plan, Admits He’d Give Huge Tax Break To Top 1 Percent (Original Post)
cal04
Feb 2012
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Autumn
(45,120 posts)1. Well Duhh, he is the 1 Percent
of course he wants to give himself a tax break.
BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)2. And he did indeed
explicitly say "1%"!
Neue Regel
(221 posts)3. Video's a bitch, eh Mittens?
Thrill
(19,178 posts)4. I'm convinced Axelrod wants Mittens
to be the nominee
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)5. Cut taxes by 20 percent?
What a fucking idiot.