Monday, April 16, 2012

Romney taxes

  • Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney kicked around a few tax-reform ideas while speaking to major donors in Florida on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Marc Thiessen, a former White House speechwriter for President George W. Bush, wrote in his column Monday that Mitt Romney is giving the Obama campaign ammunition for their secrecy attacks on him by not releasing tax returns prior to 2010.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker When the wealthiest one percent pay a fair tax rate like the rest of us it keeps the American dream alive for everyone, the narrator in the commercial said. So tell Mitt Romney, kittens are cute.
  • (CNN)
  • WASHINGTON—The Houses top tax writer said Monday that he will listen to Mitt Romneys proposals for limiting tax breaks for the wealthy, but did not commit himself to adopting plans offered by the likely Republican presidential nominee.
  • (Denver Post)
  • At a fundraiser in Palm Beach this past weekend, Mitt Romney told a group of high-dollar donors they'd have to make some sacrifices on their taxes if he takes the White House.
  • (Businessweek)
  • For high-income taxpayers, he would eliminate or limit the mortgage interest deduction for second homes, though within the context of lower marginal tax rates.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • The tax proposals NBC overhead are pretty tame, according to Yglesias: The timidity of these proposals is somewhat regrettable, though also understandable. The key point is simply that these are not the kind of ideas that will support large cuts in tax rates.
  • (Daily Beast)
  • Mitt Romney released 23 years of tax returns to Sen. John McCain during the 2008 campaign when he was being vetted as a potential running mate for the Arizona Republican.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Mr. Romney at a fundraiser on Sunday said he would reduce or eliminate the mortgage-interest deduction for second homes owned by wealthy taxpayers to offset an across-the-board income-tax cut. But Mr.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • His own tax return from last year reveals he made $21 million, yet paid a lower tax rate than many middle-class families," the narrator says.
  • (ABC News)

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