The Washington Post story about Mitt Romney’s 2011 tax filings was filled with interesting tidbits that really make clear the differences between the rich and the not-so-rich. Romney paid 14.1 percent in taxes, or $1.9 million in taxes on $13.69 million in income in 2011, most of it from his investments, a rate higher than [...]
Paul Ryan Brings Mother to Florida to Make His Medicare Case
August 18, 2012 | Posted by
As President Obama and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan battle over which one represents more of a threat to Medicare, Ryan today will be calling on a biased but forceful surrogate to help him make his case: his mother. Ryan is diving into the heart of the Medicare world, campaigning in central Florida in a [...]
Romney’s Wife Says They Won’t Release Taxes Because They’ll Get Attacked
August 17, 2012 | Posted by
As Mitt Romney gets hammered for not releasing more of his tax returns, Romney’s wife Ann said they refuse to release more of his tax returns because…the release of the returns will result in Romney getting attacked. That was the defense she gave in an interview with NBC’s Natalie Morales that took place in southern [...]
Romney Doesn’t Budge on Taxes as the Hits Continue
July 23, 2012 | Posted by
With each passing day, the pressure on Mitt Romney to release more tax return intensifies, threatening to drown out Romney’s economic message and leading observers to conclude that the stuff he is trying to hide must be pretty darn bad if it’s worth all the hits he’s taking. As Ben Adler points out in The [...]
