Romney To Middle Class Ohioans: Don't Expect Too Much Tax Relief From Me

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/romney-ohio-taxes_n_1915949.html

Ha, no wonder Ohio is slipping away from him so quickly.

[Earthling]

Romney is really losing it.

[Yank2133]

Lief was right.

The Onion has to be running Mitt's campaign.

[Politico]

With Romney, taxes do not go up for anybody, but spending on Obama's special interests will be rolled-back.

The dirty little whispers in Washington right now: Obama is going to be forced to let the 2001 tax cuts expire FOR EVERYBODY after the election regardless of whether or not he wins. Why? He refuses to cut spending on his special interests, and we cannot run perpetual trillion dollar deficits. Even Obama's magical thinking cannot wish away hard economic realities.

Vote for Obama if you want more of YOUR income headed towards Washington.
Vote for Romney if you do NOT want YOUR taxes to go up.

[Phony Moderate]

It's a stupid thing for Romney to say, but he's probably telling the truth here.

[Likely Voter]

Well it's a step up from calling them slacker victims.

[Averroës Nix]

Vote for Obama if you want more of YOUR income headed towards Washington.
Vote for Romney if you do NOT want YOUR taxes to go up.

I thought that Romney wanted 'more skin in the game.'

[King]

Romney is resting his brain for the debate. In day leading up to it, he will discontinue speaking in complete sentences so that way everything is real fresh.

[Antonio the Sixth]

To be fair with him, he's just being unusually honest for a republican.

[5280]

Campaigning does take its toll on people after a while.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

With Romney, taxes do not go up for anybody, but spending on Obama's special interests will be rolled-back.

The dirty little whispers in Washington right now: Obama is going to be forced to let the 2001 tax cuts expire FOR EVERYBODY after the election regardless of whether or not he wins. Why? He refuses to cut spending on his special interests, and we cannot run perpetual trillion dollar deficits. Even Obama's magical thinking cannot wish away hard economic realities.

Vote for Obama if you want more of YOUR income headed towards Washington.
Vote for Romney if you do NOT want YOUR taxes to go up.

This must be hard for you. You don't have to be on the clock all the time, you know. It's okay to admit that your candidate makes gaffes or says stupid things or is otherwise less than perfect sometimes. It's okay. We're here for you.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

We really can't afford anymore tax cuts. Romney knows that, surely the wealthy know that too.

[Politico]

We really can't afford anymore tax cuts. Romney knows that, surely the wealthy know that too.

Yes. The sad truth is that Santorum pushed the Romney campaign into a tough corner in Michigan.

The best bet moving forward is probably to point out that Obama will be forced to raise taxes on everybody at some point, probably soon, if re-elected simply because he will not cut spending on his special interest groups. In contrast, Romney will ensure taxes do NOT go up for anybody because he is willing to cut spending. This is how Romney should frame the election the rest of the way, especially considering the whispers in Washington that Obama is going to let the 2001 tax cuts expire for everybody this fall regardless of the election results.

[LastVoter]

We really can't afford anymore tax cuts. Romney knows that, surely the wealthy know that too.

Yes. The sad truth is that Santorum pushed the Romney campaign into a tough corner in Michigan.

The best bet moving forward is probably to point out that Obama will be forced to raise taxes on everybody at some point, probably soon, if re-elected simply because he will not sacrifice spending on his special interests. In contrast, Romney will ensure taxes do NOT go up for anybody because he is willing to cut spending.

Sadly he didn't win.

[Torie]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/romney-ohio-taxes_n_1915949.html

Ha, no wonder Ohio is slipping away from him so quickly.

My theory is that Mittens knows he is going to be hammered in the debate about not specifying the deductions he would trim back, and they need to be trimmed back substantially to make his rates cut work while being largely revenue neutral.  So he is now moving in that direction, which is smart, rather than waiting for the debates. No, the middle class will not get a tax increase, because what is lost in deductions will be made up for by lower rates, and maybe even cause the overall tax bill for the middle class to go down a tad. Mittens has only promised to keep taxes revenue neutral for the 200K-250K plus crowd.

Of course, Mittens should have been specific long ago (if only to demonstrate that the details of the numbers add up to the general claim he is making about what his tax policy will accomplish, as opposed to leaving it the smoke and mirrors zone). The man lacks guts - just like Obama. We have two gutless wonders running against each other. Splendid - just splendid.

[Politico]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/romney-ohio-taxes_n_1915949.html

Ha, no wonder Ohio is slipping away from him so quickly.

My theory is that Mittens knows he is going to be hammered in the debate about not specifying the deductions he would trim back, and they need to be trimmed back substantially to make his rates cut work while being largely revenue neutral.  So he is now moving in that direction, which is smart, rather than waiting for the debates. No, the middle class will not get a tax increase, because what is lost in deductions will be made up for by lower rates, and maybe even cause the overall tax bill for the middle class to go down a tad. Mittens has only promised to keep taxes revenue neutral for the 200K-250K plus crowd.

Of course, Mittens should have been specific long ago (if only to demonstrate that the details of the numbers add up to the general claim he is making about what his tax policy will accomplish, as opposed to leaving it the smoke and mirrors zone). The man lacks guts - just like Obama. We have two gutless wonders running against each other. Splendid - just splendid.

What do you expect, though? The National Education Association has corrupted generations of minds into believing that the world is only about benefits, not costs too. You speak about costs, even the notion of short-term pain for long-term gain, and you'll lose with these people by large margins.

Romney is being honest about our dire situation to the largest degree one can be at this stage. However, one commitment he will not break is the commitment to not raise taxes on anybody (otherwise, he will lose a primary challenge). Obama has no incentive to not raise taxes. Indeed, the whispers are that he will let the 2001 tax cuts expire FOR EVERYBODY due to hard economic constraints (specifically, getting a future tax hike through will be impossible, he refuses to cut spending that benefits his special interest groups, and we cannot run perpetual trillion dollar deficits).