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Mitt Romney’s ‘Buffett Rule’ Problem: His Tax Rate Is 14 Percent

Posted on October 3, 2011 by TRP

 

 

When President Obama released his plan to implement the “Buffett rule” — which would ensure that millionaires can’t pay a lower tax rate than middle-class families — 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney derided it as “class warfare,” saying it is “simply the wrong way to go.” But as Time’s Michael Scherer pointed out today, Romney may have a tough time defending his opposition to the Buffett Rule, as one of its highest profile targets could well be…Romney himself:

via Mitt Romney’s ‘Buffett Rule’ Problem: His Tax Rate Is 14 Percent | ThinkProgress.

 


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