CHART: Do You Pay A Higher Tax Rate Than Mitt Romney?

Since Mitt Romney has yet to fully disclose his effective federal tax rate, the best we have to go off of is this statement from 1/17/12: “It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything.” While it could easily be lower than that, it still provides a good way to put the absurdity of…

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Mansur Gidfar

Sep 21, 2012

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CHART: Do You Pay A Higher Tax Rate Than Mitt Romney?

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