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TomClash

(11,344 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 10:40 AM Aug 2012

Bill Kristol: Mitt Romney's Low Tax Rate Is 'Kinda Weird' [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said Monday that he thinks Mitt Romney should pay a higher tax rate, calling the rate he pays on his investments "weird."

"I personally -- if I were designing the tax code -- would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from," Kristol said Monday on C-Span.

The prominent conservative commentator added that he thought there would be no "economic detriment" to Romney if he paid more.

"I think it just seems kinda weird that he pays a lower rate than an awful lot of middle-class people," Kristol said.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/bill-kristol-mitt-romney-tax-rate_n_1810512.html



Broken clock . . .

It's weird like everything else about Romney.
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Kristol going so off-message is also weird nxylas Aug 2012 #1
Kristol might just be pissed that a teahadist got the VP slot HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #2
This IS the GOP defense: Spin this controversy to make it about his tax rate. KurtNYC Aug 2012 #10
This makes sense Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #14
What? Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #3
I think an effective ad exboyfil Aug 2012 #4
How about an ad saying how many teachers could have been hired csziggy Aug 2012 #7
Thanks Billy ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #5
Warren Buffett raised this issue years ago and got quite a bit less press. xtraxritical Aug 2012 #8
What is so hard to understand? genxlib Aug 2012 #6
Exactly so bread_and_roses Aug 2012 #13
THIS: "It isn't "weird". It's your freaking policy at work" NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #16
I can usually tell when Bill Kristol is going to say something stupid. Blanks Aug 2012 #9
so you'd design a tax code where Romney would pay more. Then explain rurallib Aug 2012 #11
Just goes to show what lousy reporting , rags like the " Weekly Standard " publish. cyclezealot Aug 2012 #12
He talks like a third grader. senseandsensibility Aug 2012 #15
Yet another sign the Neo Cons have written mittens off. McCamy Taylor Aug 2012 #17
We'll see TomClash Aug 2012 #20
Its fucking amazing to be hearing that from Bill Kristol. n/t D23MIURG23 Aug 2012 #18
I am a retiree middle class. riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #19
When Kristol doesn't fall in line, R money is in trouble. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #21
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