I hope he stays in and keeps Newster and Mittens at least a tiny bit honest.
I’m disgusted with Newt after I heard him this morning talking up the fact that Mitt “only pays 15% on his taxes, which is what most middle-class people pay, and Mitt is rich....*”. Newt knew good and well that Mitt was talking capital gains taxes and Newt was deliberately confusing them with income taxes. Disgusting.
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All rates should be equal. The investor class needs to pay more, OR the people who work need to pay less.
EQUAL protection under the law.
Yes, but the point is - and it is an extremely important one - that Mittens pays capital gains taxes and not payroll taxes because he doesn’t draw a salary. I pay payroll taxes, at a higher rate than that, because my income comes from salary. Newt knows the difference - I’ve heard him lecture during debates on this very topic.