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Why should someone who works nine to five pay a higher tax rate than someone who earns his income via “investments”. In Romney’s a lot of his income is not from “investments” but from carried interest while at Bain which is treated as income from “investments” but Romney never risked one cent of his own money. How about the corporate income tax is eliminated and all personal income is treated the same.

"How about the corporate income tax is eliminated and all personal income is treated the same."

Hey, I'll go you one further than that. How about we strike down the 16th amendment, do away with all income tax and just go with a consumption tax. At the very least, we should have a very flat tax that is two tiered at most with no (and I mean no) loopholes.

The point is, Romney played by the rules and paid his taxes. We as conservatives should not be falling into this trap set by the left of complaining how much (percentagewise) Romney paid in taxes. We are not the party of equality of outcomes, we are the party of equality of opportunity. When the left brings this up, we should ask them to start by getting rid of tax cheat Timmy Geitner. Someone who truly skirted the existing tax laws.