[glaseatr]

He would also permanently reduce the corporate tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent over two years and allow businesses to depreciate the value of new equipment purchases faster.

Looks like Mitt took this from the FRed play book, as FRed has been saying this for months now.

[plain talk]

And they all took it from the Reagan playbook. That doesn’t matter. What matters is making it happen.

[CaspersGh0sts]

“Looks like Mitt took this from the FRed play book, as FRed has been saying this for months now.”

Actually, Romney was talking about reducing the corporate tax rate well before the grassroots began humming to get Thompson into the race. I remember him speaking about this back when I changed my support from Hunter to Romney.

Romney’s grasp of economic issues was a very strong draw for me then, and it remains so today.

I’m not talking down to Thompson at all. I like the guy. I’m just pointing out that this has been on Mitt’s horizon for some time—my guess is well before he even decided to run.