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President Obama on the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan – Boone, Iowa

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Eric Austin

Courtesy of Obama for America: Share this: http://OFA.BO/yshYEc Tweet this: http://OFA.BO/rE7YLz Today in Boone, Iowa President Obama shared how the Romney-Ryan economic proposal would raise taxes on middle class families with children in order to pay for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. As President Obama shared: “They have tried to sell us this trickle down fairy dust before. And it did not work then and it won’t work now. It’s not a plan to create jobs, it’s not a plan to cut the deficit, and it’s not a plan to move our economy forward.” President Obama is in Iowa this week to kick-off a three-day bus tour across the state with grassroots events in Council Bluffs and Boone. The President discussed the choice in … Continue reading →

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“Son of Boss” – Obama for America TV Ad

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Eric Austin

Courtesy of Obama for America: Are you in? http://OFA.BO/q8pybY Reporter: “Was there ever any year where you paid lower than the 13.9%?” Mitt Romney: “I haven’t calculated that. I’m happy to go back and look.” Voiceover: “Did Romney pay 10% in taxes? 5%? Zero? We don’t know.” “But we do know that Romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the IRS as part of the notorious Son of Boss tax scandal. One of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history.” “Isn’t it time for Romney to come clean?”

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“Balanced” – Obama for America TV Ad

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Eric Austin

Courtesy of Obama for America: Learn more: http://OFA.BO/GZxA4m “The choice on debt. Mitt Romney’s plan: huge tax cuts for millionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas, adding trillions to the deficit. President Obama’s plan: a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay a little more, eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion Two plans. Your choice.”

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“Stretch” – Obama for America TV Ad

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Eric Austin

Courtesy of Obama for America: Learn more: http://OFA.BO/AHWfiR You work hard, stretch every penny, but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him: Mitt Romney made $20 million dollars in 2010, but paid only 14% in taxes—probably less than you. Now he has a plan that will give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2000 dollars a year. Mitt Romney’s middle class tax increase: he pays less, you pay more.

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President Obama on Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Eric Austin

Courtesy of Obama For America: Share this: http://OFA.BO/UZmHzt Tweet this: http://OFA.BO/3ZJok9 Today, at a grassroots event in Mansfield, Ohio, President Obama highlighted a new report from the Tax Policy Center — a nonpartisan policy think tank — that concludes that Mitt Romney would have to raise taxes on millions of middle-class families with children by more than $2,000 to pay for his $5 trillion tax plan tilted to the wealthiest.

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