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Joe Biden Launches New Attack On Romney: He’ll Tax Your Social Security Benefits
Joe Biden Launches New Attack On Romney: He’ll Tax Your Social Security Benefits
Benjy Sarlin
Vice President Joe Biden charged Mitt Romney with threatening seniors’ Social Security benefits on Friday, opening up a new line of attack as polls show President Obama gaining ground with older voters.
“If Governor Romney’s plan goes into effect it would mean that every one of you would be paying more taxes on your Social Security,” Biden said at a rally in retiree-heavy Boca Raton, Fla. “The average senior would have to pay $460 a year more in taxes for their Social Security.”
Romney has not released a detailed Social Security plan, but an analysis of his tax proposals by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center suggests that tax exemptions for seniors’ benefits would likely have to be cut to pay for Romney’s proposal for lower tax rates that disproportionately aid the wealthy. While Romney has disputed the study’s assumptions, he has repeatedly refused to release any details as to how his tax cuts would be paid for instead, leaving his vague plan an easy mark for Democratic attacks.
Biden said in his speech that Romney can’t pay for these tax breaks “unless they eviscerate the rest of the budget.”
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/joe-biden-attacks-romney-tax-social-security.php
Benjy Sarlin
Vice President Joe Biden charged Mitt Romney with threatening seniors’ Social Security benefits on Friday, opening up a new line of attack as polls show President Obama gaining ground with older voters.
“If Governor Romney’s plan goes into effect it would mean that every one of you would be paying more taxes on your Social Security,” Biden said at a rally in retiree-heavy Boca Raton, Fla. “The average senior would have to pay $460 a year more in taxes for their Social Security.”
Romney has not released a detailed Social Security plan, but an analysis of his tax proposals by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center suggests that tax exemptions for seniors’ benefits would likely have to be cut to pay for Romney’s proposal for lower tax rates that disproportionately aid the wealthy. While Romney has disputed the study’s assumptions, he has repeatedly refused to release any details as to how his tax cuts would be paid for instead, leaving his vague plan an easy mark for Democratic attacks.
Biden said in his speech that Romney can’t pay for these tax breaks “unless they eviscerate the rest of the budget.”
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/joe-biden-attacks-romney-tax-social-security.php
Damn, the Obama campaign is hitting Mitt with everything but the kitchen sink. I'd throw that at him too!
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Yeah...all those retired, mooching/freeloading 47 per-centers suckling on the Social Security teat.
Go get 'em Joe!!
