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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:54 AM Sep 2012

Obama ad hits Romney on tax plan

Source: CNN

The latest ad from President Barack Obama's re-election team hits his rival Mitt Romney on his tax plan, which the spot characterizes as unfair to the middle class.

"Heavy Load," which the campaign said would air in Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia, and Florida, uses analysis from the Tax Policy Center. The Romney campaign has quibbled with that study, which it says does not take into account the full scope of the plan offered by the Republican nominee.

In Monday's Obama ad, a narrator begins, "The middle class is carrying a heavy load in America, but Mitt Romney doesn't see it."

He continues, "Under the Romney plan, a middle class family will pay an average of up to $2,000 more a year in taxes, while at the same time giving multi-millionaires like himself a $250,000 tax cut."

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/03/obama-ad-hits-romney-on-tax-plan/



Heavy Load - Obama for America TV Ad
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hue

(4,949 posts)
2. HAPPY LABOR DAY!! The majority of Republican voters will vote to increase taxes on themselves while
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:40 AM
Sep 2012

working harder!!

mzmolly

(51,016 posts)
3. Great ad, other than the middle class woman
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:01 PM
Sep 2012

smiling, when it is noted that the middle class is hit harder.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
5. agree - she's smiling that she'll get hit with extra $2000/yr. in taxes?
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:04 PM
Sep 2012

That's what it looks like

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
6. I think the line "hits the middle class harder" is awkward
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:04 PM
Sep 2012

It could errantly imply that Obama 'hits the middle class' not as hard as Romney. Would be cleaner without "harder".

mzmolly

(51,016 posts)
7. Good point. "The Romney plan places additional burden
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:13 PM
Sep 2012

on the already struggling middle class" might be better?

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