Romney Tax Cuts Work Only When Mortgage Break Mostly Reduced
Source: Bloomberg
Mitt Romney says he can lower income-tax rates by 20 percent without costing the U.S. government revenue and without making the middle class carry a bigger share of the tax load.
Hes right -- assuming that Congress eliminates the most widely used deductions by taxpayers earning more than $100,000 a year, says Harvey Rosen, an economics professor at Princeton University whose study Romney cites as evidence that his plan is viable.
The Republican presidential candidate has refused to say which tax breaks he would eliminate. Rosens illustration abolishes those for home mortgage interest payments, employer- provided health insurance, state and local taxes, charitable donations and the unrealized increase in the value of life- insurance policies for households with six-figure incomes.
Even if you could maybe make it work in an abstract world, you cant assume that all of these deductions will be eliminated, especially by a candidate who so far hasnt identified one hed do away with, says Alan Viard, a former Treasury Department tax expert in President George W. Bushs administration.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-14/romney-tax-cuts-work-only-when-mortgage-deduction-mostly-reduced.html
Even Republican analysis can't make Romney's proposed economic plan work without raising taxes on folks making less than $250,000 a year. The bottom line once again is that Romney is lying and stonewalling regarding who is going to get slammed by his plans.
BrainMann1
(460 posts)is going to make things like this stick in the debates with Obama sitting in front of him.
Ilsa
(61,696 posts)The slowly recovering real estate market to get his tax cut. Fuck him.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,209 posts)The truly wealthy probably won't care about not being able to deduct mortgage interest, but it may encourage building more modest sized, moderately priced homes. I think that would actually be a good thing - less urban sprawl.
valerief
(53,235 posts)has to pay nearly ALL the taxes.