Talkingpointsmemo: Obama Ad: Romney’s Tax Plan A ‘Middle Class Tax Increase’
Obama Ad: Romneys Tax Plan A Middle Class Tax Increase
The Obama campaign didnt skip a beat after the release of a nonpartisan study showing Mitt Romneys tax plan would raise taxes on everyone but the top five percent on Wednesday. Thursday morning, they released a new ad slamming Romneys tax plan as Romneys middle class tax increase.
The ad begins with the information we know about Romneys own personal taxes: that he raised over $20 million in 2010 and paid 13.9 percent in taxes. You work hard, stretch every penny. But chances are, you pay a higher tax rate than him, says a narrator, flashing to a picture of the Republican nominee. Now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break, and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year.
Mitt Romneys middle class tax increase: He pays less, you pay more, the wraps up the ad.
The campaign didnt initially indicate the size of the ad buy or which states it would be running in.
Watch:
Update: The ad will air in New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Nevada.
Reported by Pema Levy
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