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Visualizing the Romney Tax Debate »Visualizing the Romney Tax DebateVisualizing the Romney Tax Debate☜Tax reform has emerged as a major bone of contention in the 2012 Presidential election campaign. While President Obama has identified some tax changes, Governor Romney proposes major systemic reform. But is his plan - especially the proposals for individual taxation - viable?☜F1CEB7

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Romney's plan stated »Romney's plan statedRomney's plan stated☜For individual taxation, Romney proposes rate cuts for all taxpayers to be funded by reducing or eliminating various tax preferences. His plan aims to do this without raising the tax burden on low and middle income taxpayers, defined as $200,000 or less. It also abolishes several other taxes.☜59C6EF

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But does it compute? »But does it compute?But does it compute?☜In early August the Tax Policy Center produced an analysis showing that achieving all the goals of the Romney plan is mathematically impossible. Romney cited six studies in reply. Economists, journalists, bloggers and others then joined in on both sides. So is the plan mathematically possible?☜FFB597

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No - it does not compute »No - it does not computeNo - it does not compute☜The Tax Policy Center argues in its analysis that the various elements of the Romney plan cannot all be achieved. The TPC paper has been invoked and/or defended by almost all of the critics of the Romney plan in the debate.☜59C6EF

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The TPC case »The TPC caseThe TPC case☜The essence of the Tax Policy Centers argument is contained in the excerpt from their paper cited below. We have parsed the argument into a set of premises that must be true for the argument to hold and mapped the debate about each.☜98CE71

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Cost-of-cuts claimCost-of-cuts claim☜☜FF97FF

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Obamacare inclusion »Obamacare inclusionObamacare inclusion☜The revenue baseline is inflated. The TPC included in its baseline Obamacare taxes which Romney has not pledged to offset. This point is conceded by some defenders of the TPC analysis such as Josh Barro (see citation).☜EF597B

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Entry date (GMT): 10/30/2012 1:54:00 AM
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