# Romney and taxes: Morally unfit to be President **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-and-taxes-morally-unfit-to-be-president/610492 "2012-01-24T11:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 75
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-and-taxes-morally-unfit-to-be-president/610492/75 "2012-01-24T17:11:26Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > So you sincerely believe that the OP, as well as myself, and all other communist types, believe that charitable contributions are morally wrong, and that having a tax system that has deductions is morally wrong? > > Could you walk us through, step by step, how you came to this conclusion? Actually I can walk you thru how _you_ came to that conclusion. [ul][li]Mitt Romney used tax deductions.[/li][li]Mitt Romney is a Republican.[/li][li]Ergo, tax deductions are morally wrong.[/ul][/li] The OP was arguing something slightly different - [ul][li]Romney used tax deductions to reduce his tax rate[/li][li]Any action by a rich person to reduce his tax rate instead of increasing it is morally repellent[/li][li]Romney is rich[/li][li]Ergo, tax deductions are morally repellent.[/ul][/li] The Obama example was pointing out the unexpressed part of the above syllogism, which is that this only applies to Republicans. That’s where you came in. Glad to clear it up. Don’t be afraid to ask for help with complex things like logic and morality. Maybe it will help. Regards, Shodan --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-and-taxes-morally-unfit-to-be-president/610492)._