# Romney's Tax Plan **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944 "2012-10-17T00:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/1 "2012-10-17T00:26:30Z")
Somebody posted this on my FB feed, and I haven’t seen it here. So there, for you people that wanted details: [http://www.romneytaxplan.com/](http://www.romneytaxplan.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/2 "2012-10-18T02:50:35Z")
[The Romney Tax Plan](http://www.romneytaxplan.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/3 "2012-10-18T03:51:19Z")
**Mighty\_Girl** [beat you to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=668966). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/4 "2012-10-18T04:02:27Z")
It’s certainly funny, and it makes a good point, but… Isn’t it a trademark infringement? I’d hate to see the Romney campaign being able to sue the DNC. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/5 "2012-10-18T04:05:29Z")
Oh, and I’ve figured out how to click on the button. Nothing happens, except that it skitters away again after you do so. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/6 "2012-10-18T04:24:50Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **Mighty\_Girl** [beat you to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=668966). Not really, the link was on the \*\*The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012 \*\*thread last night, but the thing is 22 pages now and I’m too tired to find it to feel clever. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/7 "2012-10-18T06:04:22Z")
[Trademark parody](http://www.lfiplaw.com/articles/trademark_parody.htm). Bloomberg gave an analysis of Romney’s tax plan before the debate. No the numbers don’t add up, no matter how you interpret them. [Bloomberg - Are you a robot?](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-12/the-final-word-on-mitt-romney-s-tax-plan.html) Romney added additional detail (contradictions?) later. He now says he wants to cap all deductions at 25,000. The Tax Policy Institute says that represents a tax hike of $103 billion. He also wants to cut tax _rates_ by 20% - which of course would imply bigger outlays for those with higher incomes. That would cost $257 billion. Normal people believe that 257 \>\> 103. Romney says that one will pay for the other. AFAIK, modern conservatives don’t care either way, which is unfortunate. Conservatives were more fiscally responsible before 1981. h/t Kevin Drum: [Here It Is, the World’s Simplest Tax Analysis – Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/10/here-it-worlds-simplest-tax-analysis) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-tax-plan/637944/8 "2012-10-18T14:59:24Z")
Merged threads.