That's the subject of Mitt Romney's latest ad, wherein he promises on his first day to approve Keystone and begin the process of cutting taxes and repealing Obamacare:
Here's the text:
VIDEO TEXT:“What would a Romney Presidency be like?”
VOICEOVER: “What would a Romney Presidency be like?”
VIDEO TEXT:“Day 1”
VOICEOVER: “Day one, President Romney immediately approves the Keystone pipeline, creating thousands of jobs that Obama blocked.”
VOICEOVER: “President Romney introduces tax cuts and reforms that reward job creators, not punish them.”
VOICEOVER: “President Romney issues order to begin replacing Obamacare with commonsense health care reform.”
VOICEOVER: “That’s what a Romney Presidency will be like.”
MITT ROMNEY: “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.”
Texas Senate candidate David Dewhurst and his allies seem to be getting worried. Dewhurst, the Texas lieutenant governor who was once ahead by 30 points, now leads his toughest challenger, former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, by closer to 10 points just two weeks away from the May 29 primary.
A report issued last week by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) finds that the average tax burden on income in the United States has been declining in recent years, in sharp contrast to the trend in the other OECD countries.
The 2012 Medicare and Social Security trustees’ reports have been released (see here and here). The headline is that the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund will have insufficient reserves to pay full benefits beginning in 2024 (the same year that was projected in last year’s report).
Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse admitted on the Senate floor that the aim of the so-called Buffett Rule "is not to lower the unemployment rate or the price of gasoline":
Democratic National Committee chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been called on to release her personal income tax returns. The request was made by her congressional opponent, Republican Karen Harrington of Florida.
We’re all in this together. The globalized economy, that is. We Americans worry that the eurozone crisis has returned, and will abort our fragile recovery, while Europeans worry that America’s none-too-robust economy and its weak dollar will make it difficult for EU export industries.
President Obama has implied that he himself would pay more under the Buffett Rule--and that he supports it anyway. But according to tax returns released today by the White House, the Obamas wouldn't have to pay higher taxes under the Buffett Rule.
President Obama and Vice President Biden released their tax returns today, ahead of Tax Day, which is on April 17 this year (since April 15 falls on a Sunday and Monday is a Washington, D.C. holiday).
I’m not the first president to call for this idea that everybody has got to do their fair share. Some years ago, one of my predecessors traveled across the country pushing for the same concept.
“Look, I want folks to get rich in this country,” Mr. Obama said. “I think it’s wonderful when people are successful. That’s part of the American dream.”—New York Times
But the president would, it seems, rather distract audiences by talking about the "Buffett Rule."
White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest calls today, "A busy day of tax fairness at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." What that means is, President Obama is using today to talk about raising taxes, just as the tax filing deadline approaches.
