Romney claims 5 studies back his claim his tax plan will work as he said it would: FALSE -Politifact

[Bill USA]

[font size="3"] Another of Rmoney's fictions exposed. This doesn't really count as 'news' anymore but..just for the record:[/font]

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/14/mitt-romney/romney-claims-5-studies-back-his-tax-plan/

Romney Says five studies show his tax plan can cut rates and still bring the same revenue without raising taxes on the middle class. [/font]

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Romney is using the word "studies" generously. Two items on his list are newspaper editorials that can be analytical but are rarely treated as independent research. One article comes from a campaign adviser, a connection that generally suggests a less than independent assessment. That leaves just two reports out Romney’s five.

There is a fair argument to be made that the Tax Policy Center used an arbitrary dividing line of $200,000 to separate high-income households from all others. The same problem lies in setting the breakpoint at $100,000, a choice preferred by at least one of the defenders of Romney’s proposal.

The studies from Feldstein and Rosen use 2009 data. That was an abnormal year and one that made it easier to make the math work for the Romney plan. The analysts could have chosen other years but decided not to.

We see no more than two independent studies out of the five claimed. We rate the statement Mostly False.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Either Willard or Lyan Ryan should be able to put it on a chart so

everyone can see the numbers
If they can not then they are just plain liars

[cyclezealot]

2. About as honest as a corporate sales pitch..

Let us hope Obama read this review.. Thanks for posting...