Ryan declared, once again, that Romney's tax plan would bring lower tax rates for all Americans while remaining revenue-neutral. And he repeated the claim that it would drop taxpayers' bills by 20% without costing a dime because it would be offset by closing loopholes.
Chris Wallace challenged Ryan's claim this morning: "You haven't given me the math."
Ryan: “I don’t have the ... It would take me too long to go through all of the math.”
Wallace then played a clip of Obama mocking that claim and saying:
“No matter how many times they tell you they’re gonna start talking specifics really soon, they don’t do it. . . . And the reason is because the math doesn’t work.”
Non-partisan tax experts at the Tax Policy Center have examined the claim and said that there is no way that can happen without taxes going up for middle class Americans. It is just not mathematically possible.
Of course the Republican base won't care about this, but they have those votes anyway. How many thinking independents will buy this?
Not enough. Obama's lead in swing states keeps growing.
Ralph
On Monday, Ryan offered another explanation for not giving the details of the Romney tax plan: people would start changing channels. He says people don't want all the details.
ReplyDeleteYes, they do, Golden Boy. Take all the time you need. We'll all ears.
This is getting ridiculous. Either the details reveal that the math does not work; or they really will have to make drastic cuts in programs people want to keep. And they'd lose voters.