Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will unveil a “presidential accountability scorecard” during a campaign event in Colorado
on Thursday that he will use to measure his expected success in office
while attacking President Obama for failing to achieve goals he set as a
candidate.
The announcement, part of the campaign’s push to appeal to the middle class, also is intended to partly counter a study by the Tax Policy Center released on Wednesday, The study from the nonpartisan joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution found that Romney’s plan would result in a net tax increase for lower- and middle-income taxpayers in order to cut taxes for the highest earners.
Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom called the report a "joke” on a Thursday conference call with reporters.
“There are serious flaws with both the authorship of that study and the methodology,” he said. “It was coauthored by a member of the Obama White House, someone who was part of the White House economic team, and the study doesn’t take into account important aspects of Governor Romney’s plan which will have a positive, pro-growth impact on the economy.”
Read more: http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/romney-to-unveil-accountability-scorecard--20120802
The announcement, part of the campaign’s push to appeal to the middle class, also is intended to partly counter a study by the Tax Policy Center released on Wednesday, The study from the nonpartisan joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution found that Romney’s plan would result in a net tax increase for lower- and middle-income taxpayers in order to cut taxes for the highest earners.
Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom called the report a "joke” on a Thursday conference call with reporters.
“There are serious flaws with both the authorship of that study and the methodology,” he said. “It was coauthored by a member of the Obama White House, someone who was part of the White House economic team, and the study doesn’t take into account important aspects of Governor Romney’s plan which will have a positive, pro-growth impact on the economy.”
Read more: http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/romney-to-unveil-accountability-scorecard--20120802
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