The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Paul Ryan's 2010 Tax Plan Would Create Higher Effective Tax Rate For Bus Driver Than Mitt Romney

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Paul Ryan's 2010 Tax Plan Would Create Higher Effective Tax Rate For Bus Driver Than Mitt Romney Oct 2nd 2012, 23:35 NEW YORK -- It was Oct. 26, 2011, eons ago in political time. Newt Gingrich was beginning his climb in the polls. With Republicans divided, nobody was left to defend the memory of Ronald Reagan against President Barack Obama's suggestion that he might have supported the Buffett Rule. But one brave conservative was willing to win one for the Gipper. A plucky, wonky Wisconsin representative rose to the Heritage Foundation rostrum to defend his political idol. "Obama quotes Reagan as saying that bus drivers shouldn't pay a higher effective tax rate than millionaires. Well, that's a no-brainer. Nobody disagrees with that," Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said. "But it is simply disingenuous to use this quote as evidence that Reagan would have supported the tax increases that Obama wants Congress to pass." Read More... More on Ronald Reagan

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