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1. September 19, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: ‘makers and takers’ edition

   Romney's "47 percent" comment continues to reverberate

   By Ryan Chittum

   A big part of the problem with Mitt Romney's "47 percent" characterization, as I wrote yesterday, is that it uses federal income tax to snooker people not paying close attention into thinking half the country pays no taxes at all. That's cherry picking the most progressive part of the tax system to paint a picture of half a country of...

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2. October 2, 2012 07:50 AM

   Romney’s gift to reporters

   A Bloomberg investigation details yet another aspect of the candidate's tax avoidance

   By Ryan Chittum

   The decision by Republicans to run a super-wealthy former financier for president four years into a serious economic downturn triggered by a financial crisis was a contrarian political move, to put it mildly, and it has had unwelcome consequences for some of the party's core constituencies. Mitt Romney's presidential star turn has put the private equity industry in an uncomfortable...

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3. October 4, 2012 06:50 AM

   Social media fails the ‘47 percent’ video taper

   Did the anonymous source need Mother Jones?

   By Hazel Sheffield

   When Mother Jones premiered the now-infamous 47 percent video on September 17, it received two million views in 24 hours and rapidly changed the discourse surrounding the campaign. The next morning, some outlets were already asking, “Is Mitt Romney over?” But why did the source of the video go to a news outlet like Mother Jones, instead of distributing it...

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