Edwards Responds to Romney's Attacks on Middle and Working Class Tax Relief

[JohnLocke]

Edwards Responds to Romney's Attacks on Middle and Working Class Tax Relief
John Edwards for President
Friday, July 27, 2007
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Senator John Edwards released a statement today in response to Republican Mitt Romney's attacks on his tax cut proposal for middle and working class Americans. Yesterday, Edwards announced a plan to reform our tax code to reward work, not the privileges of the insiders, and help regular families get ahead.

"Every time another radical Republican running for president speaks, the American people are reminded of how out of touch with economic reality they are. Example A: Mitt Romney.

"Romney, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, should be ashamed for attacking my economic plan, but it's not surprising he is. I want to rewrite our tax code to make it fair and help hard-working Americans save some money to give them a better shot at the American Dream. Mitt wants to make sure that the wealthiest Americans just keep getting wealthier and let everyone else pick up the scraps. Mitt's all about more, more, more for the people who already have the most - and that's just wrong.

"The truth is Mitt Romney shouldn't pay lower taxes on the money he makes from his money than middle-class families pay on the money they make from hard work. Neither should I. We're both incredibly fortunate and we should pay our fair share.

"That's the big difference between people like Mitt Romney and me. Mitt Romney thinks he and his insider friends helped make America great, I think it's the hundreds of millions of Americans in the working class and middle class who make America great. It's these hard-working families who deserve a break and a chance to live the same American Dream as I have. That's what I'm fighting for, and that's what people like Mitt Romney have spent a lifetime fighting against."

http://johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20070727-romney-attacks/

[PresidentObama]

1. Go Edwards, go. Don't let them hijack the debate.

No more swiftboating, it's time to fight back! He did it against Ann Coulter, and he's doing it here.

[Gato Moteado]

2. nice!

edwards skewered the happless mitt! now keep twisting the knife and put the douchebag away for good. then move on to the next repuke hopeful and repeat. don't stop until they're all on the floor and you're bashing them senseless!

way to go senator edwards! keep on rockin'!

[Yael]

3. Adding a K & R

[draft_mario_cuomo]

4. K & R

[ninkasi]

5. I like Edwards

I freely admit that I will vote for, and support, whichever candidate wins the Democratic primary, Edwards is the one I am most enthusiastic about. What I will not do, is to refuse to support the Democratic candidate just because it's not John Edwards.

[PurityOfEssence]

6. How the hell'd you get on this board?

That sounds downright sensible.