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Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: 'Tomorrow, 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is slated to give a 'major spending policy speech' at Americans For Prosperity s Defending the American Dream Summit. Both the conference and AFP itself are funded by money from the billionaire Koch brothers. Leaving aside that Romney intends to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, he has proposed a huge giveaway to the very rich by suggesting the complete elimination of the estate tax ... Currently, more than half of the estate tax is paid by the richest 0.1 percent of households. And according to a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation, the Koch brothers heirs' would save a combined $17.4 billion in estate taxes thanks to Romney s plan.'

http://www.truth-out.org/romneys-estate-tax-cut-would-save-koch-brothers-87-billion-each/1320428722



You Don t Know Mitt: Ninety-Nine Facts About Mitt Romney

Jude Legum, ThinkProgress: 'Mitt Romney, still the odds-on favorite to capture the GOP nomination, has entered the 'Mittness Protection Program,' avoiding scrutiny whenever possible. As a result, his actual views and record are still largely unknown. To solve this problem, ThinkProgress has compiled 99 key facts about Mitt Romney.'

http://www.truth-out.org/you-dont-know-mitt-99-facts-about-mitt-romney/1320680677

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Why Mitt Romney s Entitlement-Privatization Plan is Crazy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/08-11



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