It’s a message with a face now that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has released his tax returns — income tax rates far exceed capital gains (money made on investments) rates for many Americans, and some in DC have pushed to raise the capital gains rates to make this more equitable. That proposal has seen stiff opposition from Republicans, but a new poll from the New York Times and CBS News shows that a majority of Americans agree with it.
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