Did Mitt Romney Raise Taxes Or ‘Close Loopholes’? | Talking Points Memo

News that then-Governor Mitt Romney’s office played up his predecessor’s tax hikes to secure a better rating from Standard & Poor’s may undercut his hardline anti-tax image. But the S&P story also revives a longstanding debate over Romney’s own revenue raisers as governor, an issue that takes on greater significance than it did in 2008 thanks to the recent debt ceiling talks.


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