Mitt Romney is decrying as “garbage” an unfavorable analysis of his tax plan by citing a deficit hawk who has endorsed the study’s conclusion: he agrees that the Republican nominee’s plan would “raise taxes on the middle class.”In an interview with Fortune magazine published Wednesday, Romney attacked the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s finding that fulfilling his budget promises would require asking 95 percent of Americans to pay more in taxes. “They made garbage assumptions and they reached a garbage conclusion,” he said.
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