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On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Molly Magarik <molly@beaubiden.com> wrote:

> [image: TPM LiveWire] <http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/> Romney
> Artificially Inflated 2011 Taxes After Decrying The Idea Benjy Sarlin 2:05
> PM EDT, Friday September 21, 2012
>
> Mitt Romney's trustee said in a campaign press release that Romney
> artificially inflated his own effective tax rate so it would remain above
> 13 percent by deferring $1.75 million in charitable deductions. Romney had
> previously said that none of his last decade of tax returns dipped below
> that 13 percent threshold.
>
> In an interview with ABC News<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/romney-not-sure-if-hes-paid-less-than-13-9-in-taxes/>in July, however, Romney dismissed the idea that he would ever pay more
> taxes than legally owed, saying if he did so he wouldn't be "qualified" to
> be president.
>
> "I don't pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than
> are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president," Romney
> said. "I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what
> the tax code requires."
>
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