Willard Romney on Taxes

Clearly, Willard believes that it is more critical for Caesar's wife to appear to be pure than to actually be pure. As governor of Massachusetts, he opted to increase taxes on hunters, the blind, and the mentally retarded rather than everyone. This passage, which I lifted from the transcript of today's Meet The Press, illustrates why I would think Willard may not be a man of the people, at least 99% of the people:

GOV. ROMNEY: Well, let's, let's step back and get all the numbers right. First of all, it was nearly a $3 billion budget gap that we faced as we came into office, my team and I. Secondly, we raised fees, and we generated about $240 million worth of increased revenue. So of a $3 billion budget gap, we raised fees of about $240 million. Now, these were not broad-based fees. I said I'm not going to go after driver's license fees or automobile fees for registration because these apply to everybody, and any...

MR. RUSSERT: Duplicate driver's license fee.

GOV. ROMNEY: Because, because if they're broad, broad-based, they, they have the--they have a sense, a feeling like a tax.

Gee, Willard, you're a prince!