Harvard MBA Degree Earns Romney ‘C-’ on Tax Plan (Washington Post)

“If a candidate doesn’t espouse bold ideas on the campaign trail, where promises are easy, what’s the chance of reform when he’s faced with the politics of governing?” asks Candice Baum, who points out that Romney’s tax stance is hardly up to conservative standards. In fact, thus far Romney’s economic vision has hardly stepped beyond a 30 percent corporate tax break, something even Obama has pondered. This lack of ingenuity was highlighted recently in a study released by the Tax Foundation, a policy-research organization in Washington. The think tank analyzed each candidate’s tax plan on the basis of fairness, neutrality, complexity and the impact on competitiveness, economic growth and tax revenues. Romney earned a “C-,” one step above the class dunce, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, who scored a “D+.”