For me, there was one key moment in the debate. It is when, in describing how he was going to cap deductions in his new tax plan, Mitt Romney said make up a number at which to cap those deductions. He said just make up a number. Then he threw out 25,000, thought better of it, realizing that might catch a lot of people, and said 50,000. Well if you have an objective of not adding to the deficit, and you want to lower tax rates and raise military spending, than you do not have a choice as to the deduction cutoff number. Your objectives determine the number. If you do not know what that number is, you do not have a plan, you have a talking point. And I guarantee you, the number is far less than 25,000, if it even exists. This is where the President should have hammered Romney on his vagueness.
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