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Romney sizes up tax breaks

On debate’s eve, he talks about trims

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: October 3, 2012 at 5:48 a.m.

Credit: AP
 Stand-ins for moderator Jim Lehrer, center, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama, right, run through a rehearsal for a debate at the University of Denver Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Denver. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their first debate Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Offering deficit-cutting ideas before his first debate with President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney says he might be willing to reduce incometax deductions used by millions of families for home mortgage interest and health-care costs.

Ryan: End Dependency Culture, Biden: GOP 'Discovered the Middle Class'

GOP vice-presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan campaigned in Iowa Tuesday. Responding to a question about Americans who pay no federal income taxes, Ryan said he and Mitt Romney want a working culture, not a dependency culture. Vice President Joe Biden told about 1,000 supporters in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday that he doesn't understand how Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney can justify raising taxes on the middle class (By The Associated Press)
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