Romney’s tax record gets a closer look

By Alexander Bolton
March 28, 2007
Anti-tax advocates are scrutinizing Mitt Romney’s (R) record as governor of Massachusetts and focusing on the fact that he increased fees in the state by $500 million and proposed nearly $400 million in business tax increases.

This could erode whatever advantage on tax policy he hopes to have over 2008 presidential rivals such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).

The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, published a fiscal-policy report card for 2006 that gave Romney a C grade, ranking him behind 11 other governors, including Democratic White House hopeful Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico.

Cato found that Romney increased annual state fees by $500 million as governor and proposed two corporate tax increases totaling close to $400 million a year.

When he took office, Romney faced a budget deficit of $3.2 billion, which he eliminated. He did not hike personal income or sales taxes. He is now highlighting his efforts to cut Massachusetts’s income tax rate from 5.3 percent to 5 percent and his successful shepherding of a $250 million capital gains tax refund through the Democrat-dominated state legislature.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/romneys-tax-record-gets-a-closer-look-2007-03-27.html

He had no power. The state house of reps and state senate are overwhelmingly Democratic. Everything he vetoed was overidden. Everything he claimed to do was a done deal with or without him. He spent more time out of state politicing than any other Governor ever. He was just using us. Just like he's using the Pukes now.

doing nothing is definitely bad.