Mitt Romney Flip-Flops On Flat Tax

With Republicans lining up to criticize the tax code, Mitt Romney is struggling to stay in step. Once fierce critic of the flat tax, he is now setting himself up to support it.

[Romney] famously derided Steve Forbes’s 1996 proposal as a “tax cut for fat cats.” Lately, though, his tone has been more positive. “I love a flat tax,” he said in August…

But flat taxes, despite Mr. Romney’s favorable comments, are not part of his campaign plan, which calls for extending Bush tax cuts and lowering corporate tax rates. Some conservative tax activists say his murky flat-tax stance highlights a broader complaint: his lack of consistency on conservatives’ core issues, like abortion.

“His problem is that people don’t have confidence that they know what he believes in, and I think there is a pretty good reason for that,” said Chris Chocola, a Republican former congressman from Indiana who is president of the Club for Growth.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.