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GM Obama and Romney

I am going to try to explain the fundamental difference between federal investment GM and federal loan guarantees. This is politically important, because the Obama administration invested in GM by…

PolitiFact evaluates the truthfulness of an Obama ad

…The ad says that Romney ‘s tax rate of 14% is probably less than you pay. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/09/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-most-americans-pay-higher-tax-ra/ PolitiFact says that if you include payroll taxes then the statement is true…