Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=16258176'>posted</a> on 10/04/2012:

Romney made more false claims about the healthcare law and his own plans to replace it.
The GOP nominee rehashed an oft-debunked claim by conservatives that the law includes a new government board that is "going to tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have."
At the same time, Romney misrepresented his own healthcare proposals, claiming, for example that people with preexisting medical conditions are covered in his plan. In fact, Romney has said only sick Americans who currently have insurance will be guaranteed coverage in the future.
The center said Romney's proposal for a 20% across-the-board tax cut added up to $5 trillion over 10 years.
Romney's defense, however, is problematic because he doesn't provide enough information to fully evaluate how his tax plans would work. Moreover, in the past, he has repeatedly said that he intends to cut taxes.
 Romney proposed a cap of $25,000 or $50,000 on deductions that would get lower for wealthier taxpayers,
"This is one of those puzzles that, unless you have all of the pieces, you can't figure out how any of the pieces fit together.
"We've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work in this country" — but still overstated the number by 8 million people.
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