Just How Loaded Is Mitt Romney?

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    Romney has invested or kept money in which of the following countries?

    • Cayman Islands
    • Bermuda
    • Switzerland
    • All of the above
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  • 2. 

    Romney’s effective tax rate in 2010 was 13.9 percent. If you earned $21.7 million, your tax rate would probably be a lot higher. Why?

    • Romney’s income from his career in private equity is not considered regular income but capital gains.

    • Capital gains are taxed at 15 percent while regular income is taxed at a top rate of 35 percent.

    • Bain Capital and other private equity firms have spent millions keeping this tax loophole open.

    • All of above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of above
    Explanation
    Answer: d) The carried interest loophole that keeps Romney’s taxes low will cost the federal government an estimated $10 billion in earnings over the next decade. Sources: Mother Jones 1 and Mother Jones 2

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  • 3. 

    Romney has said that he made “not very much” from speaking fees. Just how not very much did he earn in 2010 and 2011?

    • $6.39

    • $6,390

    • $63,900

    • $639,000

    Correct Answer
    A. $639,000
    Explanation
    Source: Politico

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  • 4. 

    Which of the following did Mitt Romney say?

    • “The 1 percent is doing fine. I want to help the 99 percent.”

    • “I don’t worry about the top 1 percent.…I worry about the 99 percent.”

    • “When you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing America based on 99 percent versus one percent, and those people who have been most successful will be in the one percent, you have opened up a wave of approach in this country which is entirely inconsistent with the concept of one nation under God.”

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
    Explanation
    Sources: Think Progress, Politico, and Talking Points Memo

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  • 5. 

    Romney earns more in a year than what percentage of Americans?

    • 99 percent

    • 99.5 percent

    • 99.9 percent

    • 99.9975 percent

    Correct Answer
    A. 99.9975 percent
    Explanation
    According to economist Emmanuel Saez, Romney’s 2010 income put him in the 0.0025 percent of all earners. Source: Wall Street Journal

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  • 6. 

    Romney and his wife Ann own as much as $1 million worth of:

    • Gold and horses

    • Antique guns and baseball cards

    • American Girl dolls and purebred cats

    • Stamps

    Correct Answer
    A. Gold and horses
    Explanation
    The Romney’s gold and horses are worth between $500,000 and $1 million. Source: CNN

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  • 7. 

    In 2010, Romney’s investments brought in around a 7 percent rate of return. During that time, the US economy grew about:

    • 1 percent

    • 2.9 percent

    • 5.5 percent

    • 7 percent

    Correct Answer
    A. 2.9 percent
    Explanation
    Source: Mother Jones 

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  • 8. 

    In 2010, Mitt Romney earned as much as how many typical American households?

    • 4.3

    • 43

    • 433

    • 4,333

    Correct Answer
    A. 433
    Explanation
    Romney reported an adjusted gross income of $21.7 million, 433 times the median household income of approximately $50,000. Source: Washington Post 

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  • 9. 

    Speaking to Univision, Romney claimed if you did the math, his actual tax rate was…

    • “…a lot like yours, amigo.”

    • “…a lot higher than I’d like.”

    • “…closer to 45 or 50 percent.”

    • “…only worth discussing in quiet rooms.”

    Correct Answer
    A. “…closer to 45 or 50 percent.”
    Explanation
    Romney suggested that the taxes paid by Bain somehow made his effective tax rate higher: “One of the reasons why we have a lower tax rate on capital gains is because capital gains are also being taxed at the corporate level. So as businesses earn profits, that’s taxed at 35 percent, then as they distribute those profits as dividends, that’s taxed at 15 percent more. So, all total, the tax rate is really closer to 45 or 50 percent.” Source: Think Progress

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  • 10. 

    Romney’s IRA is worth at least how many times more than the average American’s IRAs?

    • Twice

    • 29 times

    • 298 times

    • 2,981 times

    Correct Answer
    A. 298 times
    Explanation
    Romney’s IRA is worth as between $20.7 million and $101.6 million. The average balance of an American’s IRAs is around $69,500. Sources: Reuters and EBRI 

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