"My goal is to get into Mitt Romney's situation, where I don't have to worry about taxes anymore." -- Fred Thompson, asked at today's GOP debate in Des Moines to say who -- the wealthy, the middle class, the poor or corporations -- is paying more than their fare share of taxes.
Posted in: Mitt Romney, 2008 Election
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