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    Mitt Romney's Taxes and the Question of 'Fairness'

    America's so-called "progressive" tax rates used to rise with income. Mitt Romney's returns demonstrate it's the other way around...

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 26, 2012 • 50m Listen

    America's so-called "progressive" tax rates used to rise with income. Mitt Romney's returns demonstrate it's the other way around. Would the President's push for "tax fairness" give everybody a "fair shot" or is it "class warfare" designed to get votes by dividing the country? Also, why is Ray Lahood's son being held in Cairo? On Reporter's Notebook, a new job for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: an English-language talk show on Russian TV.

    Banner image: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a campaign event on January 24, 2012 in Lehigh Acres, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      KCRW

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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