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Taxing the rich: Where do Obama, GOP front-runners stand?

By Jay Fitzgerald

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 29, 2012

The events in the presidential race last week made one thing clear: The rich in America have a lot at stake in the outcome of the November general election. President Obama and the leading Republican candidates, Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, jockeyed for position on the tax front, specifically spelling out, among other things, how they would tax America’s wealthiest citizens. Romney’s release of his tax returns

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