A politician lying is certainly nothing new, but when President Obama throws out a whopper as big as this one we can’t help but point out the fact that it’s a blatant lie. As our graph below clearly illustrates, no cop or teacher making $50k pays an effective tax rate higher than Mitt Romney’s 14.1%. And, one of the few deductions you get to claim on TOP of the standard deduction (which according to the IRS roughly 70% of people use) just happens to be educator expenses which means a teacher making $50k pays an even lower rate than illustrated in our graph.

Mr. President, please stop lying about Mitt Romney's effective tax rates.

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Yesterday, President Obama’s social media team posted this gem of a tweet:

https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/250327997314387968

The President has continually attacked his opponent for not doing his “fair share.” What you WON’T hear from the President is the fact that Mitt Romney donated over 29% of his 2011 income to charities.

In fact, between taxes & charitable donations President Obama paid LESS in 2011 than Mitt Romney!

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