(CNN) -- By now, most of us have probably heard that Mitt and Ann Romney paid just under $2 million in taxes on income -- virtually all from investments -- of just under $14 million for 2011, an effective tax rate of 14.1%. This is a low tax rate, lower than the typical middle-class American worker pays, especially when one considers payroll taxes, the largest burden for most Americans. It should concern us that individuals of Romney's wealth -- analysis has put his personal fortune as high as $250 million, not counting some $100 million in trusts set up for his five children -- pay so little as a percent in taxes.
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Mitt and Ann Romney paid an effective tax rate of 14.1% in their 2011 returns
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Edward McCaffery: Raising the tax rate won't affect the very rich
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He says very rich Americans do not have to show any "income" on their tax returns
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McCaffery: Tax spending, rather than work, and the rich will have to pay more taxes
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I suspect that @placeholder has spent more of his own money this time around, if only because he has gone further and been more successful in his quest.
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In sum, the government is pitching in, in the form of foregone estate tax revenue, for @placeholder's and other rich people's presidential runs.