Romney is paying he just isn't paying enough, and perhaps others are not either.
The difference is Romney is running for President and that could make a difference
to people in a tough economy. Yes the system is broken. The difference is this.
Romney is one of those business people who makes his profit off other peoples
misery. In a good economy hypocrisy dictates no one cares, in a tough economy
it could be the deciding factor. Americans are looking for villains for what has
happened and he could become the lightening rod, the Obama camp haven't
even begun exploiting this. The whole issue around the tax returns is a clue.
First you point to the fact he won't release them. That means there is evil waiting
to be discovered. When he does or admits to paying next to nothing it will be
centered around he exploited American workers destroying their future to ship
companies to Asia along with other evil people so they could exploit the Asians
with jobs at cheap sweatshop wages.
The problem is the current Republican team have become shrill voices appealing to
the Republican base, while the Obama team is packaging them as public enemy
number one and two. And the track record of both will add credibility to the task.