dividends for families earning less than $200,000 per year.

A former business executive and Massachusetts governor, Romney said the plan would benefit 95 % of American families - 56 million that earned interest in 2005, 28 million that earned dividends and 23 million with capital gains from real estate, stocks, etc . Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom, said the proposal would cost $32 billion, to be paid for through economic growth, and by holding non-defense discretionary spending to inflation minus 1 percentage point.