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Santorum needs professional tax help

Rick Santorum, the latest Republican presidential nominee wannabe to give Mitt Romney fits, apparently has had a tax filing epiphany.

The former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania released his tax returns this week. The filings from the last few years show that like most candidates for office, Santorum is sort of rich.

On earnings ranging from $660,000 in 2007 to $1.1 million in 2009 to $923,000 in 2010, Santorum paid a tax rate of around 28 percent. That's double the effective tax rate Romney paid on his vastly larger earnings.

But Santorum now sees his tax problem.

"Look, I do my own taxes," Santorum told reporters following him as he campaigns in Michigan. "Heck, Romney paid half the tax rate I did, so obviously he doesn't do his own taxes. Maybe I should hire an accountant in the future."

How about you? How do you plan to deal with your taxes this year?

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