Analysis: In fog of numbers, little tax clarity from Obama-Romney

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shakes hands with President Barack Obama at the end of the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate in Denver(Reuters) – For an event so freighted with expectations of tax insights, the Obama-Romney debate on Wednesday offered few clues on what the candidates' tax plans could mean for average Americans. Republican nominee Mitt Romney stuck to his strategy of promising tax cuts. To pay for this, he pledged again to close yet-to-be-named tax loopholes. And he said new tax revenues would come from economic growth spurred by lower taxes. …