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I suspect that whatever he filed was/has been 'clean,' prepared well by well-paid tax lawyer/accountants. The 'unclean' part is the tax code which has allowed this to take place.

And then there's the California residency vs voting in Massachusetts issue.

He'd have to "go check".

If he was paying zero for ten years, he'd obviously know. I think Reid just exposed another big fat lie.

But it'll upset alot of people, even some non-true believer republicans, if he paid zero on $20+ mill of income.

That's the point of this "It might be legal; but it just ain't fair" drill.

and the US offered amnesty to those who had hidden money in Switzerland to avoid paying taxes, so long as they came clean, admitted what they did, and paid all back taxes, plus interest and penalties.

The first year Romney refuses to release taxes for.

Coincidence? We'll find out when he releases 2009, his and Ann's.

the amnesty may certainly be among them.

Reid would, of course, only bring up something he knows about. And 2009 is a year later than the records McGrumpy's people saw, so he may not have documentation about this later circumstance. Or, if he does, he's waiting for the right time to drop the next shoe.


This could be a long & interesting campaign.

he probably paid virtually no taxes on his 2008 income since so much of his comes from capital gains, and that is the year the stock market collapsed.

And who knows if he took advantage of an amnesty program, where his sins were forgiven if he just coughed up the money he owed?

Released tax returns might reveal that.

It is obvious that withstanding the storm of demands, mockery, insult and WTF-ing that will not go away is BETTER than releasing those returns. Otherwise, he's release and let it go.

That tells me that where's there's smoke, there's a frigging ten state forest fire going on.

Investigative reporters need to earn their money.

I would love to see Romney try to prove Senator Reid wrong here.

He says anyone who pays any more in taxes than he has to is not qualified to be president.
But that much-reviled group of people who make so little money that they - following the same rules (ostensibly) as the Mittster - don't make enough money to have to pay federal taxes - why is it bad for poor people but admired greatly for the rich?
I would love to see someone ask Mitt that question.
Hey, maybe he can pick a poor person for VP!!!
Fucking hypocrite.
Just thinking about the purple-faced tea-partiers frothing at the mouth about people too poor to pay taxes, when the rich people who are greasing their skids pay as little as possible or none at all if they can help it - what a bunch of fools. It is the rich who are living large off the backs of the middle class.

he would have released them months ago. There's clearly something he's trying to hide.

And if he does release them, you can bet that they've likely been tampered with.

they would not care if he donated half his income to creating jobs in China...it's all about "winning back America from that out of control foreign-born, Socialist in the White House". ..as these dittoheads collect their SS and demand greater benefits from Medicare..and take lessons in family values from a self-admitted drug abuser who is now with his fourth wife...

We know that they will vote for him. And it is a waste of our time to give a shit about them. (Think about it, we are the same in that we would not be caught dead voting for Romney.) But there are many people who are not committed to either party or candidate, and THEY are the important ones to reach.

I think there are some republicans that are on the fence about Romney, and if they they think he didn't pay taxes for 10 years, or if they find out he paid those taxes but has other skeletons hiding in his tax returns, they won't be happy. Now they won't vote for president Obama, but they might not vote for Romney either. The ones who already think he is a member of a cult but "might" hold their nose and vote for him anyway, could be swayed also into simply not voting at all!

I also agree with you that a lot of independents would be very unhappy and would vote for president Obama if they think Romney has been cheating on his taxes, or not paying any at all!

The contest is over the airhead vote. The ones who pay no attention to what's going on, who have no clear conception of the relationship between cause and effect, and who think they're well informed by the media.

...you raked in millions undermining our nation", now face the music you pretentious slime ball....btw as Letterman stated " he looks like an underwear model"........

Does the MallWart in Orem, Utah sell that stuff, by the way?

Though, I think that they must have spare pairs

Just asking!

I saw no need to try.

That's what they're doing right now. Sanitizing and amending the returns. He'll pay some taxes.

The "amended" returns now become the "official" returns, and the previous filings never existed.

Bet on it.

Sorta like retroactively resigning from Bain.

Releasing an amended return will raise even more questions as to what he did on the original ones.

Surely a bunch of high-priced consultants could put something together that would pass muster, especially among the media illiterati, who could then ignore any more scholarly analyses.

As long as he doesn't submit the fake forms to IRS (and there would be no reason to do that), the IRS isn't allowed to expose his chicanery, so who would be able to prove otherwise?

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Knowingly providing false tax returns would be digging his grave with an earth mover.

I would imagine that it would raise all kinds of red flags; things for people in the know to dig up and verify. If the Mitt's return(s) turned out to be fake he would be toast.

Re-jigger the numbers, drop a few credits and losses, and voila! You have a clean, legal tax return.

I'm sure he'd be willing to pay a few million in taxes to end his conundrum.

Romney is in the same class as Kerry and hundreds of other politicians.

They're the same people with different labels.

retroactively.

BTW, Kerry released his taxes when he was running for President.

I find it hard to believe you're supporting the murder of civilians by Kerry.

I got my eyes opened by my Vietnam experience & came home to join the antiwar movement.

by destroying and off-shoring american jobs.
romney did.
i suspect that there is more in the documents than just simple finances. romney, himself, predicted that if more returns were released that his enemies would twist the truth and make up stuff. i wonder what the information suggests?
he may have problems, like one suggested above, concerning where and when he voted over the last decade. this is really the sort of evidence he does not want to release.

You know it, I know it.

this single person did do that.
you know it, i know it.

He released 10 years of returns when he was on the ticket as VP.

He gave 23 years to McCain's team under NDA

(NDA = Non-disclosure agreement)

I can't ever recall that. I do know when he was being vetted by the McCain team, he gave them 23 years worth of returns THAT WERE NEVER RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC and the McCain team chose Palin.

And he released 10 years of returns to the media.

We are just making up nasty stuff about Willard. EVERONE knows he is as honest as the day is long...

Tsk.

Engaging in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

That way, the first time I hear a comment/Mittfense like that in polite company, my jaw won't hit my chest and I can address it without prefacing with "wait, what?".

He "gave" tax returns to John McCain.

McCain decided that Suicide Sarah Palin was "a better choice" than Mittsy.

All anyone else knows about is 2010. Can you link to all these others?

Kerry also filed annual financial disclosures to the Fed as a senator (as did McCain). Got any of those from Romney's time in the federal government?

Th is distraction is stupid! Mostmembers of congress are millionaires!


This is awful! Get a grip!

But I do give you credit for giving it your all.

I despise that scumbag.

When did you stop beating your wife.

Your Concern Is Noted.

It's not just about the dollar amount of Romney's net worth.

It's about the fact that Romney is completely clueless about how other people live nor does he care. He supports policies that enrich the already-rich at the (literal) expense of the poor and middle class.

Does that describe Kerry? How about the Roosevelts (FDR, Eleanor, TR) or the Kennedys (Jack, Ted, Bobby), all of whom were born into very wealthy families. No. They were rich and yet they fought for those who were not. They were in touch. They cared.

If Romney were fighting for the poor like FDR did then few people would care about his mansions or horses.

that he pays very little in taxes? The argument for the rich needing those tax cuts will go down the drain.

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To go along with your complete inability to comprehend and analyze history. Good luck in prison.

YOU PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER... REID AND HIS ILK ARE NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO PUT FORTH A BUDGET AS THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO DO...

Who are you people?
Who is Reid's ilk?

Thanks

Are you some sort of bitter victim of homeschooling?

Somehow, it just seemed like time for that.

What are you, 7 1/2?

Blue pill or red one?

Oh - and rec for the helicopter. Very cool!

You know, the guy who claimed he could fabricate a copy of one of the two pieces of evidence that had George W. Bush showing up for National Guard duty ...