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Romney's Tax Returns prior to 2009

inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
edited July 2012 in A Moving Train
To release or not release...that's the question...

I say release...

and I have to ask..."what's he hiding?" :lol:
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    Honestly I say, who cares?

    I believe the tax return release is one of the stupidest things about an election. And it take the eyes/minds off of the actual issues.
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  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    inmytree wrote:
    To release or not release...that's the question...

    I say release...

    and I have to ask..."what's he hiding?" :lol:

    that is the truth though...people constantly think it is a hiding something issue...I think he should release everyone he has on record...there is no reason not to...
    that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    mikepegg44 wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    To release or not release...that's the question...

    I say release...

    and I have to ask..."what's he hiding?" :lol:

    that is the truth though...people constantly think it is a hiding something issue...I think he should release everyone he has on record...there is no reason not to...


    Hell, they might as well make them release all their wedding photos and movie ticket stubs while they are at it.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,426
    Is it common for politicians to release their tax returns? On the one hand I can see how it might keep them honest, on the other it seems like an invasion of privacy. This one puzzles me.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    brianlux wrote:
    Is it common for politicians to release their tax returns? On the one hand I can see how it might keep them honest, on the other it seems like an invasion of privacy. This one puzzles me.

    Yes, very common. People complain about it almost every election. I still have never been told a purpose that I thought made any sense.
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  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    cincybearcat wrote:
    mikepegg44 wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    To release or not release...that's the question...

    I say release...

    and I have to ask..."what's he hiding?" :lol:

    that is the truth though...people constantly think it is a hiding something issue...I think he should release everyone he has on record...there is no reason not to...


    Hell, they might as well make them release all their wedding photos and movie ticket stubs while they are at it.


    no one is forcing them to, I just think they should...disarms the conspiracy before it starts...Thats the only reason I think they should do it...But they should not be forced to...

    I would love to see Mitts wedding photos...I bet that was one hell of a party... :lol:
    that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
    It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
    - Joe Rogan
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    brianlux wrote:
    Is it common for politicians to release their tax returns? On the one hand I can see how it might keep them honest, on the other it seems like an invasion of privacy. This one puzzles me.
    it is a public office they are running for, so yeah, release them. show the skeptics that you are legal and on the up and up. his dad released over 20 years worth, so why can't he do at least 5 or so?

    there are rumors that he did not pay any taxes in at least one year, so of course he is not going to release that information.

    i saw an article yesterday where people close to the campaign said "if he knew the tax return issue was going to be such a big deal he would never have run".

    my thought is that he will have more political damage if he releases them than if he doesn't, and that is a risk he seems all too willing to take.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    cincybearcat wrote:
    mikepegg44 wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    To release or not release...that's the question...

    I say release...

    and I have to ask..."what's he hiding?" :lol:

    that is the truth though...people constantly think it is a hiding something issue...I think he should release everyone he has on record...there is no reason not to...


    Hell, they might as well make them release all their wedding photos and movie ticket stubs while they are at it.

    or birth certificate... ;)

    Rmoney did release some wedding photos, sez a quick google search...as for movies...I'm pretty sure he has his own movie theater is one of his several homes... ;)
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    there are rumors that he did not pay any taxes in at least one year, so of course he is not going to release that information.

    i saw an article yesterday where people close to the campaign said "if he knew the tax return issue was going to be such a big deal he would never have run".

    Ok, where is this article?
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    cincybearcat wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    there are rumors that he did not pay any taxes in at least one year, so of course he is not going to release that information.

    i saw an article yesterday where people close to the campaign said "if he knew the tax return issue was going to be such a big deal he would never have run".

    Ok, where is this article?
    there are several of them. got google?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    google is pretty awesome

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/1 ... 82539.html


    as for the returns, the excuse that the democrats will be mean to him if he releases them has gotta be the biggest bunch a bullshit i've heard this morning...and i've heard a lot so far
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    there are rumors that he did not pay any taxes in at least one year, so of course he is not going to release that information.

    i saw an article yesterday where people close to the campaign said "if he knew the tax return issue was going to be such a big deal he would never have run".

    Ok, where is this article?
    there are several of them. got google?

    Wow what a smart...nah, actually dumbass response. You are really stepping up your game. Sorry I ask where your quote came from...silly me.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,430
    norm wrote:
    google is pretty awesome

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/1 ... 82539.html


    as for the returns, the excuse that the democrats will be mean to him if he releases them has gotta be the biggest bunch a bullshit i've heard this morning...and i've heard a lot so far

    norm....get out of the MT while you still can! :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    norm wrote:
    google is pretty awesome

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/1 ... 82539.html


    as for the returns, the excuse that the democrats will be mean to him if he releases them has gotta be the biggest bunch a bullshit i've heard this morning...and i've heard a lot so far

    norm....get out of the MT while you still can! :lol:

    i'm in a meeting and i'm bored

    and cincy needed help with his internet skills ;):lol:
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    norm wrote:
    google is pretty awesome

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/1 ... 82539.html


    as for the returns, the excuse that the democrats will be mean to him if he releases them has gotta be the biggest bunch a bullshit i've heard this morning...and i've heard a lot so far

    Interesting. But I still did not see it say anyone close to his campaign are saying any of that. In fact I read this...

    "Rumors on what unknown people who Mitt Romney may not have ever met muse about what someone else, also unknown, told them should not justify a story."
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    norm wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    norm wrote:
    google is pretty awesome

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/1 ... 82539.html


    as for the returns, the excuse that the democrats will be mean to him if he releases them has gotta be the biggest bunch a bullshit i've heard this morning...and i've heard a lot so far

    norm....get out of the MT while you still can! :lol:

    i'm in a meeting and i'm bored

    and cincy needed help with his internet skills ;):lol:

    Not sure how you can provide me the link to an article that gimmie took a quote from. ;)
    hippiemom = goodness
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,430
    norm wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    norm....get out of the MT while you still can! :lol:

    i'm in a meeting and i'm bored

    and cincy needed help with his internet skills ;):lol:

    you go to meetings???? :shock:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Not sure how you can provide me the link to an article that gimmie took a quote from. ;)

    :lol:

    well it's the first paragraph of the article...and it's a half-assed quote at best :P
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    you go to meetings???? :shock:

    gotta pay for romney's off shore accounts (keeping with thread integrity :lol: )
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,430
    norm wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    you go to meetings???? :shock:

    gotta pay for romney's off shore accounts (keeping with thread integrity :lol: )

    you moved over to Bain? :wtf:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    norm wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    you go to meetings???? :shock:

    gotta pay for romney's off shore accounts (keeping with thread integrity :lol: )

    you moved over to Bain? :wtf:

    i like my money to summer in the caymans 8-)
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I think he should just release his birth certificate ;)

    He's rich, he's a business man, who cares? Dumb it's always something to smoke screen
    the real issues.

    He just might be able to turn this crap around. Lord knows our President hasn't.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    pandora wrote:
    I think he should just release his birth certificate ;)

    He's rich, he's a business man, who cares? Dumb it's always something to smoke screen
    the real issues.

    He just might be able to turn this crap around. Lord knows our President hasn't.


    This is where i'm at
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    BinauralJam wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    I think he should just release his birth certificate ;)

    He's rich, he's a business man, who cares? Dumb it's always something to smoke screen
    the real issues.

    He just might be able to turn this crap around. Lord knows our President hasn't.


    This is where i'm at
    What do we have to lose right ?... it's a crap shoot literally

    I really still hate to think President O will be a one term guy though. I did not vote for him but
    he's grown on me, I like him and wasn't the only other one term pres, Carter, so long ago now.
    He deserves more but I don't think he can make a difference.

    I still wish Miss Condi was Romney's running mate
    I would have a clear choice then...

    She's the bomb! Can I use the b word here ;) :P
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Wow what a smart...nah, actually dumbass response. You are really stepping up your game. Sorry I ask where your quote came from...silly me.
    you've taken 2 shots at me today. way to contribute :roll:

    i would not have posted that i read it if i hadn't read it.

    i misspoke. it was an article written by pawlenty's daughter that said people at bain said he would never have run had he known he would have to produce his tax records. not his campaign staff.

    i am in between patients and and can not search for it right now, which is why i pointed you to google... you can "step your game up" can't you?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Wow what a smart...nah, actually dumbass response. You are really stepping up your game. Sorry I ask where your quote came from...silly me.
    you've taken 2 shots at me today. way to contribute :roll:

    i would not have posted that i read it if i hadn't read it.

    i misspoke. it was an article written by pawlenty's daughter that said people at bain said he would never have run had he known he would have to produce his tax records. not his campaign staff.

    i am in between patients and and can not search for it right now, which is why i pointed you to google... you can "step your game up" can't you?

    Hahaha, when taking a shot at someone, expect them to shoot back. I asked you where the the article was so I could read it...silly me. I should take whatever you type as gospel, even though I'm not a christian.

    Not to mention, love this... "i would not have posted that i read it if i hadn't read it." then "i misspoke." Apparently you would.

    It gets really tiresome around here when people post something, especially a quote and then tell you to go to google for THEIR sources. jeez.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    marie antoinette wrote:
    Roberts pressed: "Why not show that, then?" and inferred that people could "move on" if her husband released his returns.

    Romney responded, "Because there are so many things that will be open again for more attack... and that's really, that's just the answer. And we've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/1 ... lp00000009

    so according to ms antoinette, there are things in their tax returns that will be attacked :fp:


    um...ok :?
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    My guess is he doesn't want to piss off the Mormon Establishment by releasing records that show he failed to meet his tithing obligation.
    :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    My guess is he doesn't want to piss off the Mormon Establishment by releasing records that show he failed to meet his tithing obligation.
    :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:


    Now that would be funny!!
    hippiemom = goodness
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,612
    I think it is important for a national leader to reveal his tax returns....important to see where some of his/her wealth is invested, and important to see what charities he/she supports. It could also reveal "secret" children the person may claim as exemptions.
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