Romney paid 0 taxes for 10 years! Can this be true? Maybe that explains why we'll never see his tax returns. Either way Governor - This issue ain't going away. Check it out:...

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

Can this be true?
Maybe that explains why we'll never see his tax returns.
Either way Governor - This issue ain't going away.

Check it out:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/harry-reid-mitt-romney-didnt-pay-taxes-for-10-years/2012/07/31/gJQADXkSNX_blog.html

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Frank T wrote:

Can this be true?
Maybe that explains why we'll never see his tax returns.
Either way Governor - This issue ain't going away.

Check it out:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/harry-reid-mitt-romney-didnt-pay-taxes-for-10-years/2012/07/31/gJQADXkSNX_blog.html

Can what be true? That Harry Reid is a idiot? Yes that is certainly true..

That Romney paid no taxes? Highly unlikely!

Robert Graybeal Loc: Myrtle Beach

I just read another article that said he paid $428 in 2008.

Everything you read will be a lie!

Donwitz Loc: Virginia Beach, VA

Since truth is in such short supply, why doesn't Mitt step up like his father and release ten years of tax returns? There must be a reason. John McCain has seen them, and picked Sarah Palin instead. Romney had more personal wealth, more name recognition, and a full term governorship in Massachusetts under his belt. McCain is about as honorable a man as you will find in modern politics. What does he know that we don't?

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Why does everyone post crap like this?

We as Americans have the freedom to PAY AS LITTLE TAXES AS WE LEGALLY CAN....If I could figure out how to pay 0 taxes legally I'd certainly do it...

Step off PLEASE!

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

I suspect there are some half truths being published. It's possible that he paid 0 incomes taxes, but paid plenty in capital gains taxes. Someone wanting it to look badly would cleverly leave the second part out.

Not sure since I haven't seen the returns. However, he has released as much as any other candidate to my knowledge.
My personal view is that all candidates should have to release 10 years of returns in order to be eligible to be on the ballot. Unfortunately, the law is different for every state, and so this would have to be a federal law, and since the guys in Congress have political ambition of their own, they will hype this to the nth degree, but they will absolutely never vote on it.

richnash46 Loc: Texas

rpavich wrote:

Why does everyone post crap like this?

We as Americans have the freedom to PAY AS LITTLE TAXES AS WE LEGALLY CAN....If I could figure out how to pay 0 taxes legally I'd certainly do it...

Step off PLEASE!

Good point rpavich! :thumbup:

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

It would be in his best interest to get this issue out of the way. Look at where he is today. He's toured Europe and Israel and gaffs aside it seemed to go okay. But what are we still talking about? Tax returns. He can put an end to this or it will haunt him to the end. He can't change the news cycle until he puts an end to this one.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Frank T wrote:

He can't change the news cycle until he puts an end to this one.

No..he can't.

Because as soon as he provides the returns....then the busybodies will demand something else or have some complaint about HOW he provided them, or the content or SOMETHING....

If Americans are anything we are demanding and bloodthirsty.

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

Well maybe you're right. Have you read the latest news about him giving his nephew a contract at the 2002 Olympics?
He seems to be ethically challenged.
check it out:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mitt-romney-olympic-records-nephew-green-contract/story?id=16862315#.UBluB7SP-So

the_imaginist Loc: St. Louis, MO

If you thought that you didn't like Mitt Romney before, or had reason to believe that you couldn't trust him, please take a few minutes to read this article.

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/08/investigating-mitt-romney-offshore-accounts

I fear this is just the tip of the iceberg.

sbode

You're being too kind calling Harry Reid an "idiot".

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

Why is it whenever the far right has no answer they resort to calling names? Guess it's easier than accepting facts you don't like.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Frank T wrote:

Why is it whenever the far right has no answer they resort to calling names? Guess it's easier than accepting facts you don't like.

So Harry Reid, the Majority leader in the Senate, the second most powerful man in the country and one of probably the 10 most powerful men in the world casts aspersions that are not worthy of a third grader in a sandbox and you don't think he is an idiot... He is supposed to be a serious man leading this country out of what has shaped up to be one of the biggest crises of my lifetime, and he will get up and make outrageous and serious allegations with no evidence whatsoever and use an anonymous phone call as his source.... An you think that I have no answer and am just resorting to name calling? Are you serious? I repeat, he is an idiot and shows no respect for himself or his office.

micro Loc: Texas

rpavich wrote:

Frank T wrote:

He can't change the news cycle until he puts an end to this one.

No..he can't.

Because as soon as he provides the returns....then the busybodies will demand something else or have some complaint about HOW he provided them, or the content or SOMETHING....

If Americans are anything we are demanding and bloodthirsty.

That's a bogus argument.
Aparently, releasing his returns will have more negative impact on his campaign, than not doing so.
I don't know what it is, I have no reason to believe he did anything illegal. I do believe that his returns will paly into the populist belief that the wealthy have all the cards stacked in their benefit.