NO PERSON WHO REFUSES TO RELEASE AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF THEIR TAX RETURNS SHOULD BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT RELEASING MEANS THEY ARE HIDING SOMETHING! THIS IS CALLED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST!
Romney has released a partial return for 2010. That’s it. He keeps saying he’s going to release two years but put his return for 2011 on extension so he wouldn’t have to release it. Extensions usually go to the end of August, but you can request an additional extension. Of course if you end up owing taxes you will pay interest and a penalty usually.
Romney won’t release past years returns because he has something to hide. It’s not difficult to figure that out. If he didn’t have something to hide he would have released them. He’s arrogant enough to believe that he doesn’t have to release the returns and that he can still be elected President. He puts his haughty wife on TV to make the point that they are above the average person and play by their own rules.
The fact that he pays little or no taxes some years is not the biggest issue. What he’s trying to hide is all the shady tax shelters and income he has and where it is. It’s clear he’s taken advantage of the tax code in anyway possible and stretched the “legal” as far as it can go. Not releasing his past returns also will show how he lied about income from Bain Capital. There’s a lot more that will come out if he releases the returns. If he does not release ten years of returns including 2011, he should not be President of the United States. We the people need full disclosure. Imagine if it were anyone else, like President Obama, who refused to release their tax returns! The Republican base would be ready for a revolution!!
Romney’s ethics and practices are questionable? The American public deserves to know who they are electing to be President. Has anyone asked Romney for his birth certificate? It’s possible he could have been born in a polygamous Mormon colony in Mexico, where is Grandfather moved to escape US laws prohibiting polygamy.
Written by J R Martin
Quote from Robert Riche’s Blog Op Ed
Mitt’s 13% Tax
Friday, August 17, 2012 Mitt Romney says “every year I’ve paid at least 13 percent [of my income in taxes] and if you add in addition the amount that goes to charity, why the number gets well above 20 percent…”
More from Robert Reich’s blog at http://robertreich.org/post/29659058335