Tax returns are a deal breaker

[erfalf]

Not that it will matter:

http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2012/09/note-trustee-brad-malt

[guido911]

Not that it will matter:

http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2012/09/note-trustee-brad-malt

From your link:

http://In 2011, the Romneys paid $1,935,708 in taxes on $13,696,951 in mostly investment income.

   The Romneys' effective tax rate for 2011 was 14.1%.

   The Romneys donated $4,020,772 to charity in 2011, amounting to nearly 30% of their income.

   The Romneys claimed a deduction for $2.25 million of those charitable contributions.

   The Romneys' generous charitable donations in 2011 would have significantly reduced their tax obligation for the year. The Romneys thus limited their deduction of charitable contributions to conform to the Governor's statement in August, based upon the January estimate of income, that he paid at least 13% in income taxes in each of the last 10 year

[Emphasis added].


Will that result in people shutting the F up? Nope.  

[guido911]

From a drudge link:

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is releasing a brief summary of 20 years of tax returns on Friday, and his accountant says it will show he gave 13.45 percent of his adjusted gross income to charities.

That's nearly twice the rate of President Obama, who according to his tax returns from 2000 through 2011 donated just less than 7 percent of his adjusted gross income to charities

Read more: Romney doubles Obama's charitable giving - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/sep/21/romney-doubles-obamas-charitable-giving/#ixzz278ka2lqY

[Emphasis].

Just as I imagined.

[Conan71]

Just shows how wealthy and out of touch Romney is.

Obama is far more in touch because he hangs out with movie stars, rappers, and billionaires.

Well, he does live in public housing so maybe that's the connection.

[guido911]

Will that result in people shutting the F up? Nope.  

I guess I was wrong. Hearing a whole lot of this in here now:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg

[erfalf]

I guess I was wrong. Hearing a whole lot of this in here now:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg

Today was not a good day for the administration/campaign.

Still have huge problems overseas, they are contradicting themselves with as well.
Univision was rough on old Obama yesterday.
Romney released more tax info and it was exactly what everyone expected, plus the tiny jab in the eye of paying extra this year. (I understand that was political but still funny nonetheless).

[RecycleMichael]

No. I won't shut up.

I don't care about his tax returns for the years he was running for President. It is the years when he wasn't running that show the real Mitt financial tax burden. Are you so dense you can't understand that?

Having a friend summarize his returns ain't good enough. The American people will need to see some of those years before they trust Mitt. Period.

He is getting killed on this issue and must realize that what is on his returns those pre-campaign years would hurt him worse. 

[Teatownclown]

Just as I have said all along...RMONEY gave more to his church than America.

Wrong priorities to be POTUS.

Avalanche....

[Hoss]

Wow, watching this train wreck of Romney's campaign is kinda sad, kinda amusing.

Can you imagine what would have happened if he'd have chosen Caribou?  Wow!

[Conan71]

No. I won't shut up.

I don't care about his tax returns for the years he was running for President. It is the years when he wasn't running that show the real Mitt financial tax burden. Are you so dense you can't understand that?

Having a friend summarize his returns ain't good enough. The American people will need to see some of those years before they trust Mitt. Period.

He is getting killed on this issue and must realize that what is on his returns those pre-campaign years would hurt him worse.  

Only the people who wouldn't vote for anyone other than Obama in the first place are having trouble with this.  If you could pore over every last return, you still would have an excuse as to why his income and his taxes are a problem to you.  But it is amusing how people choose to look at non-starters like this rather than facing the truth about the shrinking middle class, $4.00 gas, alarming increases in health insurance rates the last four years, 23 million who are still unemployed and underemployed, and the Middle East heating up.  If Obama had been a Republican, that's all we would be hearing about right now, not the Democrat candidate's tax returns.  This is some of the pettiest electioneering I've ever heard.

To top it off, the White House can't seem to coordinate their message on the Middle East problems and Obama even continues to lie about the origins of Fast And Furious blaming it on a program the Bush administration had 86'd well before Obama took office.

I have never seen someone so vigorously claim credit for other's successes and blame others for his failures as this president.

And TTC- As someone who understands investing, you should also be aware that his partnerships have likely paid quite a bit in various taxes already.

[Hoss]

Only the people who wouldn't vote for anyone other than Obama in the first place are having trouble with this.  If you could pore over every last return, you still would have an excuse as to why his income and his taxes are a problem.

As well, anyone who understands how business and investing works understands the partnerships from which his gains came from pay their own taxes as well.

Then why doesn't he release them?  Smoke...fire....?

[Conan71]

Then why doesn't he release them?  Smoke...fire....?

If it keeps your attention distracted from the real problems this country faces...

[Hoss]

If it keeps your attention distracted from the real problems this country faces...

The question still stands though.  Alot of Republicans thought this issue would blow over.  It won't.  If he's asking his Veep nom for 10 years, doesn't that seem a little strange?

[erfalf]

Does anyone but me see the resemblance between the returns and the birth certificate?

The similarities:

Neither will/did likely produce anything the opposition didn't already know (or want to admit).
They were both WAY over hyped with all reason thrown out the window.
Both released something that still didn't make the other side happy.
And the opposition still won't vote for the other candidate.

I think this firmly puts to bed the fact the Republican's do not have exclusivity on lunatics.

This is so freaking hilarious.

[Red Arrow]

The question still stands though.

Only among people who wouldn't vote for Romney anyway

A lot of Republicans thought this issue would blow over.  It won't.  If he's asking his Veep nom for 10 years, doesn't that seem a little strange?

Not really.  I can understand the difference between public information, private information, and information that is irrelevant.