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Romney Says His Effective Tax Rate Is About 15 Percent
nytimes ^ | January 17, 2012, 11:20 am | By ASHLEY PARKER

Posted on 01/17/2012 9:20:27 AM PST by dennisw

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To: impimp

“I dislike when not wealthy people criticize wealthy people because they are wealthy.”

I dislike when wealthy people bemoan the fact that they are not wealthier and are in the publics face when doing it.


41 posted on 01/17/2012 10:32:24 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: dennisw; maggief

Willard and his people have repeatedly said he “left” Bain in 1999.

Yesterday Maggief posted his financial disclosure records...(Am sure many others have them too or will soon since he mentioned them last night)

Seems that he had numerious Bain accounts in his portfolio and made up to 15.5 million dollars per year from Bain. Guess it all depends what the meaning of “left” is.

He is also a cousin to Jon Huntsman and the financial statement reveals that Huntsman family company is financially tied to Bain. Not very transparent. Makes a person wonder what WAS going on in NH!


42 posted on 01/17/2012 10:44:27 AM PST by hoosiermama
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To: cripplecreek

Romney has a very simple and a fast way to stop this “EATING THE RICH”, release the tax forms as others have done. That’s the best way to silence ur critics.

....ur thoughts....?


43 posted on 01/17/2012 11:19:45 AM PST by swampfox101
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To: hoosiermama

Huntsman Gay Global Capital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_Gay_Global_Capital
The firm marks the notable combination of billionaire industrialist Jon M. Huntsman and long-time Bain Capital managing director Robert C. Gay, who gained ...
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Robert C. Gay founded Bain Capital with Romney. Now he is allied with Huntman Senior in Huntsman Gay Global Capital


44 posted on 01/17/2012 11:28:04 AM PST by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: swampfox101

The only tax forms I’m interested in seeing are those that scream that we are not paying enough in income tax. Other than that, it’s not my business what somebody else makes.


45 posted on 01/17/2012 11:31:08 AM PST by beandog (Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand)
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To: beandog

Those folks aren’t running for president....! All of the folks running should have know that the topic was going to be of interest.

Sorry, thats the way it is.


46 posted on 01/17/2012 11:38:13 AM PST by swampfox101
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47 posted on 01/17/2012 11:40:09 AM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: swampfox101
....ur thoughts....?

I'm not concerned about his money.
48 posted on 01/17/2012 11:40:48 AM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: dennisw
Mitt Romney is a liar. His six-year tithing bill belies his $374,000 figure and I'm sure his tax lawyers found other exemptions/credits.

According to an investigative report by the Hufffington Post, a large majority of the charity donations reported by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney go to the Mormon Church, otherwise known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Huffington Post examined IRS documents and found that the Mitt and Ann Romney foundation gave $4,325,000 to the Mormon church between 2003 and 2009. That was 74% of the couple's aggregate donations from 2002 to 2009.

Members of the Mormon church are petitioned to give 10% of their income to the church, known as "tithe". On the church's website it appeals to followers, "Ten percent of our income may sound like a lot, especially to many of us who already feel like we're living on the edge of our budgets. But if we keep the law of tithing God promises to 'open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it (Malachi 3:10).'"

49 posted on 01/17/2012 11:47:40 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
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To: greyfoxx39
Link to source for post #49
50 posted on 01/17/2012 11:50:08 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
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To: massgopguy
Did you know that Mitt Romney gave away his inheritance?

To whom? Source link?

51 posted on 01/17/2012 11:57:37 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
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To: massgopguy
Never mind. I see Romney gave away his inheiritance to the mormon church, to BYU's George W. Romney Institute of Public Management.. Surprise. I'm sure there were no other institutions that could have put the money to good use, for example actual charitable institutions....you know those aiding the poor and needy.
52 posted on 01/17/2012 12:04:05 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
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To: swampfox101

:”Romney has a very simple and a fast way to stop this “EATING THE RICH”, release the tax forms as others have done. That’s the best way to silence ur critics.

....ur thoughts....?

why aren’t republicans demanding OB release a multitude of his hidden records? why are we eating our own alive? we need to redirect the media’s focus to our unvetted leader and what he has failed to release.


53 posted on 01/17/2012 1:04:33 PM PST by IWONDR
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To: IWONDR

Look, I agree with you. But, this is an election yr. and people on all sides are jockeying for position.

If Romney or any candidate is gonna ask Obama to “release the multitudes of hidden records he has”, Obama’s reply is gonna be why didn’t you when you were asked?

Politics “ain’t” for the “weak kneed”.


54 posted on 01/17/2012 1:15:39 PM PST by swampfox101
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To: dennisw
So why were Mitt and Jon pretending they hardly knew each other? Sort of like “he's just a guy in the neighborhood”

Huntsman run may have been legal, but was there some unethical agreement between them? Certainly does make a person go hmmm?

55 posted on 01/17/2012 1:38:10 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: Cousin It

It’s sad that Obama’s plan is actually better than Romney’s. Zero defines that limit at $250k.

Romney is a worthless piece of socialist trash that belongs in the Democrat party.


57 posted on 01/17/2012 5:59:22 PM PST by vmivol00
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