Reid: My source on Romney’s taxes is so incredibly credible that I won’t say who he is

Hotair ^ | 08/03/2012 | Ed Morrissey

[Mach9]

Is Reid’s source Timothy Geithner?

That’s the ticket—by now someone’s probably taught Geithner how to read a balance sheet. But does he know how to read an IRS return?

[Polyxene]

“People who make as much money as Mitt Romney have many tricks at their disposal to avoid paying taxes.”

Gazillionaire Stinky Reid oughta know. What a despicable, ugly little troll.

[Marcella]

I’m not voting for Romney, but I feel sure his accountants would not violate IRS law when doing Romney’s tax returns. Most all people take every deduction they can and move their money in accordance with IRS law to pay the least they can. If his accountants found a legal way for him not to pay any taxes, so be it.

[Wu]

Is it Jesus?

[Iron Munro]

An individual’s tax information is protected by privacy laws.

If the information about Romney is true, Harry Reid and his “source” would be breaking the law by having the information and by diseminating it.

If the information is not true they open themselves up for a libel suit.

And Harry Reid’s conduct is easily cause for congressional censure.

[crazydad]

Then Spill it Dingy. I want to know what your narc has to say. IF you want to say something stop being a p—— and do it.

[Tex-Con-Man]

Unconfirmed rumor I read on the incredibly credible internets...

Romney submitted at least 10 years of tax returns to the McCain campaign for VP vetting. Some staffer/consultant grudge holder is shooting his/her mouth off.

[CardeadInKy]

Reid Sources = Obama White House!! Book it.

[rwa265]

Listening to Rush - He believes Harry Reid is doing for Mitt Romney exactly what Rahm Emmanuel did for Chick-Fil-A.

[Hotlanta Mike]

So what’s the point Harry? Timmyy Geithner was appointed Treasury Secretary and he didn’t pay his taxes...how many people working in the Obama admin are behind or failed in paying their federal taxes?

[mo]

“... today, federal workers owe taxpayers $1B+ in unpaid taxes – 100,000 workers, chronic tax cheaters. One hundred thousand workers with unpaid taxes remains the consistent number each year....”

http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2012/07/obama-2007-bill-not-identical-to-jason-chaffetz-bill-to-fire-federal-workers-tax-cheats/

Bring it on Harry!!!We the People want a big, open discussion exactly about WHICH 100000 Federal employees aren’t paying taxes...and how many of them are sitting CongressCritters and their staffs....lets rumble!!!!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

As I said before, I was told by an extremely credible source that Romney has not paid taxes for ten years. People who make as much money as Mitt Romney have many tricks at their disposal to avoid paying taxes.

It reads that Reid is NOT accusing Romney of tax fraud, hence he is not calling on the IRS to investigate Romney.

What if this really is an instance of, say for the sake of argument, that Romney did not take a salary for the last ten years. What if Romney lived off of tax-sheltered investment income that was adjusted using charitable giving deductions and reinvestment deductions?

What if Romney was able to legally reduce his tax obligation to zero, just like GE?

In that case, everything that Reid is saying is true, albeit Reid is being deceitful via innuendo. Reid is trying to portray Romney as being too rich to be president, even though Democrats like John Kerry and John Kennedy were NOT too rich to be president.

If Reid pursues this, then the focus must turn to how Reid came into possession of this information. It is not covered by whistle-blower statutes, because there was no wrong-doing. This would be more like Ken Bacon illegally accessing Linda Tripp's employment application, or when Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Helen Jones-Kelley illegally searched Joe Wurzelbacher's records.

-PJ