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Harry Reid not releasing his own tax returns
Politico ^ | 08/07/2012 | By DARREN GOODE and JONATHAN ALLEN

Posted on 08/07/2012 9:49:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

LAS VEGAS — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid again deflected questions Monday about releasing his tax returns, even as he continued to pound the demand for Mitt Romney to make more of his own public.

Instead, Reid pointed to the financial disclosure forms he files as a member of Congress, which provide different information.

“I’m a member of Congress now, I don’t make too much money,” said Reid, whose net worth was estimated at $10 million in 2010. “But it’s all listed every year.”

Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson told POLITICO last week that the majority leader will not release his tax returns, writing: “He’s not running for president. … He has of course released more than 30 years of detailed [personal finance disclosures]. There is exponentially more information available to the public about Sen. Reid’s financial life than there is about Mitt Romney’s.”

Conservatives have begun accusing Reid of hypocrisy for his attacks on Romney. And the Las Vegas Review-Journal — in a somewhat different context — on Monday resurrected a 1974 statement in which Reid said: “Any man or woman who will not be completely candid about his or her finances does not deserve to be in public office.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 2012; corruption; democratparty; democrats; dingyharry; elections; fraud; harrisonroberts; harryreid; hypocrisy; hypocrite; liberalfascism; liberalhypocrisy; nevada; reid; romney; taxcheatparty; taxes; taxreturns
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To: SeekAndFind
“I’m a member of Congress now, I don’t make too much money,” said Reid, whose net worth was estimated at $10 million in 2010.

Public servant...

21 posted on 08/07/2012 11:07:37 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: RayChuang88

I think precisely because Romney has refused to bend is why Reid is having hard time. The Dems are used to everyone bending to their demands. This is new.


22 posted on 08/07/2012 11:10:06 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Obama 07/22/12: "we all reflect on how we can do something about some of the senseless violence...")
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To: 5thGenTexan

But in 2 years of released returns, Romney’s returns show he paid more in taxes than General Electric did as an entire corporation.

8.2 million paid in just federal taxes the past 2 years by Romney-42% of his income in 2011 went to taxes and charities...let’s see Hairy Reed’s .


23 posted on 08/07/2012 11:30:02 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: SeekAndFind
Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson told POLITICO last week that the majority leader will not release his tax returns, writing: “He’s not running for president. … He has of course released more than 30 years of detailed [personal finance disclosures]. There is exponentially more information available to the public about Sen. Reid’s financial life than there is about Mitt Romney’s.”

Where is it?

What is Harry Reid hiding?
24 posted on 08/07/2012 11:43:02 AM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: SeekAndFind
On an Unrelated note, What is up with Mitt Romneys hair? Why are is side burns white but the rest of his hair is dark? I have never seen anything like that ever on anybosy else. Maybe he doesn't want to reveal his tax returns because they should he has been claiming back money on his Just for Men Hair Dye expenses. At least Obama is going grey gracefully
25 posted on 08/07/2012 12:39:20 PM PDT by mcleodglen
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To: kempster

BUMP!
________

BTW, I think that Romney should SEAL his Federal and State Tax Records when he announces who his Veep will be.


26 posted on 08/07/2012 1:07:51 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Carry_Okie; SeekAndFind
He's been a public servant from day one, never more than a city attorney for a couple of years before his political career and he's worth 10 million?

I'd love to see his last 20 years of tax returns!

Source: Wiki - Harry Reid

27 posted on 08/07/2012 1:25:39 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Tunehead54

Dang! I meant to put “public servant” in quotes.


28 posted on 08/07/2012 1:27:51 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: All

In the primary, Romney released financial disclosure statements (”showing a lot of leg”) and, later, tax return(s) required by law.


29 posted on 08/07/2012 2:05:06 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Keep feeding yourselves lies and screaming for action.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Reid should release his Senate budgets.


30 posted on 08/07/2012 2:13:33 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Who cares about Reid’s taxes? Has he been able to prove he isn’t a pedophile? Release any documents on that?


31 posted on 08/07/2012 5:11:44 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: mcleodglen


mcleodglen
Since Aug 6, 2012 (signed up on FR yesterday!)

"On an Unrelated note, What is up with Mitt Romneys hair? Why are is side burns white but the rest of his hair is dark? I have never seen anything like that ever on anybosy(sic) else. Maybe he doesn't want to reveal his tax returns because they should he has been claiming back money on his Just for Men Hair Dye expenses. At least Obama is going grey gracefully"

- mcleodglen




BULLSHIRT noobie Obamapimp troll!

Obama has been darkening and lightening his hair to fit the occasion just like Slick Willie Clinton did for years -

Obama is also using cosmetic gel and Super-Glue to hold down his combed-forward and thinning hair over his receding hairline on his forehead.

Anyone with a lick of sense and sanity can plainly see that if they enlarge and zoom in on Obama's head




32 posted on 08/07/2012 7:44:53 PM PDT by devolve (-------------------- ------- "...maybe a little blow..." - Barack Hussein Obama Junior -------------)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Gee Harry, Photobucket How did you get that shiner?

It is all the Major's fault You sent her out to find my Tax returns!

Harry! Photobucket You said the Tax Returns were "out back"

Turns out Photobucket they were in the middle of a garbage pile along with your reputation.

33 posted on 08/07/2012 11:09:23 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Servant of the Cross

Vanity post:
When and why was reid blessed with a shiner?

That tie is so big, it makes reid look small.
I’ve never seen a man wear a tie to match a shiner.
Heck, his clothes look three sizes too big on him.
A coat hanger has more body.


34 posted on 08/07/2012 11:31:48 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: mcleodglen; Admin Moderator

IBTZ!


35 posted on 08/08/2012 5:33:13 AM PDT by Brellium ("Thou shalt not shilly shally!" Aron Nimzowitsch)
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To: SeekAndFind

36 posted on 08/08/2012 8:40:18 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: mcleodglen

At least Obama is going grey gracefully

Yeah the same way he throws a baseball, rides a bike, etc.

Limply.


37 posted on 08/08/2012 3:56:19 PM PDT by Gasshog (Tragically,Obama ate the blue dog...)
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To: mcleodglen
On an Unrelated note, What is up with Mitt Romneys hair? Why are is side burns white but the rest of his hair is dark? I have never seen anything like that ever on anybosy else. Maybe he doesn't want to reveal his tax returns because they should he has been claiming back money on his Just for Men Hair Dye expenses. At least Obama is going grey gracefully

With the economy in trouble, unemployment at8.3 percent,this is what bothers you? Romney's hair color?

Maybe his hair is turning grey because he understands, (unlike Obama) what a mess Obama has made in the last 3 1/2 years.

38 posted on 08/08/2012 5:47:15 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010)
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To: Servant of the Cross

To paraphrase Harry, I can’t understand how anyone who works could ever be a Democrat.


39 posted on 08/08/2012 6:37:33 PM PDT by 5831 Texan
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To: SeekAndFind

“I’m a member of Congress now, I don’t make too much money,” said Reid, whose net worth was estimated at $10 million in 2010.


Yup. It’s amazing how he became a multi-millionaire on a congressional salary.


40 posted on 08/08/2012 7:29:55 PM PDT by chessplayer
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