Is this significant that it is a Friday afternoon info dump? I hope there is a strategy to this, and not just a concession to demands.
Why?
Hah! I really don’t have a problem with this.
His 2011 returns showed he paid almost $2M in taxes with another $4M to charity. I’m sure the rest of his returns look good, or he’d never do this.
His next response should be...”OK...I’ve released my tax information...not it’s time for Obama to release his college transcripts and Harry Reid to release his tax returns”. And I’d hammer it EVERY DAY!
BFL
Now... who will go back to Harry Reid and make this sc-m apologize for his lies? Does any GOP Senator have the backbone to do this? My guess would be Rand Paul or Jim DeMint
Pukes are complaining he only paid a 14% effective rate. He probably paid more taxes in one year than these pukes will pay their entire lives.
If this is correct, I don’t see much point. The MSM won’t report that Reid was lying, or that Mitt has given a huge amount to charity. If it’s good, they’ll ignore it. If there’s some random inconsistency, they’ll jump on it. What’s the strategy here? I thought the tax return talk had died down. He should at least demand Obama release his high school transcripts.
Buffett keeps yapping about paying higher taxes...why doesn't he do what Romney does and give more to charity instead?
This could backfire on the Dems; the dialogue could switch to giving to charity instead of taxes.
waiting til the time is right...now lest see O’s info and i also want to see Harry and Nancy’s tax returns
Romney gave 4 Million to Charity in 2011 alone...this is 4 Million the government was unable to confiscate and waste! Imagine that!
Wonder which charities benefited from the kindness of the Romneys?
The other key factor here is besides the huge charitable donations that lowered his effective tax burden, most of his income was from investment returns. The tax level on investment returns is much lower than those on regular yearly salary amounts. If people want to be angry, they should be angry at the IRS, it’s their rules.
Of course the MSM will not reveal the truth about these little nuggets and instead continue to push the lie that Romney’s somehow using tax loopholes and tax havens to ‘escape’ paying is ‘fair share’.
He intentionally under-deducted his charitable donations (e.g., paid higher taxes)? On the one hand, he did so in order to be consistent with his previous statement re: not paying less than 13%. On the other hand, doing so is inconsistent with his previous statement that candidates should pay "only what the tax code requires" and that "if I had paid more than are legally due I don’t think I’d be qualified to become president."
This just shows the absurdity of the focus on candidates' tax returns.
When it comes to charitable giving; liberals/commies/leftists are tight-fisted SOB’s...unless it’s ‘someone else’s money’, of course.
remember- obozo’s charitable donations were up the past two years....prior to his running for president he gave almost nothing...i am wondering what Romney’s charitable amounts will look like, assuming there are shown, prior to say 2009...
Duh !!!!
HORRIBLE TIMING!
Who does Romney have coordinating this stuff for him - David Axelrod?
This has been a dead duck for weeks now - why put it back on the front page?
The timing will help Obama by giving the liberal media a reason to push the embassy burnings, terrorism and Fast & Furious off the front pages.
And why give democrats and liberal talking heads new information to distort?
Get ready for a revival of the “Too Rich To Govern” meme.
And so is Obama now going to release his school records?
IDIOT!
Ya...show em now, how easily you cave!
That’ll strengthen your negotiating position....
Flippin Moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now the question that will dog you til election day is “What did you leave out”.
Gawd, some people are stupid.
This was never about exactly how much tax he paid, it was always about the class warfare, to show that he is a rich guy with no clue about the poor and middle class.