Posted on 09/21/2012 4:38:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is no longer insinuating that Mitt Romney paid no federal taxes over the last 10 years. But he’s showing no contrition and continues to maul Romney for withholding tax returns from voters.
“The information released today reveals that Mitt Romney manipulated one of the only two years of tax returns he’s seen fit to show the American people - and then only to ‘conform’ with his public statements,” Reid said in an official response to the release of Romney’s 2011 return, and a brief summary of his tax payments over the last 20 years.
That raises the question: what else in those returns has Romney manipulated? We already know Romney has money in tax havens in Switzerland, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. What we don’t know is why he refuses to be straight with the American people about the choices he’s made in his financial life. When will the American people see the returns he filed before he was running for president? Governor Romney is showing us what he does when the public is looking. The true test of his character would be to show what he did when everyone was not looking at his taxes. It’s also galling to see the creative accounting Mitt Romney applied to his own tax returns only days after learning of his insulting comments that seniors, soldiers and hard-working parents don’t pay enough taxes. Once again, we see Mitt Romney is out of touch with middle class families, who don’t have the luxury of accounting wizards and foreign tax shelters. It’s obvious he believes in two sets of rules: one for him, and one for the middle class. He says he wants to be president for only half the people but he acts like he only cares for the top two percent. Despite the fiscal cliff looming in just over three months, Mitt Romney refuses to explain the details of his tax policy. Will the policies he proposes benefit all Americans, or only multi-millionaires like him?
Reid more than any other Democrat forced scrutiny of Romney’s finances by claiming he’d been told by a mutual acquaintance that Romney effectively paid no taxes at all.
Judging by public statements, Democrats won’t ease their drumbeat for more disclosure.
“The American people deserve more than a summary of Gov. Romney’s returns filtered by his campaign,” said Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), the top Democrat on the tax writing House Ways and Means committee. “Gov. Romney clearly has his old tax returns at the ready, so why does he continue to hide them from the public? Gov. Romney seems to believe the American public should hold him to a lower standard than he holds his own vice presidential nominee — who was required to turn over 10 years of tax returns — and lower than the tradition of previous presidential candidates.”
Of course, Republicans hope this means the controversy will subside. Asked for a response to Reid’s statement, the Romney camp forwarded the following from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
“Mitt Romney has now released more than 1,200 pages of tax returns, giving voters an incredibly detailed look at his finances,” he said. “Now that the most recent tax return has been released, it’s time to get back to discussing the issues that voters care about.”
Rush also said about Harry Reid "This despicable, grotesque little man, this vile troll... a bitter, dried up old vulture without character, scruples or class." This in a rear cover article in this month's Limbaugh Letter titled "Slimy Harry". Rush ends with "Could Harry Reid be a felon? We don't know. He refuses to release his tax returns."
Harry Reid is a first class prick!
As if that's ever stopped 'em.
It is never good enough for these people. FUHR and the rest of them. They are like a cancer, they never heal they just keep killing.
477 words supporting the Dems, about 45 supporting Romney. Fairness-and-balance from our ‘friends’ at TPM. /s
Hey Reid, Romney won’t say this to you, but I’m not a mormon so I will, “FU”.
More and more. Reid's is the most desperate response imaginable.
Romney played a splendid game of rope-a-dope with the libs, they pushed and pushed, he didn’t budge, then without any warning, he moved and they have fallen on their faces.
Nitt, tell Harry, “tough s#i+, that’s all you get!”
FUHR
I wish some GOP had the fortitude to throw this in Harry’s face!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Harry Reid: illegal aliens “free loaders and scam artists”
OH! THE IRONY!
From John Lollipop..
Reid, now an impassioned champion of amnesty for 20 million illegal aliens in America, once called illegal aliens “free loaders and scam artists” which he proposed to deal with in his Immigration Stabilization Act in the United States Senate in 1993.
That proposed legislation was introduced to the floor of the US Senate with the following press release, in part, issued by Reid’s office on August 5, 1993.
“In response to increased terrorism and abuse of social programs by aliens, (I) today introduced the first and only comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress. Currently, an alien living illegally in the United States often pays no taxes but receives unemployment, welfare, free medical care, and other federal benefits. Recent terrorist acts, including the World Trade Center bombing, have underscored the need to keep violent criminals out of the country.”
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
You must be in a fair mood.
I'm not advocating that they change the code, just pointing out that Romney followed the current law and he didn't take all of the deductions he was entitled to under current law (charity donations for 2011).
Absolutely!
Who didn’t see this coming?
We’ve already got more paperwork on Romney than we have on Obama after four years.
FUHR indeed! To the x...
Yeah, but after saying that Rush started to get nasty.
Not so sure about that one. Remember A. Anderson fiasco.
“first class”
I prefer low class, he’s not first class in anything.
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is no longer insinuating that Mitt Romney paid no federal taxes over the last 10 years. But he’s showing no contrition and continues to maul Romney for withholding tax returns from voters.”
Who is Brian Beutler?! What a silly bunch of assinine drivel! The idea that Dingy Harry could “MAUL” anybody! Reid is just a bitter old political whore who has kept his job by selling his soul to stay in the good graces of the Vegas and the democRATS’ mobs.
Oh man, this guy makes me livid!
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