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.”
Many libs are saying that his 30% in donations doesn't count because they were made to the Mormon church. Yes, they really are that deranged.
No, he is absolutely the highest quality of morons.
It would be nice for someone in the press to acknowledge his impressive charitable contributions. And he didn’t just start because he is in office, like Gore and Biden who each gave just over $300 the year before they became VP. Wonder what Harry’s were.
How I loathe these people!
“It’s funny watching the literally toddler-esque tantrums of the left as their worldview collides with reality and math.”
Priceless.
**** “Tonight a man who has known Senator Reid for many years called me and told me Harry humps dogs. Mr. Reid has yet to prove it isn’t true.” ****
Is he the same guy that sold Harry the Goat? If so was it a Billy or a Nanny?
TT
We've come to think of liberals as unprincipled opportunists but maybe its time we should seriously consider that these people are certifiably psychotic.
For some of us "reality and math" is a redundant phrase. Reality and math are synonymous.
Nah, don't think so; and this coming from someone who loves math.
It is a tool like any other; math can be used to tell a sublime truth or a monstrous lie.
Ever hear the expression "figures don't lie but liars do figure"?
Dick.
+1000
GOD I hate that bastard and the America hating Marxist POS party he represents.
When are some Republican Senators, DeMint and Sessions, going to start savaging this asshole! I would start questioning his mental stability.
When are some Republican Senators, DeMint and Sessions, going to start savaging this asshole! I would start questioning his mental stability.
Thanks SeekAndFind. America to Reid — come clean about your Mob ties.
LOL....I don't think that Reid could prove that it was not true. Twitter would run with it.
Libs are ripping this to pieces. Shocker.
Every time I see this stuff I just cringe that if we weren’t so stupid in putting Sharon Angle up, Reid would be on his butt. We can be very stupid, overly stupid sometimes.
Reid leads the taxer nuts.
Mitt Romney: Walking the walk on the Buffet rule.
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