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After destroying American Companies and jobs in Florida, Mitt Romney refuses to release his tax returns of his ill gotten gains. Will Romney become transparent or continue to be the shady character?

bob 2012/07/19 15:32:06
Romney will become transparent and release his tax returns
Romney will to be the Shady Robber Baron Character
Romney is a natural for the bane character in Batman
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  • wamcalif 2012/07/19 16:09:31
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    Democrats and Republicans are calling for Romney to release additional returns. Even Romney's own daddy thought it proper to release at least 10 years of returns, and he did so himself. Did Willard Romney not think this would become an issue in the campaign? Surely he's had enough time to get his financial ducks in a row? Unless there is something that can't be glossed over...what could that be? Hmmmmmm.

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  • Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/07/20 15:53:27
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    Jackie G - Poker Playing Patriot
    So you are a tax expert and know more than IRS and need those forms?? LOL

    Mitt Romney believes in the power of individual ingenuity, free enterprise, and competition; Barack Obama believes in the collective, the state, and socialization. Yes, plenty of people work long hours at difficult jobs, and we all pay taxes for the infrastructure and justice system that mean we can reliably conduct business with one another; but as Charles Krauthammer points out, those are constant variables, not the roots of success.
  • bob Jackie ... 2012/07/24 15:41:31
    bob
    Romney believes in firing people so he can rape a business and nothing more
  • Jackie ... bob 2012/07/24 16:01:30
    Jackie G - Poker Playing Patriot
    Snore, surely you can say something other than spouting meaningless rhetoric.
  • mwg0735 2012/07/20 15:50:25
  • DuncanONeil 2012/07/20 02:28:20
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    DuncanONeil
    Idiot!
  • Margaret Jacobson 2012/07/19 20:24:48
    All of the above
    Margaret Jacobson
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    I think that he is not the only one net to release his REAL INFO !! JFK & THE rest kept their REAL money in trust accounts, & other" little cheat " dealings !! There has NEVER been a poor president in US history !! I think he will be on the side of the EXTREMELY RICH. I read some years ago that there just as much money destroying a country as it is in building it up !! If this is true, HE IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB ???
  • Lady Whitewolf 2012/07/19 19:34:27
    Romney will to be the Shady Robber Baron Character
    Lady Whitewolf
    +1
    nuff said
  • the fuze 2012/07/19 19:30:23
    None of the above
    the fuze
    He'll release them when/if he needs to.
  • bob the fuze 2012/07/20 14:01:39
    bob
    Romney is a shady character
  • the fuze bob 2012/07/20 14:25:00
    the fuze
    No shady than any other politician. It's time to get career politicians who claim "they're in touch with folks like you and me" (and this includes Romney) and get some regular folks in there who know what it's like to live in "the real world". I'm pretty sure that, that was the intent when this country was started.
  • voice_matters 2012/07/19 17:49:38
    None of the above
    voice_matters
    at least we know you do not have a job.
  • voice_m... voice_m... 2012/07/19 17:55:36
    voice_matters
    i do notice form readin all teh ignorant posts on this thread that not a single person says why their vote is based on romney's taxes. do notice also that not a single person expolain why romney shouldn't. all this thread shows is that america is a land of the libs and ignorant and america will continue to lose it's standing as a power on this planet.
  • none 2012/07/19 17:18:08
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    none
    +1
    Romney saved more than 70% of the companies he tried to save. Pay attention because he has released some tax returns and doesn't have to release any more but I think he will. Why not worry about vetting Obama and have him release his college transcripts, I don't think he will because he has something to hide.
  • bob none 2012/07/19 17:52:26
    bob
    +1
    you can't beleive the statustics that any Presidential hopefull spits out. When an independant group proves it it's proof, currently it's just Romney proganda.
  • none bob 2012/07/19 18:08:08
    none
    +1
    Go to Fact Check. Org, it says 80% of companies Bain got involved with survived and made money.
  • cmdrbnd007 none 2012/07/19 20:15:38
    cmdrbnd007
    +1
    It's absolutely no use trying to use facts and logic when arguing with a liberal like bob. His tiny brain cannot understand them.
  • none cmdrbnd007 2012/07/19 23:25:46
    none
    +1
    The truth and facts mean nothing when it comes to what a liberal believes.
  • the fuze bob 2012/07/19 19:29:37
    the fuze
    +2
    Would you have said the same about Obama in '08? Or does the "spitting out" only apply to conservative candidates?

    I'm just curious.
  • none the fuze 2012/07/19 23:28:51
    none
    +1
    I had no idea that Obama saved 80% of businesses he tried to help. Gee whiz if I'd known Obama had such a record of success I never would have though he was such a lying hypocritical POS that never had a real job and a total failure.
  • Crypt_Heart 2012/07/19 16:39:37
    Romney will become transparent and release his tax returns
    Crypt_Heart
    +1
    Or at least I hope so.
  • The Black Dagger 2012/07/19 16:23:56
    None of the above
    The Black Dagger
    Please 'splain Lucy-bob:

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-...

     splain it Lucy bob
  • bob The Bla... 2012/07/19 17:53:07 (edited)
    bob
    so you came out of your closet, go back you stink
  • The Bla... bob 2012/07/19 18:01:03
    The Black Dagger
    +1
    I knew...I absolutely knew that all I had to do was pretend to be gay and your LIEberal/Muslim anti-homosexual thoughts would come to forbearance in the space of the time it takes for a LIEberal like yourself to come up with an insulting retort.

    You see my friend, following party line only gets you slapped around like a little punk ass bitch by people like me.

    Time for you to study and start trolling Liberals.
  • wamcalif 2012/07/19 16:09:31
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    wamcalif
    +3
    Democrats and Republicans are calling for Romney to release additional returns. Even Romney's own daddy thought it proper to release at least 10 years of returns, and he did so himself. Did Willard Romney not think this would become an issue in the campaign? Surely he's had enough time to get his financial ducks in a row? Unless there is something that can't be glossed over...what could that be? Hmmmmmm.
  • gfreeman BN-0 2012/07/19 15:54:33
    Romney will to be the Shady Robber Baron Character
    gfreeman BN-0
    +3
    This goes deeper than just what he did while he was at Bain Capital, we all know what he did, used other peoples money to buy failing corporations, stripped them down to make them look profitable and then sold them off. We all know that he has never paid anymore than 15% in taxes, more than likely less than that, so no big surprises there. If that was all there was, he would have released them by now.

    I'm thinking he does not want anyone to find out about some shell corporation he had set up to fund some fundamental polygamous sect in Mexico.
  • bob h. 2012/07/19 15:50:42
    Romney will to be the Shady Robber Baron Character
    bob h.
    +1
    Romney is above it all.
  • Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody 2012/07/19 15:43:29
    None of the above
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +2
    Is there a law requiring this, or just Leftist out fishing?

    I propose a mandatory background check for all political candidates by FBI, NSA and Interpol before anyone can become a valid candidate.
  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 15:54:59
    gfreeman BN-0
    Romney would fight that also.
  • Dwight-... gfreema... 2012/07/19 15:56:38
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +2
    Do you think Obama would advance such a law?
  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 15:59:47
    gfreeman BN-0
    No. Do you?
  • Dwight-... gfreema... 2012/07/19 16:04:20
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +1
    Hell no.
  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 16:08:21
    gfreeman BN-0
    +1
    Do you think Romney would or the Republican Congress?
  • Dwight-... gfreema... 2012/07/19 18:06:30
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    Not sure about Mitt. I think if anyone could be Pushed into it it would more Likely be Republicans. but I won't hold my breath.
  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 18:07:25
    gfreeman BN-0
    I doubt they could get it past Grover Norquist.
  • Dwight-... gfreema... 2012/07/19 18:20:15
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    Or Harry Reid on the other hand.
  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 19:07:18
    gfreeman BN-0
    No really a comparison, Harry Reid can be voted out of office, Grover Norquist has a personal vendetta against Government and a well funded corporate lobby.
  • Dwight-... gfreema... 2012/07/19 19:10:04
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    As opposed to Reid who has SEIU and other Big Labor Unions to back him?
  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 19:16:04
    gfreeman BN-0
    Once again, Harry Reid can be voted out. 'Big Labor' has about a tenth of the money as some of the largest corporations in the United States have.
  • Dwight-... gfreema... 2012/07/19 19:27:10
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
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  • gfreema... Dwight-... 2012/07/19 19:28:59
    gfreeman BN-0
    That doesn't really support your case, considering his top five contributors aren't even 'big labor'.

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