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Reid Demands Romney Produce Tax Returns - yet is silent about his own.......Is Reid suffering from 'mean ol' man syndrome'?

snell PWCM/AVA~GOD & COUNTRY!!! 2012/08/07 04:57:07
Harry Reid not releasing his own tax returns
By DARREN GOODE and JONATHAN ALLEN | 8/6/12 6:52 PM EDT
  • Harry Reid, left, and Mitt Romney. | AP Photos
Conservatives are accusing Reid of hypocrisy for his attacks on Romney. | AP Photos



















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 accuse 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.”


Asked about that statement at a news conference Monday in Nevada, Reid responded: “In 1974, I wasn’t in Congress.


“All you have to do is go look,” he added. “I file every year, every
stock trade, every piece of land I buy, all the money I have, it has the
value of my homes, it’s got it all there.”

NOTE:.....Reid just happens to be the richest Senate Member to date - how does one making only $170,000.00 annually become SO rich SO quickly??? ~ snell





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  • ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM 2012/08/07 05:15:57
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +20
    He should Just Say...."Harry, Those Rumors Must Be coming from those Aliens Out at Area 51, You Know the Ones you talk to every Night...Now Lets Get Back to Obama's Failed 3-1/2 Years"..
    Then Continue On with his assault on ODUMBO's Record...



    .... area 51 aliens area 51 aliens area 51 aliens

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  • angelbaby holly g... 2012/08/07 15:36:07
    angelbaby
    +3
    I hope she doesn't either ..
  • Jack Sprat angelbaby 2012/08/07 18:21:36
    Jack Sprat
    +2
    Unfortunately, he is the DEMOCRAT, look at any of the "top" dum's BO made $173 k a year before the senate, now has millions, charges have been leveled against Feinstein, Boxer, San Fran Nan, Dick Dirtball, all of them have made a whole lot of money as 'public servants'

    In Panama, my mother in law says they just shoot each other, as well as the pay offs, what we see in BO is just Chi-town politics in fine flower.
  • angelbaby Jack Sprat 2012/08/08 01:19:04
    angelbaby
    +1
    Exactly
  • unicorn_lady1 2012/08/07 05:33:36
    unicorn_lady1
    +11
    :Reid just happens to be the richest Senate Member to date - how does one making only $170,000.00 annually become SO rich SO quickly??? "~ snell


    Worth repeating..... I wonder how he does it? o.0

    Don't see any liberals questioning Reid and Pelosi millions...... Or Obama millions either......
  • Old Sch... unicorn... 2012/08/07 05:49:24
    Old School Trucker
    +9
    Couldn't be the crooked land deals. Gee, I wonder who owns the property that is on the route for the high (on crack) speed rail Harry has been pushing for years?
  • unicorn... Old Sch... 2012/08/07 05:50:37
    unicorn_lady1
    +6
    Why I do believe you are on to him. They don't come any crookeder.
  • snell P... unicorn... 2012/08/07 05:50:26
    snell PWCM/AVA~GOD & COUNTRY!!!
    +8
    .....No wonder Pelosi backs him up - she does insider trading as well - that's how they ALL
    get their 'get rich quick bucks'.
  • unicorn... snell P... 2012/08/07 05:52:13
    unicorn_lady1
    +6
    Seems that if you are a Congressman.... you do as you please and at worse get a slap on the wrist and a hug as your punishment.
  • Rodney unicorn... 2012/08/07 06:02:13
    Rodney
    +8
    That question, being repeated got my old gray matter churning so...I did a little research.
    The problem, for Harry Reid, is that since he graduated college, there hasn’t been a lot of time outside of government service. Reid was elected to the State Assembly in 1966 and in the past 43 years (when Reid went from 27 years old to 70 – and your humble correspondent went from 2 to 45), the only gap in public service was the two years in the mid-70′s between his term as Lt. Governor and his service on the Nevada Gaming Commission. And during that time he ran for Mayor of Las Vegas, leaving little time to build up a fortune in the private sector.
    Right now, as Senate Majority Leader, Reid earns $193,400.00 per year – a back-bencher earns $174,000.00.
    Reid has been earning that 193 grand for a few years, but when he first entered the Senate in 1987, I think the Senate salary was about $125,000.00 per year. In order to build up $4.6 million dollars over the past 43 years, Reid would have had to sock aside – out of various government salaries – nearly $107,000.00 per year.

    I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
  • unicorn... Rodney 2012/08/07 06:09:25
    unicorn_lady1
    +5
    excellent Rodney!~ [smile] Love your researching ways!~
  • Rodney unicorn... 2012/08/07 06:15:19
    Rodney
    +5
    Personally, I would love nothing more then to see him on a bench at his local casino with his bucket of quarter spending his Social Security check on the one armed bandits. hahaha
  • snell P... Rodney 2012/08/10 03:31:31
  • Old Sch... unicorn... 2012/08/07 06:14:27
    Old School Trucker
    +6
    A tidbit on Pelosi (AKA ...The Sea-Hag)...

    Her vineyard is in the same area the drastic water restrictions are going on (delta smelt)...

    but, somehow, she has all the water that she needs. My,my what coincidence...
  • unicorn... Old Sch... 2012/08/07 06:16:17
    unicorn_lady1
    +4
    seriously ... omg... how does that stay under the radar.. I have never heard that before.
  • Old Sch... unicorn... 2012/08/07 06:50:46
    Old School Trucker
    +6
    Gee, I don't know. We have a COMPLETELY unbiased press in this country.
  • Rodney Old Sch... 2012/08/09 00:18:08
    Rodney
    +1
    Geeze, another score for our Mediocre Media. LOL
  • Old Sch... Rodney 2012/11/06 04:52:05
    Old School Trucker
    Ha...at first glance, I thought it said "Medicare Media"... well, maybe so...
  • Rodney Old Sch... 2012/11/06 04:55:47
    Rodney
    We haven't had a true media in this country for a great number of years. I'm thinking around the 60's (JFK) when we last had any journalists who didn't report according to their political biases.
  • Jack Sprat unicorn... 2012/08/07 18:22:35
    Jack Sprat
    +1
    "Don't see any liberals questioning Reid and Pelosi millions"

    Why would they want to cut off their money train?
  • unicorn... Jack Sprat 2012/08/07 18:54:12
    unicorn_lady1
    +1
    Exactly.. hypocrites all.
  • Jack Sprat unicorn... 2012/08/07 18:56:14
    Jack Sprat
    +1
    You have to be, or they won't let you join the club.
  • unicorn... Jack Sprat 2012/08/07 19:04:19
  • Jack Sprat unicorn... 2012/08/07 19:46:37
  • Old Salt 2012/08/07 05:21:34
    Old Salt
    +14
    Did ANYONE notice WHERE Reid made his comments about "knowing" Romney cheated the United States by paying NO TAXES for the past 10 years?

    On the Senate Floor!!!!

    Strange.... that no one can be sued for slander by making statements on the house floor! Perhaps..... Mr. Reid knows that???? :)
  • Bevos Old Salt 2012/08/07 11:54:16
    Bevos
    +3
    You mean that place that Honesty is imperative to us, they can tell ANY LIE they want. One more reason to DISMANTLE our CROOKED GOVT. and START OVER!!!
  • ReconMa... Bevos 2012/08/08 18:49:07
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +2
    Clean Congress and The WH with New Blood that Holds The Constitution and The People as Those They Answer To....
  • Bevos ReconMa... 2012/08/09 14:27:16
    Bevos
    +3
    If we can get rid of the LEFTY SCUMBAGS, and the RINOs, then and only then can we get back ON TOP!!!
  • ReconMa... Bevos 2012/08/10 02:51:56 (edited)
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +1
    We Need a Complete sweeping Of Congress....Out with the Old..In with the New...
    Servants the Work For Us and Inforce the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Separation of Powers and SERVE The People...
  • Bevos ReconMa... 2012/08/10 12:58:58
    Bevos
    +1
    GOT to agree with you there. And TERM LIMITS from there on.!!!
  • ReconMa... Bevos 2012/08/12 19:28:41
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    No Member Of Congress Should Be Allowed To Serve More Than The President...
  • Old Salt Bevos 2012/08/08 18:50:32
    Old Salt
    +2
    Yes! :) Either there or the MSNBC Newsroom? :)
  • Bevos Old Salt 2012/08/09 14:28:11
    Bevos
    +2
    That too. Wonder where they will go when the LEFT is NO LONGER IN CONTROL???
  • Old Salt Bevos 2012/08/09 15:15:07
    Old Salt
    +1
    They will probably see an increase in viewers... for a bit, anyway! Conservatives will enjoy watching them JUST to see them cry! :)
  • Bevos Old Salt 2012/08/10 12:59:42
    Bevos
    +2
    And wave bye bye!LOL
  • ReconMa... Bevos 2012/08/12 19:30:37
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +1
    Chris Mathews, Rachel Maddox, Morning Joe, The Ed Show....Bye Bye...
  • ReconMa... Old Salt 2012/08/10 02:52:50
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +1
    MSNBC will never change...always a loser...
  • Old Salt ReconMa... 2012/08/10 02:59:31
    Old Salt
    +2
    Their Nealson ratings are at the LOWEST they've ever been! I had hopes that once General Electric sold them to Comcast.... they might make changes!

    Perhaps they need a "tax write off" for a loss because of losers? LOL
  • ReconMa... Old Salt 2012/08/12 19:31:49
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +1
    Probably...But THEY Do Not Have To Show Their Tax Returns...lol~!!!
  • ReconMa... Old Salt 2012/08/08 18:47:21
    ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM
    +3
    That HE DID...and Not One Member of Congress has Come Out Against this Form of Lie From the Floor, and Carney is Passing it off as Reid Being His Owm Person and Not Controlled By The DEM's...
  • Vision of Verve 2012/08/07 05:18:10

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