What do YOU think Mitt is hiding by withholding his tax returns?

by Mark In Irvine Posted 2012/08/09 05:41:54

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	I think that he has paid very little in taxes in the last 10 years.	8 votes	14%
	I think he's a closet ballerina and deducts more ballet expenses each year than the average American MAKES in ten years.	1 vote	2%
	I think his wife deducts more expenses for that horse of hers than the average American MAKES in ten years.	0 votes	0%
	I think that he pays NO taxes at all due to having his investment income treated as non-taxable due to some clever accounting trick.	2 votes	3%
	I think he pays more annually for fancy high-priced CPAs giving tax advice than the average American EARNS in ten years!!	0 votes	0%
	I think that he makes HUGE contributions annually to groups working to squash gay rights in amounts that exceed the average American's income over ten years!	1 vote	2%
	I think that he's found some clever tax-avoidance scheme that results in the USA paying HIM instead of him paying any taxes at all.	1 vote	2%
	I think that he's hiding the fact that he hasn't filed tax returns at all in 10 years!	0 votes	0%
	Undecided	37 votes	64%
	All of the above	8 votes	14%

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Schläue~© 2012/08/09 06:07:17 (edited)

Undecided

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He's not 'hiding' anything, rather not giving Proglodytes another free shot at making mountains out of molehills.

He knows they will dig deep for the most obscure item and turn it into headlines that keep focus off 0bozo's pathetic 42 month run.

Besides, 0bie & Holder have had access and control over the IRS since Jan. 2009 and Romney's tax returns were put under a microscope, long ago. If there was anything even remotely 'fishy', there would have been a full blown audit before the 2010 mid-terms.

Face it pooches,,.... the quiver is empty and the truth about 0bozo is creeping out with a quickness.
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gunner 2012/08/28 02:25:02

Undecided

What do YOU think Obama is hiding in his alleged college records ? I believe the tax records of anyone are private and none of anyone else`s business. Unless of course, they wish to have something to gossip about. Or try to instill guilt. The tax laws are written the way they are. If someone doesn`t know the law, an officer will tell you" that`s no excuse". Grow up. This an extremely slanted post with a serious lack of thoughtful choices.

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Mark In Irvine 2012/08/17 17:23:25

Undecided

Here's an interesting possibility:

... he won’t release his tax returns is because he took amnesty due to the IRS gaining the ability to subpoena Swiss banks ...

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Jackie 2012/08/17 02:13:06

All of the above

Odd I hit undecided but got all of above?

Romney isn't hiding anything, it is odd for a candidate to do such a thing. 10 years of tax records? It would be weird if he was the first and only candidate to do so. This is the usual way democrats operate. They demand something preposterous and then try to infer that there is something wrong. Slimy thy name is Democrat.

But at least we know what Obama is hiding by not showing a basic BC, as all legal Presidents could do. And hiding his school records which state right on them he was a foreign student. So what Obama is hiding is obvious, and criminal.

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Mark In... to Jackie 2012/08/17 02:23:19

the BC again? Hawaii says it's got the BC ... why do you prefer to believe some wacko in Arizona who thinks he knows better than Hawaii??

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Jackie to Mark In... 2012/08/18 23:48:05

Obama has never presented a real photocopy as you have in your file cabinet. Only proven fabrications. There has to be a reason for it. I can produce mine in five minutes. It is an inane premise that he cannot. You have one if you have ever attended school, got a drivers license, got married, applied for a job, bought a home, almost anything at all. Why does he not have one?
To think that it is okay that he doesn't, is inane.

Democrats in government positions in Hawaii can lie. Are you saying no one in Govermnment has ever lied? Really?

The Whacko in Arizona is a legitimate law officer. Who lead a official team of law enforcement investigators. And has a legion of experts examining documents. Yeah I will believe the Whacko who has never lied to, me over Obama any day. Obama's lies are legion and daily.

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baboula 2012/08/16 16:09:44

Undecided

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you know what I think but maybe you can ask Geithner or Rangel about their filing of their taxes

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Mark In... to baboula 2012/08/16 19:54:57

good idea ... wait - neither of them is running for POTUS, right?

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rightside 2012/08/16 13:25:54

I think he's a closet ballerina and deducts more ballet expenses each year th...

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Everyone takes advantage of loop holes. Romney has paid in legally and that's all that counts. Did you guys complain when bama put geithner in as treasurer when he truly hadn't paid his taxes?
hypocrites.

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vdehl 2012/08/16 03:59:24

Undecided

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I did not read anything like that. When the tax return stories came out, Obama released his and so did Biden. Biden had still to pay. Obama and Romney paid in advance the story said. The story went through it step by step. There did not seem to be anything wrong. I don't know what your question is about. This is true of every candidate isn't it? They all bring their extremists.

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DuncanONeil 2012/08/16 03:33:02

I think that he has paid very little in taxes in the last 10 years.

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THAT IS IF YOU CONSIDER PAYING SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR VERY LITTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bob h. 2012/08/16 01:19:12

I think that he's found some clever tax-avoidance scheme that results in the ...

+3
Of course. He buys failing companies, gets govt subsidies on them, let's them fail anyway, sells them here or to China, gets deductions for moving, puts the money in a # account, and creates a company to move the money back. What could be simpler?

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SmittenKitten 2012/08/16 00:45:25
CAROLYN... to Smitten... 2012/08/16 02:37:39

+4
Lol! Romneyhoods head is sooooo big!

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Smitten... to CAROLYN... 2012/08/16 03:03:49
CAROLYN... to Smitten... 2012/08/16 03:06:02

+3

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Smitten... to CAROLYN... 2012/08/16 03:18:34
CAROLYN... to Smitten... 2012/08/16 03:20:27

+3
And very unattractive.

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Mark In... to CAROLYN... 2012/08/16 19:56:03

+2
ideological constipation will do that to a person ...

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CAROLYN... to Mark In... 2012/08/16 22:12:49

+2
That's it! lol

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Swampdog 2012/08/16 00:01:57

Undecided

+1
He has paid all he needed to. If you check his returns you will find that he is a very charitable man.

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Mark In... to Swampdog 2012/08/16 00:06:16

+1
those are two different issues ...

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Swampdog to Mark In... 2012/08/16 00:16:49

+1
Nope they are not, just to you. And you don't matter.

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Mark In... to Swampdog 2012/08/16 01:45:11

+2
well i say i do matter, so there ...

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flrdsgns to Mark In... 2012/08/16 02:32:29

+2
lol

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bob h. to Swampdog 2012/08/16 01:21:35

+2
If he would come up with a couple, I'm sure he'd show up as a regular Santa Claus.

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Swampdog to bob h. 2012/08/16 22:47:16

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They are irrelevant. The man has enough money to hire the best tax lawyers in the country. Why would he fudge on this subject. I believe he's waiting for the debates, and if Obama brings up the subject he can fire back with "Where's the transcripts" Mittens has provided everything and more than Obama has.

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Mark In... to Swampdog 2012/08/16 22:49:03

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i believe that even fully legal, his tax returns will show that the man makes more than tons of money - kilotons probably - and pays virtually no tax. all pretense of him giving a damn about us common men at the bottom of the capitalist food chain will be completely destroyed.

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Swampdog to Mark In... 2012/08/16 23:10:41

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Are you that dense? You don't pay income tax on dividends. You pay income tax on INCOME you earn from a job. I was going to call you a freaking moron but I see that you are from Californication, so being brain damaged from the biggest economic black hole in America kind of goes hand in hand with your inability to understand simple economics. Now go back to your Macrame and incense sweetie, and let the big boys handle the hard work.

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Mark In... to Swampdog 2012/08/16 23:14:42

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and why is it that dividends are taxed differently? because the moneyed interests with giant investments have succeeded in persuading Congress (with campaign contributions and lots of off-the-books goodies) to tax dividends at lower rates than the rates which apply to the wages the poor wage slaves earn ...

you should oughta try getting out of yer swamp ever now and then Abner: you might learn yerself sumpin' useful in the big city!

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Swampdog to Mark In... 2012/08/16 23:26:36

Yeah I just might learn something, my dividends are reinvested there fore I pay NO capital gains tax, until I pull my investments. My entire family pay no income tax. The system is there for you to use, some just use it better than others.

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bob h. to Swampdog 2012/08/16 22:53:35

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The transcripts are not "hidden", "sealed" or "protected". If the Repos want them they can.

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Swampdog to bob h. 2012/08/16 23:04:36

+1
The college transcripts for Barry Sorweto are sealed.

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bob h. to Swampdog 2012/08/16 23:55:00

+2
Fraid not, Fred. They're wide open.

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Swampdog to bob h. 2012/08/17 01:31:43

Yeah, that's why everyone keeps asking for them, they are WIDE open. Right out there in front of GOD and everybody. If that were so, why are so many of the political analyzers blind to the obvious fact that you present? Hmmmm?

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bob h. to Swampdog 2012/08/17 01:41:44

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Because if they'd just read them. they'd no longer be a stall against Robmey's tax returns.

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CAROLYN NTARWNJBS 2012/08/15 23:12:52 (edited)

I think that he has paid very little in taxes in the last 10 years.

+5
Where are those tax returns! End the discussion and man up like his father. Prove to the people that you have nothing to hide.

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bob h. to CAROLYN... 2012/08/16 01:24:21

+4
His wife says NO. His wife says they're under attack by the Liberal meanies. so there.

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CAROLYN... to bob h. 2012/08/16 01:29:44

+3
LOL! He is soooo good about it!

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bob h. to CAROLYN... 2012/08/17 01:42:35

+2
She's really fat too.

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flrdsgns to CAROLYN... 2012/08/16 02:34:25

+3

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