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Should Romney Be Expected To Release Tax Records and Financial Holding Records?

SHould Romney Release Publically the Info Mentioned?


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Much is being made right now of Romney having a Swiss bank account, not having released all his tax records, and his offshore holdings. Is it fair and right to expect him to release all that information to the public?
I have said it before - it is no one's business but his what he pays in taxes or what legal loopholes he uses.

Please show me what law he has broken?

And please show me where in the Constitution that it requires that a POTUS candidate must publicly release his tax records?

If he has broken no laws and no rules on the subject - then he has done nothing wrong on the subject.
 
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Much is being made right now of Romney having a Swiss bank account, not having released all his tax records, and his offshore holdings. Is it fair and right to expect him to release all that information to the public?

I voted other.Only if all the other politicians and those running for office release tax records and financial holdings.
 
class envy is the only explanation for their motives. To compare this to race baiting is just silly, and beneath you

Take away your perpetual CLASS ENVY card and you are really bankrupt. The right does every single thing it can to avoid facing itself in the mirror and admitting that many Americans simply see this sort of thing as rather unfair and outright unAmerican.
 
Take away your perpetual CLASS ENVY card and you are really bankrupt. The right does every single thing it can to avoid facing itself in the mirror and admitting that many Americans simply see this sort of thing as rather unfair and outright unAmerican.

unfair an unAmerican.

lmfao. emptier debate words have never been uttered.
 
I figure I should add my thoughts to the question since I asked it. As I stated the question, the answer is probably no. There is no legal requirement so expectations of such document release is is unrealistic. However, not releasing information of the sort is perfectly legitimate to use as a campaign issue. There is nothing wrong with a candidate saying "I released all my tax and financial records, why doesn't the other guy?"

However, it should also be noted that such expectations are personal. We are all free to expect whatever we want from candidates. They simply are under no obligation to meet those expectations. I expect presidential candidates to make clear, detailed and in depth web pages on their camping site on all the major and most minor issues and their stand on them. Not one candidate yet for president has met that expectation.
 
what a load of crap....he wants to be Potus, what is being asked of him is pretty standard for all potus candidates....that info gives insight into his thinking, and why he advocates for certain posistions, especially those of economic importance, such as tax rates, tax cuts.....your whole 'hating the rich....being pandered to...blah blah blah' is a huge load of crap...

yet you constantly prove everything I say is true when it comes to the far left unionista legions of the envious
 
Oh bull****. The class warfare crap is really old guys, and no more accurate now than ever.


when the liar in chief, aka the biggest tax hiker we have ever seen, claims that Romney pushed "tax cuts for his millionaire friends" that is class warfare pure and simple.
 
What nonsense. Lots of people deeply care. And the thing that motivates them is the answer to one simple question: does Mitt Romney have the values to lead America and its people or is he a selfish bastard who cares only for his own greed while screwing the American people.

I do not think any Americans had questions about the American patriotism of Dwight Eisenhower of Richard Nixon or John Kennedy or Jimmy Carter or George Bush. Many had serious differences of opinion about issues and policy positions but everyone accepted that those men running for President of the USA wanted the best for America and its people.

With Romney we get a man who perhaps has decided that his own personal financial interests matter much more than those of the nation he wants to lead.

And that serious question must be examined in detail and in depth. It may be one of the two or three biggest issues in this election.


the only thing they deeply care about is trying to smear Romney for being rich

and your posts continue to prove that.

we have seen enough of your posts to know why you want to know--if Romney does anything LEGALLY to pay less tax you are going to howl and scream because you think Rich people exist to fund your far left vote buying schemes
 
Take away your perpetual CLASS ENVY card and you are really bankrupt. The right does every single thing it can to avoid facing itself in the mirror and admitting that many Americans simply see this sort of thing as rather unfair and outright unAmerican.

when class warfare is so obvious in Obama's campaign ads and so prevalent in his toadies on this board that is a stupid argument.

of course losers see things as unfair when rich dems constantly tell them that its unfair that Romney is rich and they are poor. all you have to do is listen to the obama ads whining that the rich need to pay "their fair share" to know that class warfare is the central theme of his campaign
 
yet you constantly prove everything I say is true when it comes to the far left unionista legions of the envious
lol...keep diggin' buddy, keep digging....
 
lol...keep diggin' buddy, keep digging....

no need to-your posts are a treasure trove of class envy, whining about the rich and unionista nonsense
 
Yes, I make a good middle income salary of six figures with my 50 hour work week. I do not own a television yet every time I am in a patient room the news is on and Romney is blowing off his mouth about money ...yet he quietly hides his own millions to avoid paying the percentage in taxes that middle income hard working Americans pay.

Investigation: Mitt Romney

For all Mitt Romney’s touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments. Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of offshore finance, revealing loopholes that allow the very wealthy to skirt tax laws, and investigating just how much of Romney’s fortune (with $30 million in Bain Capital funds in the Cayman Islands alone?) looks pretty strange for a presidential candidate.

He is freaking fraud with his 30 million exempt ... and his attacks on healthcare policies that allowed one of the top facilities in the country to stay in the black .... keep million on private insurance and allow people like to me to privately insure my family and get tax benefits for insuring employees.

Romney is a loser ...I have no respect for him. Romney even know what is right as he once analyzed it and spoke out in support of the many policies for ordinary hard working middle income Americans he now denounces .... just to pander to a base as he squirms and changes positions.

Yes ... Romney should disclose his finances and where he hides them. He is not self made ... au contraire to inheritance tax law he was handed millions just as he has set up for his children.

Talk to companies that lost American jobs by companies he dismantled to make millions for a few
... besides Bain was able to squirm around enforcing the tax laws of its investors’ home countries, but the presence of Swiss trustees, Bahamas trusts, and Panama corporations would raise red flags with any tax authority. Not just jobs were outsourced and companies destroyed ... multi-millionaires did not have to pay taxes on income from such.

Particularly jarring were the Romneys’ many offshore accounts. As Newt Gingrich put it during the primary season, “I don’t know of any American president who has had a Swiss bank account.” But Romney has, as well as other interests in such tax havens as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands

Why is Romney so guarded and selective about the limited disclosures he is willing to publicly report?
 
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Yes, I make a good middle income salary of six figures with my 50 hour work week. I do not own a television yet every time I am in a patient room the news is on and Romney is blowing off his mouth about money ...yet he quietly hides his own millions to avoid paying the percentage in taxes that middle income hard working Americans pay.

Investigation: Mitt Romney



He is freaking fraud with his 30 million exempt ... and his attacks on healthcare policies that allowed one of the top facilities in the country to stay in the black .... keep million on private insurance and allow people like to me to privately insure my family and get tax benefits for insuring employees.

Romney is a loser ...I have no respect for him. he even know what is right as he once analyzed it and now to pander to a base he squirms and changes positions.

Yes ... Romney should disclose his finances. He is not self made ... au contraire to inheritance tax law he was handed millions just as he has set up for his children.

Talk to companies that lost american jobs by companies he dismantled to make millions for a few.


what causes this level of hateful bitterness? what is the real issue motivating this rant.
 
....aka the biggest tax hiker we have ever seen.....

Now you are losing all rationality. Can we have a debate of facts. You claim to be an attorney, a profession that prides itself in well constructed arguments based upon logic and facts. Yet, you deliver very little here other than hyperbole and emotional rants. Perhaps you should stick to your day job, whatever it is....
 
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If obama jacks up the tax on the top bracket to the 40% he wants, treats dividend income as ordinary income and imposes his health care taxes as he wants he will be the biggest tax hiker he will be the biggest tax hiker I (and most people under the age of 85) have ever seen
 
no need to-your posts are a treasure trove of class envy, whining about the rich and unionista nonsense
lol...is this all you got? perhaps you should work on some new material...nothing is being asked of romney that hasnt been asked of potus candidates for at least the last 25 years....are you afraid something will show up that will do that much harm to him as to kill what little chance he has of being elected? sure sounds like it
 
Yes i think all public officials holding office should have to release their tax records.

But hey if Obama had to release his birth certificate then why shouldn't Romney not have to release his tax records? Both are "controversial" right?
 
lol...is this all you got? perhaps you should work on some new material...nothing is being asked of romney that hasnt been asked of potus candidates for at least the last 25 years....are you afraid something will show up that will do that much harm to him as to kill what little chance he has of being elected? sure sounds like it

tell us Randel-(and we know you are in the bag for Obama) why do you want the information? and don't tell me because other people once gave it. Bush gave us his HS and college records-Obama never did. what do you need from Romney and why?
 
Yes i think all public officials holding office should have to release their tax records.

But hey if Obama had to release his birth certificate then why shouldn't Romney not have to release his tax records? Both are "controversial" right?


remind me when Obama actually released his birth certificate?
 
tell us Randel-(and we know you are in the bag for Obama) why do you want the information? and don't tell me because other people once gave it. Bush gave us his HS and college records-Obama never did. what do you need from Romney and why?
he wants to lead the country, he wants to be my president, i have a right to know. if he has a problem releasing the info requested, then perhaps he shouldnt have ran...he knew he would be asked for this info, this is not a shock for him.
 
he wants to lead the country, he wants to be my president, i have a right to know. if he has a problem releasing the info requested, then perhaps he shouldnt have ran...he knew he would be asked for this info, this is not a shock for him.

that's a non answer and you are a being dishonest

you are a hard core Obama supporters. You only want the information hoping you can use it to smear Romney

you have yet to give an honest answer

try again
 
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