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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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TurtleDude said:
Good-two years and a few months after Romney is sworn into office he should release those tax returns
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The point i was trying to make i believe went way over your head.
 
TurtleDude said:
your posts have yet to demonstrate anything that would rise above my instep
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So now we turn away from the subject TD? TD i was simply stating that i believe all public officials should release public documents especially tax returns. I made a sarcastic remark about the "controversial birth certificate" issue, and apparently it still is controversial. :roll:

But anyways yes TD you are way above all of us here. You're the bright intellectual on the hill! Congrats!
 
TheDemSocialist said:
So now we turn away from the subject TD? TD i was simply stating that i believe all public officials should release public documents especially tax returns. I made a sarcastic remark about the "controversial birth certificate" issue, and apparently it still is controversial. :roll:

But anyways yes TD you are way above all of us here. You're the bright intellectual on the hill! Congrats!
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smart enough to know that when Romney haters demand information it is for one purpose alone
 
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Both of you, don't make me pull this thread over...
 
TurtleDude said:
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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what are you afraid of turtle? yes turtle, i support obama, i've never tried to hide that from anyone....keep the personal attacks to yourself, your whole 'dishonest' claim is a load of bull.....he wants to be my president, then, he can expect to lose some of his privacy.
 
DiAnna said:
Yes, because that has become a standard request of all presidential candidates since I can remember... and I can't recall any who refused... and won. :)
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How many tax returns do they typically release though? So far Romney has only released 2011, but they say he released over 20 years to McCain for VP consideration. Since Romney is getting beat on to release more returns and he is not, he should release them. It looks like he has something to hide or something he isn't proud of. It makes me wonder.
 
MaggieD said:
I think he should release whatever is customary -- whatever the last three presidents have done, as an example...erring on the side of more disclosure is better than less. It's not that hard. Here's my 35-pound 1040 Etc for 2011...here's my 35-pound 1040 Etc for 2010...etc.

I think we should all remember, however, that none of us would even know about his Swiss bank account had he chosen not to reveal it.
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I agree. I think he should release the customary. I don't think that the issue is just going to go away. The longer he holds out, the more negative he'll look.
 
TurtleDude said:
why do you ask such moronic questions? The fact is, if you Obama fans are so hell bent on getting one form of IRRELEVANT records why don't you demand your boy release other IRRELEVANT RECORDS.

The people demanding this aren't going to vote for Romney anyway--its a ploy to get the weak-minded upset
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Has Romney released his college transcripts or birth certificate yet????
 
TurtleDude said:
no one really objectively cares--but the class warfare dems know that running on Obama's pathetic record is a sure fire loser so they divert by demanding this stuff so they can pander to the low wattage minions who are upset that anyone is wealthy
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Funny how you keep claiming no one really cares about anything Romney, and yet the Romney campaign cares enough to not release them immediately when asked to. You should follow the campaign of your candidate more closely unless you are just writing this post to distract from Romney, in which case, it seems you do care.
 
Redress said:
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?
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Yes, anything and everything is fair game if it gets the public interested. If he can get away from releasing them without seeming like he's hiding something, good for him. If he can't, then his loss. The press should get on the scent of anything that could shed light on the character of the candidates, unfortunately, they leave the really ugly political dealings under rap, and go for soft balls like tax filings.

And yes turddy, that includes Obama's college records if enough people care, you should spend your time starting birther internet movements, instead of at the forum, if you want to see those records so badly.
 
Redress said:
The point being however is that school records are significantly different than financial records, and one key difference is that school records are not the topic of the thread.
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They are both wanted because those who want it released think they are damaging to the candidates, in that sense they are the same, the difference in substance is that Obama's school record no longer tells us about his "intelligence" as the person he is, Romney financial management in the past few years tells us a lot about his beliefs on taxes and money management - which really most people ought to know already. But really, if the Romney campaign and the Republicans think that they can gain an advantage by forcing the issue on Obama's school and birth records, they would, but they don't. The Democrats obviously believe it is otherwise with Romney's records, and if Romney disagrees, release those records and it if there's nothing, it will go away.
 
TurtleDude said:
no need to-your posts are a treasure trove of class envy, whining about the rich and unionista nonsense
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Nah. Randel isn't as bad as haymarket. I sense there is still good in him. :)
 
SheWolf said:
I agree. I think he should release the customary.
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and what is the customary, if Presidents Clinton, Bush Sr, Reagan, and Carter all released nothing?

I don't think that the issue is just going to go away. The longer he holds out, the more negative he'll look.
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I think that might be correct, which makes me wonder if they are timing this.
 
Lets get this straight ... Romney at Bain make hundreds of millions by bankrupting companies and sending jobs overseas ...

Romney’s Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas - The Washington Post

Mitt Romney’s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.

During the nearly 15 years that Romney was actively involved in running Bain, a private equity firm that he founded, it owned companies that were pioneers in the practice of shipping work from the United States to overseas call centers and factories making computer components, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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... then Romney opens some Swiss bank accounts, a few in the Cayman islands to avoid taxes on those millions?

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/08/investigating-mitt-romney-offshore-accounts

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
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I wonder what all those undecided voters in Ohio and Florida think of Romneyburton?
 
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Dion said:
Lets get this straight ... Romney at Bain make hundreds of millions by bankrupting companies and sending jobs overseas ...

Romney’s Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas - The Washington Post




... then Romney opens some Swiss bank accounts, a few in the Cayman islands to avoid taxes on those millions?

Investigation: Mitt Romney



I wonder what all those undecided voters in Ohio and Florida think of Romneyburton?
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Perhaps Pelosi and Wasserman Shultz will lead the way making their financial details public, and only then "demand" that Romney do so. It is such a hoot that "the press" is not asking those elected officials, crowing the loudest about this "issue", to do as they SAY is proper. Hmm...
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Perhaps Pelosi and Wasserman Shultz will lead the way making their financial details public, and only then "demand" that Romney do so. It is such a hoot that "the press" is not asking those elected officials, crowing the loudest about this "issue", to do as they SAY is proper. Hmm...
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You realize neither one of them is running for president, right? You are doing the classic diversion move, pointing at others instead of addressing the issue.
 
Redress said:
You realize neither one of them is running for president, right? You are doing the classic diversion move, pointing at others instead of addressing the issue.
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And just what is "the issue", if not to pretend that they do not do EXACTLY what they are saying is "unique" to Romney? One was second in line for the presidency and the other is not only an elected official but the head of the DNC. For them to say that Romney should issue MORE financial data from years ago, he has already released his current return, simply because they "say so", yet at the same time saying that SAME information about them is "not relevant", as you do, is a hoot. Just why is only the executive, and not all lawmakers, subject to this "open and honest" disclosure of their personal finances? The president can not make law or appropriate funds, yet the congress can and does constantly. Ask yourself which DC position is more subject to corruption, those that actually make the law (including earmarks) or those that may only either sign or veto it? Sitting back and demanding others do as they say, yet not as they do, is the ultimate hypocrisy.
 
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TurtleDude said:
remind me when Obama actually released his birth certificate?
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I still comfused about this. Obama's birth certificate is bound in a goverment owned, by the State of Hawaii, book. It's been there for a long time, since a short time (they bind them in a book when they have a bunch) after his birth. How do you release a document that is already a public record?

And this applies to TheDemSocialist also with your "April 27, 2011 i believe?" answer.
 
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ARealConservative said:
unfair an unAmerican.

lmfao. emptier debate words have never been uttered.
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It seems I have hit a nerve. You should learn the meaning of both words. That knowledge will greatly assist you in discussing these issues where you encounter people pushing both concepts.
 
TurtleDude said:
the only thing they deeply care about is trying to smear Romney for being rich

and your posts continue to prove that.
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What baloney. Worse - yesterdays baloney. Lots of people are not supporting Romney but have no trouble supporting plenty of people who were rich. I do not support Romney but I supported Kerry and the Kennedy's. I have no trouble at all seeing my money going to the likes of Steven Speilberg or Bruce Springsteen and others who are filthy rich and deserve every penny they make. Nobody is trying to SMEAR THEM because they are rich. You FAIL right out of the gate with that assertion.
 
Lets get this straight ... Romney at Bain make hundreds of millions by bankrupting companies and sending jobs overseas ...

Romney’s Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas - The Washington Post

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.
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... then Romney opens some Swiss bank accounts, a few in the Cayman islands to avoid taxes on those millions?

Investigation: Mitt Romney

Another question ... considering Romney's verbose touting of himself yet vague platform that he knows how to create jobs (no real plan in place). Is his past business and personal finance a fair issue to be made public?

Has any other POTUS not released records or had offshore Swiss and Cayman Island bank accounts (note in the excess of 30 million) ?

Romney ... on top of his vast wealth likes the thought of being POTUS with his rich guy haircut ... yet he is a poseur that panders to any base, a career politician who loses and he is challenging an incumbent who took a country going into a nose dive and leveled the plane.
 
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