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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney Not Sure If He’s Ever Paid Tax Rate Lower Than 13.9 Percent (updated)
Romney Not Sure If Hes Ever Paid Tax Rate Lower Than 13.9 Percent
Mitt Romney said he doesnt know if hes ever paid a tax rate lower than 13.9 percent the rate he paid in 2010 according to the one year of tax returns he has released thus far the presumptive nominee told ABCs David Muir in an interview Sunday, via ABCs Emily Friedman.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-not-sure-if-hes-ever-paid-tax
Mitt Romney said he doesnt know if hes ever paid a tax rate lower than 13.9 percent the rate he paid in 2010 according to the one year of tax returns he has released thus far the presumptive nominee told ABCs David Muir in an interview Sunday, via ABCs Emily Friedman.
Emily Friedman@EmilyABC
Romney tells @DavidMuir he doesn't know if there was a year when he paid a tax rate lower than 13.9%. Says he'll have to go back and look.
Romney tells @DavidMuir he doesn't know if there was a year when he paid a tax rate lower than 13.9%. Says he'll have to go back and look.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-not-sure-if-hes-ever-paid-tax
Here's an idea: Release your tax returns, Mitt. All of them, in full.
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Updated to add this from Think Progress:
...Mitt Romney has thus far refused to heed the call from a growing number of people within the Republican party to release more tax returns. And during an interview with ABCs David Muir from Israel, the former Massachusetts governor revealed that the documents may show that he paid very little in taxes:
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/29/602501/romney-doesnt-know-if-he-paid-a-tax-rate-lower-than-139
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Romney Not Sure If He’s Ever Paid Tax Rate Lower Than 13.9 Percent (updated) (Original Post)
ProSense
Jul 2012
OP
If There Is One Thing This Vulture Knows, Ma'am, It is The Rate Of Tax He Pays
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#7
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. Willard -- the great American liar and fraud
Danmel
(4,924 posts)2. he is full of shit
You expect us to believe you don't know what tax rate you paid, Mr. finance Wizard??
You.have a paid staff.whose sole job in life is hiding your assets from the taxman. Wouldn't you enjoy.firing them if you paid one red cent more than you had to, Mister Believe in America, invest.in the Caymans???
GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)3. +1. He knows. Was a follow up question: So it's possible you paid lower?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)6. Exactly! n/t
eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)4. It's SOOOOO hard to keep track of your money ...
... when you have so much of it.
Really, it's almost not worth having.
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)5. Gee, maybe HE should see his tax returns.
"Not sure?" Who does he think will believe that?
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)7. If There Is One Thing This Vulture Knows, Ma'am, It is The Rate Of Tax He Pays
This statement is a flat confession there are years in which he paid far less than 13.9%....
"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."