Will Romney ever HAVE to release his Tax Returns?

[Logical]

This story could become interesting.

I guess he is not legally required until he is elected?

[Pholus]

1. Only if we remind him every chance we get.

What's good for the leftie is good for the rightie I always say...

[dimbear]

2. If wishes come true and he doesn't get the nomination, it never comes out.

Devoutly to be wished.

[cthulu2016]

3. No, he won't have to

It is up to an informed electorate to make of that what they will.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Until he does, we are free to speculate on what he's hiding.

I think his tax returns will show he paid no income taxes in the last decade. Pass it on.

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. It is a catch22 for him,

but if he is the nominee I see no way out for him. He will kinda have to.

[nevergiveup]

6. No, but the press will hound him to do it

and he will probably release it sooner than later. I do find it astonishing that he thought he could get by without releasing it. I truly underestimated the degree of his arrogance.

[onenote]

7. I suspect that if he gets the nomination he will

Actually, his not releasing them at this stage is pretty much par for the course. Obama didn't release his until March and HRC released hers in April.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/16/democratic-national-committee/dnc-says-presidential-candidates-usually-release-t/

Also, as far I can tell, even Presidents aren't "legally required" to release their returns.

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. Tax returns only speak to income and deductions

not asset holdings and shit stuffed away in offshore accounts, but it is a first step.

[jberryhill]

9. Someone will release a fake one

It will be awful. We will run with it. He will release the real one, and the electorate in general will assume it's all a tempest in a teapot over competing allegations.

[global1]

10. No Tax Return Disclosure - No Nomination - No Presidency.......

it's that simple. Any presidential candidate should be required to release their tax forms. They don't release them it means they are hiding something from the American people. There should be complete transparency if one wants to be president.

[freshwest]

11. Those who would vote for him would never hold him to the same standard as liberal office seekers.

That fiscal accountability crap is for government-loving lefties.

Mittens doesn't need any help from the tax payers, so that makes him a saint.

If he got out of paying taxes, that just shows what a smart business guy he is and how well he'd do as POTUS.

Asking about it is a sign of jealousy, class warfare and none of our beeswax!



That's what all the wingnuts think.

Liberals are stunned at the nerve of this expecting GOP candidates to respect the public's need to know.

Another mind-blowing learning experience this year.

[thelordofhell]

12. Hopefully he'll do a Howard Stern

And just quit instead of revealing how disgustingly rich he is

[rufus dog]

13. Forget that, I want his Birth Certificate!

I think it is more likely to get a Manufactured On date. I bet his ass had an inspected by #36 tucked between the cheeks.

[Politicalboi]

14. This isn't for "peons" to see

He will release them only in a quiet room with quiet people. LOL! This is too heavy for the average Joe.

[DCBob]

15. Only in "quiet rooms".

[BeyondGeography]

16. He doesn't think so

I think he's wrong. The media loves "what are you hiding?" stories. They're easy and they make the media think they're powerful because people almost always knuckle under. So, with a minimal amount of prodding from our side, the story should have enough legs to male Romney want to kill it.

The one caveat is media bosses might see an opportunity for guilt-free personal wealth shelters and wealth obfuscation if Mitt gets all the way to the WH without showing how little he pays. The corporate creeps of America will be rooting hard for Willard and if he wins while striking a blow against transparency so much the better.

[dems_rightnow]

17. There's no legal requirment to release one's tax returns.

But everyone eventually does, and I suspect Romney will end up doing the same.