Romney is Still Buying Houses

[DonViejo]

New York Times: "Despite being dinged for conspicuous real estate consumption in 2012, he's building a not-at-all-humble mansion in Utah, with 5,900 square feet of living space, an outdoor gazebo, fire pit and spa. (Another 1 Percent touch: a 'secret door' leading to a storage room.) It will be Mr. Romney's fifth home - or his fourth - details, details - if he manages to sell his $12 million waterfront estate in La Jolla, Calif. (of car-elevator fame)"

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/10/01/romney_is_still_buying_houses.html

[get the red out]

1. Come on, leave him alone

He needs his holy-land house!

[bklyncowgirl]

2. Well at least he'll have to pay property taxes.

He seems to get around the income taxes pretty well.

[yeoman6987]

5. He doesn't have income

What job does he have? All he has done in 12 years is run for President.

[merrily]

8. No salary or earned income, but scads of income.

[yeoman6987]

13. Well yeah. Investment income which is totally different

We all one day are not going to have a job and will be forced to rely on our SS and investment income.

[merrily]

16. You questioned his duty to pay income tax. I replied to that.

However, I don't know if all his payout from Bain represents retirement benefits or profits from companies that Bain purchased or invested in while Romney was working for Bain.

[onethatcares]

15. I understood that guys like him

borrow money from their corporations and then pay it back slowly, deducting interest on what they borrowed to live on.

what a freaking scam. He has no "income" per se, just a lot of loans.

[merrily]

17. No, he has income. He gets one or more pay outs from Bain and pays

income taxes. He does not pay a huge percentage of his income in taxes, but he pays income taxes. If he borrows, that is in addition to the taxable income he gets from Bain.

This was discussed at length during the 2012 campaign.

[FSogol]

3. That's nothing, soon he'll have his own planet!

[merrily]

18. How much is the gift tax on a planet?

Will he have the same size planet as the less wealthy Mormons? Or does income inequality continue throughout all eternity?

Does valuation of a planet go strictly by square footage, or does location matter?

Where is God's planet? Doesn't He deserve one?

Will Mitt's planet have a garage elevator for his planet rover vehicles?

Inquiring minds want to know!

[FSogol]

19. Just like Mitt's other taxes, the rate will be zero.

[merrily]

21. He claimed he never paid less than 13.5% but also claimed

he never paid a cent more than he owed. However, for the year he produced--when he finally got done with his return, he owed less than 13.5%, but paid more. Guess he had to pick which thing to make himself a liar about and opted for "I never pay a cent more than I owe." Bet that was a tough choice, though maybe a bit less of a tough choice after that video hit the fan.

[valerief]

4. He's making his family buy black babies. Oh, yes, he's running for president. nt

[pinboy3niner]

6. It must be only 4 houses...

...because 5 houses would make a hotel.

[Tikki]

7. WHAT!!! California didn't lover him enough...

Dude, I can find about a million people here who will help you pack for the move...

The rest will just stand at the border and wave...goodbye.
Tikki

[Orsino]

9. Hell, yeah.

What the fuck was he trying pull in 2012, running for president with only four houses?

[Wellstone ruled]

10. McGrumpy had Nine houses.

Lets see,if he list this new house as his primary residence,he gets a 45% real estate tax break. Oh forgot,were are your tax returns Willard? Rumor has he is in line to take over his Cult. Just go away please cause it is so hard to be a Rmoney.

[MohRokTah]

11. He's a house hoarder.

Regular hoarders horde all sorts of crap in their house.

Romney hordes houses.

[Yavin4]

12. Most people hoard stuff in their house. Romney hoardes houses. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. If his private possessions could vote. he'd win in a landslide.... Or maybe not. Maybe

his houses and cars all think he's an unlikeable douche.

[DrDan]

20. there are lots of things to bash him over, how he decides to spend his money seems to be a silly one

[geek tragedy]

22. houses are people too, my friend nt