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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 11:36 AM Jul 2012

Axelrod - Romney's accts in offshore tax havens would have repercussions in gov'ing decisions

53 minutes ago
Axelrod: Obama could have Swiss bank account if he wanted


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CNN's Kevin Liptak

(CNN) – Mitt Romney's accounts in offshore tax havens would have repercussions in essential governing decisions if he's elected president, a top adviser to President Barack Obama claimed Sunday.

David Axelrod said on CNN's "State of the Union" that Romney's accounts in places like Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda would cloud his decision-making on reforming the tax code, and that the current president had avoided such conflicts of interest in his own investing choices.

"We lose $100 billion a year to offshore tax shelters," Axelrod told CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley. "We've learned from the limited disclosure that he's made that Gov. Romney takes advantage of these. He had a Swiss bank account. He has a Bermuda holding company."

He continued, "When we go to reform the tax code, how does that inform his judgment? He's told us his business experience is the lens through which he's going to look at these decisions. We're getting a look at that experience, and people need to gauge, is that the kind of experience we want in the Oval Office?"

more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/15/axelrod-obama-could-have-swiss-bank-account-if-he-wanted/

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Axelrod - Romney's accts in offshore tax havens would have repercussions in gov'ing decisions (Original Post) maddezmom Jul 2012 OP
Good angle flamingdem Jul 2012 #1
Forget about his "decision making". Is it even possible for them NOT to affect everything????? patrice Jul 2012 #2
Tell it, Axelrod!! No shit! loudsue Jul 2012 #3
+1000 maddezmom Jul 2012 #4
Nicely done! Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #5
That won't be a problem. GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #6

patrice

(47,992 posts)
2. Forget about his "decision making". Is it even possible for them NOT to affect everything?????
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 11:47 AM
Jul 2012

I mean, all of it is affecting us NOW. How could that possibly just stop?

loudsue

(14,087 posts)
3. Tell it, Axelrod!! No shit!
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 12:31 PM
Jul 2012

This is the kind of message that people need to be aware of .... this is how the 1% are screwing our country...these so-called "job creators". They're only creating jobs overseas, where their money goes!

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
5. Nicely done!
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 02:43 PM
Jul 2012

Another good soundbyte. We need more of these. Drip, drip, drip.

Can't wait to hear the smooth-spin on being CEO while knowing "nothing" about what anyone who works for him is doing.

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