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(1,881 posts)the odds are that Romney took advantage of the IRS's amnesty for tax cheats.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)The question is how it will come to light.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)it does seem that the Obama team is very confident about this.
I don't think they'd be so dumb as to set themselves up to
look like idiots if it turns out there's nothing significant there.
emulatorloo
(44,124 posts)Maybe from the McCain campaign, who had 20 years of Mitt's tax returns.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)which is damaging in itself I think. More would be better of course.
progressoid
(49,990 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)He's screwed if he releases them....I think he'd rather give up the nomination.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)dressed like IRS agents!
Jessy169
(602 posts)I'm buying my IRS Agent costume now.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Oh crap, there goes the Mormon vote
When he has his annual interview by the Stake President and Bishop, one of the 10 questions they will ask him is if he has fully tithed. I think it is considered to be 10%. If he passes all 10 questions, he get's his Temple Card. Without it, he cannot enter the Temple. The reality of it is, Romney is equally hiding his money from his church as he is the IRS. While he's probably a devout LDS, I doubt he likes parting with 10% of his income annually.
randr
(12,412 posts)is all the public needs to know he is hiding something.
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)As I recall, that was a couple of years ago that IRS was giving amnesty if you revealed your Swiss account. That would explain his only going back a year. Hmmmmmmm...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)K & R
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)or does it just look bad?
Smilo
(1,944 posts)Nicole Sandler standing in for Randi Rhodes had a brilliant guest on - Brad Friedman - who writes - http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9397
Here is a snippet..........
To date, there has been no legitimate explanation for Mitt Romney having cast a vote in the January 2010 Special Election for the U.S. Senate between Scott Brown and Martha Coakley. At the time of his vote (which he has admitted doing) he owned no house in MA, and yet he was registered to vote from the address of his son's unfinished basement in Belmont, MA.
................... snip...............
The state's requirements for residency for the purposes of voting are quite clear in MA. Ones residence must be "where a person dwells and which is the center of his domestic, social, and civil life," according to state law. Yet, the evidence demonstrating that Romney ran afoul of those requirements in order to vote in that election are similarly clear, at least as fairly meticulously compiled by a former Republican Presidential candidate last year.
Romney's 2010 state tax return, which he still refuses to release, even though he finally released his federal return from that same year, likely shows that he did not pay state income tax in MA, but rather declared himself to be a NH resident for its more friendly tax purposes.
Such a declaration, if revealed via his 2010 state tax return, would underscore the apparent fact that Mitt Romney himself is actually a voter fraud felon.
Rhiannon12866
(205,326 posts)Deserves it own post! And hopefully will soon be front page news everywhere...
chknltl
(10,558 posts)I too listened to that show. Heard same info earlier from Brad Friedman when he guest hosted for Mike Malloy a week or so ago.
This revelation is significant on another level as well: 'VOTER FRAUD'. The GOP is doing real ELECTION FRAUD and VOTER PURGING tactics under the guise of preventing voter fraud. The very last thing they want brought to full public awareness are these tactics. If it comes to light that Mitt committed actual voter fraud himself, these anti democracy tactics should get the public airing that we in the DU have sooooo longed for!
Furthermore this could have a significant impact on Holder's current efforts against these GOP tactics as well!
This needs to be a topic of discussion here in the DU.
PDJane
(10,103 posts)That means it's not a blind trust under the rules, because there is no firewall. Crooks and Liars has a full explanation here:
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/mitt-romneys-ethics-problem-blind-trust-edi
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)This is a message along with the Bain Capital message that must be saturated everywhere nonstop!!