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2016 Postmortem

babylonsister

(171,035 posts) Fri Jan 27, 2012, 09:00 PM Jan 2012

"The blind trust is an age-old ruse...."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/27/flashback_of_the_day.html

January 27, 2012

Flashback of the Day

"The blind trust is an age-old ruse. You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don't invest in properties which would be in conflict of interest or where the seller might think they're going to get an advantage from me."

-- Mitt Romney, in a 1994 debate with Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA).

Romney currently defends his own investments on the grounds he can't control money in a "blind trust."