accumulated over a period of time. But it was just speculation as to what could be so shocking to the American people, the info revealed in unleashed past tax returns would crescendo into a picture that outraged the voting American people to the level the candidate's mere quest for the White House would become pure anathema to them. I was very surprised to see the essence of what I was suggesting appear in the Washington Post and reported on the front page of DU this morning. Here is a quote and a link to that thread:
"Tax Havens. Offshore accounts. Carried Interest. Mitt Romney has used every trick in the book,” the narrator says. “Romney admits that over the last two years he’s paid less than 15 percent in taxes on $43 million in income. Makes you wonder if some years he paid any taxes at all. We don’t know because Romney has released just one full year of his tax returns. And won’t release anything before 2010.”
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014168521
Look particularly at the phrases "makes you wonder if some years he paid any taxes at all", "carried over interest" and the admission that Romney has made that some years he paid less than 15 percent.
This whole hypothetical could be a reality. The only question now remaining is if that is true, to what extent will the outrage by voters explode? Or will it at all?
And it would be wonderful to know if he is indeed in that group petitioning to bring his funds home if the government would agree to tax it at no more than 5 percent. Now that will be stunning if true.
Sam
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