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Re: Swiss Mystery - swampy - 07-18-2012
Only the smart rich people have Swiss Bank accounts. Obama doesn't.
Re: Swiss Mystery - Lemon Drop - 07-18-2012
"I am not a crook."
Mitt, it's not too early to start using that.
Re: Swiss Mystery - Lemon Drop - 07-18-2012
"WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has been determined to resist releasing his tax returns at least since his bid for Massachusetts governor in 2002 and has been confident that he will never be forced to do so, several current and former Bain executives tell The Huffington Post. Had he thought otherwise, say the sources based on their longtime understanding of Romney, he never would have gone forward with his run for president."
Might still be time for that brokered convention Sarah Palin wants.
Re: Swiss Mystery - swampy - 07-18-2012
I don't think there is anything in the Constitution calling for a candidate to release tax returns. It is usually done more as a courtesy than anything.
Why are you folks so upset? He realeased his 2010 taxes earlier and said he would release more information later. Who is Huffington to demand that he do so right now? Was there some kind of deadline?
Manufactured crisis.
Re: Swiss Mystery - August West - 07-18-2012
I agree swampy, there is not a constitutional requirement and it is a courtesy. If Romney chooses to be discourteous towards the electorate, well, let the chips fall where they may. As a voter, I expect him to disclose, and I think many others do also. If I recall, the conservative National Review editorialized that Romney needs to disclose the tax forms.
Re: Swiss Mystery - mick e - 07-18-2012
But swampy - you are so interested in dissecting the minutia of Obama's life - why are you not so inspred by Mitt Romney?
Re: Swiss Mystery - $tevie - 07-18-2012
mick e wrote:
But swampy - you are so interested in dissecting the minutia of Obama's life - why are you not so inspred by Mitt Romney?
Honest to God, that is the truth. People expect Obama to tell them every teeny detail of his life -- but ask Romney to simply do this one pretty common thing and OH MY GOD IT'S SO WRONG!
Re: Swiss Mystery - Lemon Drop - 07-18-2012
swampy wrote:
It is usually done more as a courtesy than anything.
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Absolutely not. We have strict laws requiring that candidates disclose information about their finances. Those disclosures sometimes raise questions about the ethics or legality of the person's activities. In the interest of being above reproach, candidates also release their tax returns. For the past 40 years, nearly every person running for President has released his returns.
No previous candidate for President in the US had a Swiss bank account.
Refusing to further answer those questions leaves the candidate open to suspicion, something to which his party would object. GOP primary voters took a huge risk on this guy, even though the potentially explosive problems were pointed out by his opponents.
You chose him, he's all yours.
Re: Swiss Mystery - michaelb - 07-18-2012
Of all the feigned controversies over the years, criminal tax evasion certainly seems relevant and important to the question of a candidate's fitness. That has be very unlikely here, but at the same time, it seems hard to see these questions going away, or the election occurring without full disclosure.
Re: Swiss Mystery - (vikm) - 07-18-2012
swampy wrote:
Why are you folks so upset?
Better question is, why isn't everyone upset? People are so fixated on our team vs. their team, win at all costs mentality, that common sense is completely ignored. If this was the other way around, Republicans would be frothing (see: birth certificate). Anyone not wanting to know what's up with the returns is an idiot regardless of party affiliation (if any).