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Re: Swiss Mystery - swampy - 07-18-2012
Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=swampy]
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.
Financial disclosures, yes, but tax form is a different thing. Please point me to the federal law that says a presidental candidate must release a tax return. States may require one to be on the ballot, but I don't recall a federal law.
No previous candidate for President in the US had a Swiss bank account.
So what? Having a Swiss bank account is NOT a crime. You do know that Romney's assets have long been in a blind trust and he doesn't control where the money goes.
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.
Hey, we all know Romney is super rich. So it looks suspicious, so does the fact that Obama's never released school records or Selective Service records and his passport /visa records have been sealed. What's Obama hiding?
Re: Swiss Mystery - swampy - 07-18-2012
michaelb wrote:
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.
Romney hasn't complied with the oppositions demands or timeline ergo the uproar. He will release the information in his own good time and then the Dems will pour over it and pick it apart and find fault whether it's there to be found or not. Why don't you wait for the reveal before you condem him? Oh, I forgot, it's not the Chicago Way.
Re: Swiss Mystery - john dough - 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?
Answer the damn question, Swampy.
If Romney has nothing to hide, why is he so adamant about not releasing his records? Having someone "pick apart" your finances is a cowards excuse for not doing it. He should have bigger stones than that, unless there are some nasty skeletons in there. If Democrats combing over his records frighten him, he really should not be running for ANY office.
He is running for the office of the President for hecks sake; you blast Obama here daily with all sorts of made up crises, yet there is a LOT of smoke with Romney that you are giving him a pass on - why is that?
Do you think it is ok for a candidate to hide business dealings (on one hand) yet broadcast that they were a good businessperson on the other?
Re: Swiss Mystery - swampy - 07-18-2012
Maybe he's not READY to have his stuff picked apart. All you have are suspitions and allegations. Why don't you wait till the stuff is released?????? He doesn't have to work on the oppositions time table. Patience grasshopper.
I don't have to answer your damn questioin, JD, but I will. I have not been a Romney fan even through the primaries because I can't see how he can defend himself on the healthcare issue. *I* didn't pick him. I'm registered "No Party" and could not vote in the primary election. I would have been happy with anybody else except Romney. I'm going to be voting what I believe is the lesser of two evils.
Now shut your mouth and go away.
Re: Swiss Mystery - john dough - 07-18-2012
He is running for president and is not ready????? REALLY??? The majority of Americans want to know what is behind Mitt, yet he and his supporters are running away from this as they are obviously hiding something.
Funny that you did not give the same benefit of the doubt to Obama when the birthers (including you) were/are up in arms.
I would bet $35 that you are not registered as "no party". You have been in the far right camp from day one.
No one is shutting up or going away here. If anything, they are exposing Mitt as a liar that he is and watching him, and his supporters, squirm in the process.
Re: Swiss Mystery - mick e - 07-18-2012
But you've had all your Obama questions answered, swampy - aren't you the least bit curious to learn something about Romney?
What if he's the REAL Socialist? What if he secretly shares a sleeping bag with Putin on hunting trips? What if he likes to get doinked by his dressage horse?
THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW!!!!!
Re: Swiss Mystery - Avenger - 07-19-2012
IRS is really failing Obama. I am sure White House has called them a dozen times by now.
Re: Swiss Mystery - swampy - 07-19-2012
He is running for president and is not ready????? REALLY??? The majority of Americans want to know what is behind Mitt, yet he and his supporters are running away from this as they are obviously hiding something.
Do you have a link to that? Majority? Who says?
Funny that you did not give the same benefit of the doubt to Obama when the birthers (including you) were/are up in arms.
We are still waiting. Patience is a virtue.
I would bet $35 that you are not registered as "no party". You have been in the far right camp from day one.
I have no reason to lie about this. I've said so since day one in this forum. I have even stated my reasons for dropping my former Democratic affiliation. I'll take a gift certificate at Amazon.
No one is shutting up or going away here. If anything, they are exposing Mitt as a liar that he is and watching him, and his supporters, squirm in the process
Squirming? You wish.
Re: Swiss Mystery - john dough - 07-19-2012
Google is your friend:
Surveys Say a Majority of People Want Romney to Release His Tax Returns
http://news.yahoo.com/surveys-majority-people-want-romney-release-tax-returns-192847097.html
Even people in his own party want him to come clean:
19 Prominent Republicans Who Want Romney To Release More Tax Returns Right Now
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/17/530121/15-prominent-republicans-who-want-romney-to-release-more-tax-returns-right-now/?mobile=nc
Remember, Romney was vetted by McCain's people and after seeing his tax records, they chose, of all people, Sarah Palin.
Only the most
You have been in the far right fringe from the beginning. This "no party" statement of yours carries about as much weight as your debating skills.
Seeing Mitt flap in the wind is just priceless. Karma is catching up with him, from being a homophobic bully in high school to forcing people to the poorhouse to lying about his finances and business record, things will fall off a cliff come November and I will be none the sadder for him.
Re: Swiss Mystery - RgrF - 07-19-2012
Avenger wrote:
IRS is really failing Obama. I am sure White House has called them a dozen times by now.
That would be both unethical AND illegal. Not that those obstacles would impede someone of your mindset, maybe you can worm your relatives in-waiting into government service to do your future bidding.
Amoral, immoral unethical and illegal are not the same thing in our lexicon, they seem to be in yours.