And what did Kennedy do? Maybe Romney learned his lesson from that guy.
He refused. So? Does Kennedy’s behavior justify anything?
Oh, dear Og, you’re not going to pull the “liberal hypocrisy!” schtick on us, are you? If you do, you gotta send Bricker a dollar, he owns that one now.
Actually, there’s way more than enough to go around.
I was referring to when he was running against Shannon O’Brien in Massachusetts. When he was asked why he hadn’t released his tax returns when Mrs O’Brien had, his counter was pretty much her husband hasn’t released his.
No, but it might explain something.
Well, according to these guys, yeah…
So, he saw the light? He had a “come to Jesus” moment, but it was Ted? Possible, I guess. Not buying any just yet, but possible. Heaven knows what thoughts crackle through the circuits of an animatronic Candidate.
Like who? The Easter Bunny? It will be interesting to see you decry all the candidates of all the major parties this fall…
I just wanted to say that this was really nice post that got lost in the noise. If he paid very, very little in taxes relative to most Americans, it’s reasonable to ask if he will favor tax policies that strengthen and perpetuate that system, not ones that best serve the country. Because of his great wealth, there is potentially a whole lot of money at stake.
A reasonable person might well decide that the apparent conflict of interest is not that big of a deal or is irrelevant, but it’s not a crazy question to ask in the first place, nor is it anything remotely like demanding he pay more taxes than he owes.
Well, Congress sets the tax rates, so maybe you should look more closely at the rich folks there. But Romney paid more federal income taxes than “most Americans” whether you look at the absolute amount or the tax rate since most Americans pay no federal income tax at all.
Now, you can argue that someone like Romney should pay more, but that’s a different argument. He paid $6.2M in federal income taxes in 2010, so I think we can safely say he paid a lot more than “most Americans”.
The left have learned to play the game.
Apparently Mitt needs to prove he is not a unicorn. :rolleyes:
And seems Mitt was allegedly born in the Cayman Islands, unless he proves otherwise. Too bad Cayman has no jus soli citizenship. Maybe Mitt really is a stateless personthen!? :eek:
That is rough for Mitt considering the Birthers have turned on him!? :dubious:
Or we could all come back to reality and have a campaign on the issues that matter. Nah! Never happen.
For me, a couple grand.
I could take the the time required to wade through all the forms for a complicated return or pay the cost of hiring a tax professional to do it for me. Cheaper to just pay the IRS some unearned money.
According to Republicans, every dollar in Romney’s pockets is good for the country, and anything which puts more dollars in his pockets is better for the country. We’ll never know if they truly believe it or not, but the idea is that those tax policies which strengthen and perpetuate that system really are those that best serve the country.
Now, let’s be fair. We don’t know that Beck killed anyone after raping them. It could have been before raping them. Or maybe he only killed them. Or only raped them. Or just urinated on them. Or nothing. We… just… don’t know.
Do you mean “intramural”?
It won’t. McCain hates Romney.
Good burn.
I am not denying it’s a complex issue and there’s things to discuss. My point is merely that there are things worth discussing about not just the amount of tax he pays but the type of tax–carried interest and capital gains, most specifically. I mean, if Obama had some sort of complex position on intellectual property and copyright and taxes on profits earned through holding a copyright, the fact that a significant portion of his wealth comes from books he wrote would be relevant to the discussion. The issues of taxing and regulating the financial markets are relevant right now. They are going to be a big part of the national discussion for the next four years. It’s not unreasonable for a voter to want to know the extend of Romney’s financial interest in these markets.
Note that I am not in any way defending Reid’s tactics. That’s just the worst sort of smeary, ugly politics. But there are reasons beyond making political hay for wanting to see the returns.
I just made that word up. ‘Internecine’ was in vogue a couple of years ago.
Wow, the amount of Republican reality disassociation is by mags and John in the last couple of pages is staggering. :eek:
With Mags its pretty much permanent, John just has these spasms every once in a while.
Can you point out something form my posts that is staggeringly disassociated from reality?
Well, your assumption that we should all be okay with it if Romney paid no taxes at all, for one thing. Remember, he’s the presumptive nominee of the party that constantly bitches about how half the population pays no federal income tax.
You can quote the post where I said that?