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Should Mitt release his tax returns?
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SaltyDawg
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No. As his own father said, anyone can fake it for a year or two. He should release like 10 years. Or at the very least release the last 4 years, plus from 2000 to 2003 (to prove he really wasn't with Bain anymore).
Well you aren't running for president on the premise that your business skills are just what the economy needs, either. If you were, then I would expect you to release your taxes too. Especially if your own father was the one who started the precedent of releasing many years of taxes, and there were big time questions about how you actually made your money.
margodydek
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So should the NBA player paying $30K a month in child support pay more?
And explain the "acknowledging" part and how it pertains to Mitt. Because I'm confused. Maybe he hasn't paid the percentage of taxes that you may like, but you can't argue the man's contributed more to the IRS than I (and I'm assuming you) could pay in 15 lifetimes.
I want to see 20, and info on what he did at Bain, plus Marriot, and whatever else he was involved with.
Tax returns are just a starting point.
He is running on policies and a supposed track record that make his business and financial background highly relevant.
Anything less than 12 is less than what his Dad did, right?
Tax returns are just a starting point.
He is running on policies and a supposed track record that make his business and financial background highly relevant.
Anything less than 12 is less than what his Dad did, right?
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So basically you want every intimate detail of his life story. Good luck with that.
SaltyDawg
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The NBA player should spend some time with the kid. And Mitt should release his taxes.
I don't care about how much Mitt paid. But his argument of "I have released all of the info that I am legally obligated to release" is about as lame as the NBA player who thinks sending a check to his baby's momma every month is good enough because that is all he is legally required to do.
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margodydek
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So your analogy equates a divorced dad spending time with his kids to Mitt releasing his taxes? Got it.
Edit: And for what it's worth, I think we've been arguing different points all along. You've been saying that he should release his taxes - which I agree with (Obama's asking for 3 more years '07-'09) and I think that is something that Romney should do.
I've been arguing that the man, regardless of the percentage, has paid his "fair share" of taxes to this country, and not only that, but he's given up his chance to earn a lot more money to, in turn, serve in the public sector with the hopes of improving his country.
But back to your point, I totally think it's absurd that he hasn't released more tax returns.
To compare the two is absurd. I think Mitt is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. If I was in his position I would not release them because I would not have anything to gain by doing so.
To be honest I know some dads that a monthly check is all the contact they should have with their kids.
SaltyDawg
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I am pointing out that simply "meeting the legal requirement" isn't always (and often isn't) good enough for really important things. Meeting the legal requirement is more like doing the bare minimum.
Yes.
SaltyDawg
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Why is it absurd? The analogy is spot on- both are meeting the legal requirement and think that is all that should be expected. The guy paying his child support would probably think it's an absurd comparison for the opposite reason as you (he would actually think Mitt should release his taxes, like most people do).
Mitt may be damned if he does, damned if he doesn't, I agree. Presidents are often forced to make tough choices like that. It's nice to know that Mitt will throw the American people under the bus and look out for himself if he is faced with such a choice as president.
Also, may times doing the legal requirement is not 'all' you're doing.
I know a guy that pays, to his ex, only what the court demanded .. but then he takes care of his kids' schooling, college funds, puts monies into retirement for them, etc .. he just doesn't want to hand all the money to the ex.
I know a guy that pays, to his ex, only what the court demanded .. but then he takes care of his kids' schooling, college funds, puts monies into retirement for them, etc .. he just doesn't want to hand all the money to the ex.
What do his taxes have to do with the premise that his business skills are what the economy needs? I don't see the connection.
What does his father have to do with anything? I don't see the connection.
And I haven't seen very many people saying that there are "big time questions" about how he made his money.
Do the American people actually want him to release 4 (or whatever) years of tax records? I haven't seen any surveys or heard any outcries that indicate that. People like yourself who are demanding that he release more tax info are very small in numbers, and nearly all among the democratic opposition. Or so it seems to me.