Mitt Romney knows how to do a cost-benefit analysis, and he’s determined that it’s better to be dogged by reporters for failing to release his tax returns for the duration of the 2012 campaign than it is to make the documents public. Never mind that a majority of Americans – and a third of Republicans – think he should come clean.
It’s beyond obvious that whatever’s in those returns must be enough to do serious damage to Romney, or even sink his candidacy completely.
What might it be, exactly? In the vaccuum Romney has created by not disclosing, any number of theories have been floated as to what his returns could reveal. For your convenience, we’ve collected 10 theories that are making the rounds in the political press.
The Smirking Chimp (NOT Daily Kos ;-> )
The punchline:
Given Romney’s refusal to release his returns, this kind of speculation is entirely predictable. But the most likely reason Romney doesn’t want to release his returns is that they’ll cast a bright light on the aggressive tax avoidance strategies the super-rich use every day – strategies David Cay Johnston outlined so well in his excellent book, Perfectly Legal. The Romney campaign keeps assuring us that he paid all taxes required by law, and that very well might be the problem.
(Emphasis by TB3)
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Hey all 1% pay taxes on things they buy but income not so much that’s for us Main Streeters to pay know matter how poor you might be. I just love his tax plan for Amerika the rich/corp. don’t pay and everyone else pays more. The bat-shit-crazy-people approve of this plan.WTF
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They have another phrase they’re trying out. We “need to expand the taxpayer base”.
There is only one way to interpret this; more people need to pay taxes.
Who isn’t paying income tax, now?
Remember a few months ago when they were saying “half of America pays no taxes”, then moved on to “everyone should have some skin in the game”?
The one consistent message of the GOP is “we need to tax more poor people”.
And the press is virtually silent on it.
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ust letting you know again,
While I intend to write in Ron Paul, I could easily vote for Mitt.It is Obama who will not get two votes from me. The unknown is better and more novel than the known. The known has been a great disappointment.
Looks like Wisconsin got it’s Oct. surprise to end the 2nd amendment. The caught gunner, one of four gunners, has links to the USA FBI and was highly rewarded by the US military, while not honorably discharged. Isn’t that interesting? We have a step up in domstic violence during an election year, … while Obama is running.
http://www.alternet.org/progressive-wire/no-change-obama-gun-control-stance-after-shooting Let’s hope this is true. We all need to be packing.
Don’t drink and gun.The Sikh shooting was done by a guy who specialized in psyops for the military.
We have a UN that wants to end the right to bear arms.
Pieces of the puzzle. the global picture, while morphing all the time, is coming into view.
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Drills in Milwaukee prior to the shooting.’
There were drills in Denver or Aurora prior to it’s shooting.
There were drills prior tp 9-11.How many more people in this country have to die at the hands of our law enforcers and our intelligence agencies before the people in this country really catch on? It is like they have borrowed the playbook from the mossad. Kill your own people, blame someone else (already determined prior to the event, like in 9-11) and then further an anti-patriot agenda.
Always remember that the gun confiscation happened under Bush. This is not a party issue.
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I’m betting the guy voted reliably Republican.
The gunman who allegedly attacked a Sikh temple in southern Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four, was a “white supremacist skinhead” and “frustrated neo-Nazi” who led a white power punk and metal band, groups that track extremism said Monday.
Wade Michael Page, 40, was the founder of End Apathy, according to Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. In a blog post about Page, Potok cited an April 2010 interview that the alleged gunman gave to the “Uprise Direct” music website about the band’s work.
Just thought I’d point out, you did a pretty good job of pointing out differences between Democrats and Republicans. (Not a dig.)
“I intend to write in Ron Paul, I could easily vote for Mitt.
It is Obama who will not get two votes from me.”
Why, if there’s “no difference”?
“Always remember that the gun confiscation happened under Bush.”
Truth.
BTW, I’m not nearly as disappointed in Obama as I am in the Teabillies in the House and the obstructionist Republicans in the Senate. Crybaby Boner is the least effective Leader of the House I can remember, because he will NOT allow anything to pass that a Democrat might vote for, and the Teabaggers (along with Mitch McConnel) want the country to fail.
Against odds like that, I think Obama’s done fairly well.
PS – I don’t care if you don’t want to vote for Obama. My ONLY mission is to put a permanent stake through the heart of the malicious lie that “there’s no difference” between Democrats and Republicans. Vote for whoever you want. rMoney will win KS, which has a majority that’s so insane they elected Sam Brownback as Governor. We both know that.
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eric+holder+1995&oq=eric+holder+1995&gs_l=youtube.3..0l2.12053.18292.0.19677.16.9.0.7.7.0.85.684.9.9.0…0.0…1ac.N6pCHV8DQRI
Eric Holder 1995 We Must Brainwash People Against Guns
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Honestly, uni, you need to learn to get your news somewhere besides Infowars. Alex Jones is a kook, and not in a good way. (PS – I checked, and the “sikh shooter was psyops” is another Alex Jones CT.
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Hey, I just started to listen to infowars TODAY!! I never heard Alex Jones on his own radio show before today. TODAY!
Forge a new neuropathway just for me, dear.
It is also in some other places too.
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“Forge a new neuropathway just for me, dear.
Not that one.
Alex Jones doesn’t have a single cell that resides in this reality.
I’m going to bed, dear.
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Sweet dreams
you complain about infowars, which is listened to for the first time TODAY (way too soon to form an opinion). But holder is doing just that. I mean, it was Holder in that video. He did talk about changing the perception of people about guns. Scarey scat!!
But you are so readily willing to accept the brainwash from mainstream media, right, from the Sate mouthpiece? In fact, you are doing this “Let’s see your tax papers, Mitt.” just like the others say “Let’s see your birth certificate, Obama.”
Step off the wheel!! Get enlightened.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Eric+Holder+1195+brainswashing+abut+guns&form=MOZSBR&pc=MOZI
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I was fiddling around with the iTunes radio, making a favorite list and came upon his radio station. Mike Adams was hosting, and Alex was all over the place in Wisc. I think, and reporting in all the time.
I listened to a lot of stuff today. I listened to pagan stuff, and Buddhist stuff, and some Christian music, and some jazz. and some new age stuff and some oldies stations.
Mike Adams from natural news. I always go there to read.
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I think they are making the extreme rite a terrorist group just now. But they will get the leftists going too. Remember how leftist is such a bad word.
What he might have said not long ago:
“Hey you guys, we want to brainwash people against guns so lets get some skinheads to shoot up a church, kill some people. That will scare the scat out of people enough that we can start comprehensive gun legislation.”-
I’m not scared.
I’m heavily armed.
I hope I never
Let me repeat that
NEVER!
Have to use them.
But I think if we can get the baggers out of the house, the GOP out of the Senate, and continue to move the POTUS (not just this one) to the left, we still have a chance.
The only other way to look at it is, “let it burn”.
I’m not there, yet.
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I really want to get a gun, since i am gunless right now. Then I want to get a license to carry. And I want to take the safety course and learn to shoot it. And I want to get that done before son starts up for school, for he will be with me again this school year (I have the beloved dog this entire family fell in love with, and the one who disappeared on me for 30 minutes around 10 tonight.)
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Death and taxes, along with unnecessary medical bills!
Report: Komen misled on mammogram benefits
Charity overstated benefits, ignored risks, professors say
Author: By Saundra Young CNN Sr. Medical Producer
POSTED: 04:31 PM MDT Aug 02, 2012 UPDATED: 02:37 PM MDT Aug 06, 2012
breast cancer ribbonistock
(CNN) –What is really bad about this is that they were targeting Africa-American women. Oh so bad.
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I think there will be more shootings up until Nov. At this time, Obama will win, Then the shootings will stop.
We will be seeing more black-op events until the election .
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