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The presumptive Republican presidential candidate was asked the oft-repeated question on his tax returns in a slightly different way: If Romney were to invest in a company that touted its management skills and "fiscal know-how," would he not want to see five years' worth of that company's financials?
"I'm not a business," Romney answered.
"Oh, that was a moment of humor as we had just done what we thought was impossible. We had raised $37 million from other people and institutions who entrusted us with their funds, and we thought it was a miracle that our group had been able to be so successful in fundraising.
United States In 2009, a federal U.S. tax amnesty was granted to more than 14,700 American taxpayers.
On June 26, 2012, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said the IRS offshore voluntary disclosure programs has so far collected more than $5 billion in back taxes, interest and penalties from 33,000 voluntary disclosures made under the first two programs.
Originally posted by DaTroof
For a country full of people who go to H&R Block or other tax filing agencies to "get the most back" on their returns, they're pretty hypocritical to attack one's financial history.
I don't like Romney, but he's allowed the exact same legally accepted methods for filing taxes as any other American.
Non story.
Originally posted by DaTroof
For a country full of people who go to H&R Block or other tax filing agencies to "get the most back" on their returns, they're pretty hypocritical to attack one's financial history.
I don't like Romney, but he's allowed the exact same legally accepted methods for filing taxes as any other American.
Non story.
Originally posted by DaTroof
reply to post by BritofTexas
I suppose you have a point concerning laws and know-how, but unless something has changed, the President isn't a CEO.
If anything, governing a state is a more accurate litmus test for Presidency. Let's dissect his record as Governor of Massachusetts.
Why is it so important to know how much Romney made or had taken in taxes?
to show that there is something wrong with Obama's citizenship and he is not even eligible. Find a new candidate.
If a politician is acting like a use car salesman that doesn't want you to see a carfax, then it's very likely something is wrong.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
What do you all hope to discover?
Why is it so important to know how much Romney made or had taken in taxes?
Should we base peoples posts on the money they make here at ATS?
Next to S & F & W & P & K should we also put net worth down as well? Because if you're basing Romneys ability to lead on nothing more than a dollar amount, then is that how you'd judge a thread or thread topic?
Originally posted by PrinceDreamer
reply to post by beezzer
Why is it so important to know how much Romney made or had taken in taxes?
I doubt people are concerned at how much money he made, success is still quite popular in the US, the problem stems from how much he was willing to screw the system in tax avoidance, or worse still in tax evasion.
It is not unreasonable to say that if he used every possible loophole to avoid paying tax that was due then he was more interested in serving himself rather than the nation, and if this is so, it may well be an indicator that he would be a self serving president, looking out for his interests and his cronies interest at the expense of the normal average American.
At a time when there is an uproar against the mega rich people and corporations avoiding tax and people wanting to see corporations and the mega rich paying their fair share just as every other American has to do, electing a man as president who has a personal history of tax avoidance (allegedly) will make the situation worse not better.
It is all well and good him saying he knows how business works, we all do, screw the little guy and feed the fat cat. Corporations have become soulless evil life draining machines, and a CEO of would being president will bring the same ethos to government. Although it could be argued government is already completely soulless