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[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by scottw

I'm not a big Romney defender but his entire income is investment income, he's paying the going rate for capital gains, I also think a lot of Americans have investments "off shore" in foreign investment through their portfolios so I hope you don't fault him, he says he getting no unusual tax advantages from those investments and all of his investments have been in a blind trust since 2002/3....I guess you just fault him for being a rich stiff with no charisma?

scott - I dont fault him at all. Based on the current economic climate, I highly doubt his electability given the % of income tax he pays. He will get killed in the media.

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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

scott - I dont fault him at all. Based on the current economic climate, I highly doubt his electability given the % of income tax he pays. He will get killed in the media.

It will kill him if he continues to act like he's hiding something.

There was an interesting article the other day about Romney's taxes...that what he's hiding is how he's used shifting IRA's to get around the IRS's yearly contribution limits. Don't know if it's BS or not.

What I do find is that Romney's difficulty in answering the tax question is really, really odd. He's got an army of highly paid advisers that clearly aren't doing their job.

If he did have a tax issue you'd think he would have fixed it when he ran 4 years ago.

-spence

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by spence

It will kill him if he continues to act like he's hiding something.
There was an interesting article the other day about Romney's taxes...that what he's hiding is how he's used shifting IRA's to get around the IRS's yearly contribution limits. Don't know if it's BS or not.
What I do find is that Romney's difficulty in answering the tax question is really, really odd. He's got an army of highly paid advisers that clearly aren't doing their job.

If he did have a tax issue you'd think he would have fixed it when he ran 4 years ago.
-spence

That, and I think if he really wanted to shut the door, he'd release them back a few years. to me, it makes it seem he doesn't want it known how much he earned in previous years...

It sounds like Newt is finally getting around to releasing his FMae/FMac contract and documents

I don't think his net worth bothers people, I have to agree with Jeff for once... it is more than he wasn't prepared to deal with this!

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

I don't think his net worth bothers people, I have to agree with Jeff for once... it is more than he wasn't prepared to deal with this!

It will matter to those who are going to vote for Obama regardless which means it doesn't really matter.

-spence