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ProgressiveEconomist

(5,818 posts)
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 12:28 AM Feb 2012

Mitt's tax returns back to at least 1985 were 'out there' [View all]

Mitt's tax returns back to at least 1985 were 'out there'

According to barackobama.com, somebody reviewed them for John McCain when Romney was being considered for Republican Vice_President nominee (the job of course went to Sarah Palin instead). I wonder how many people saw those tax returns and how many kept secret copies. If there's at least one set of those returns still hidden in some lockbox, I wonder what it would take to get hold of them.

"News" organizations IMO likely would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for them. A leak from a 2012 campaign outsider seems to me to be a much more likely path than disclosure from Mitt himself to learning how much Mitt paid in taxes during his Bain years (1984-199).

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?

From http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/mitt-romneys-tax-return-a-break-with-tradition

Mitt Romney's Tax Return: A Break With Tradition

"... Mitt Romney's single tax return fails to meet the standard of releases set by past candidates who have released anywhere from eight to 14 years of returns. When he wanted to be vice president in 2008, Romney disclosed 23 years of tax returns to Senator John McCain. Now, as he's running for president, he's only given the American people one year."

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I'm guessing his effective tax rate will drop even lower... krispos42 Feb 2012 #1
After looking at them, Team McCain said "no way" JohnnyRingo Feb 2012 #2
I Doubt They Got More Than Standard Disclosures... KharmaTrain Feb 2012 #3
Whatever they got surely ProgressiveEconomist Feb 2012 #4
Mittens In A Catch 22... KharmaTrain Feb 2012 #5
Millard NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #6
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