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KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
4. The Shirking Of Taxes Is More Damning...
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:42 PM
Jul 2012

Sadly we live in a greedy society...so much so that our culture stands in awe of those who cheat the system and win. For most of our lives the media has portrayed being rich as the ultimate dream and it doesn't matter how you get there. "Free enterprise" is considered sacred despite rules favoring the big and powerful over the little guy...and a large portion of the electorate has been brainwashed that any attack on wealth is generally from those who want the rich's money..."deadbeats", "welfare queens"...it's been a very effective campaing and worked well enough for Mittens to win in 2002.

The tax issue is another matter. No one likes a tax cheat...and this is especially the case in the wake of the financial collapse. Those taxes contain a lot of damning details as to how Willard paid little to no taxes for many years and even got credits on his loses. His Bain holdings surely sit in some offshore account and he surely brought a boatload ashore in '09. Those taxes will answer some questions and launch many many more. Mittens will not fully disclose...he can't.

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