Bain Documents: Romney Offshore Investments Used 'Blockers' To Avoid Taxes

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11. Actually, the article doesn't say whether he did or didn't take the amnesty

(or even if he definitely NEEDED to take it) but his refusal to release 2008/9 is VERY suggestive, I'd say.

None of this is proof that Romney is guilty of felony tax fraud, of course. On the other hand, it is curious that John McCain would have gone for the loopy lady from Wassilla and rejected Romney as his running mate back in 2008. Mitt was seriously in the running as a candidate for the job of VP on the McCain ticket at one point, and the UBS scandal broke right when McCain was picking his running mate. It seems logical that McCain's vetting team would have asked Romney if the scandal might touch him. Maybe they ruled him out of contention when they got the answer.

In any case, running for president is not for sissies, and there is no presumption of innocence in politics. If Romney did not commit tax fraud back in 2008 and earlier, and did not avail himself of the IRS's 2009 tax amnesty program, he should have to prove it by releasing his 2007, 2008 and 2009 taxes, and, if the 2007 and 2008 filings turn out to have been belatedly corrected, he should have to show the original filings too.http://www.nationofchange.org/mitt-romney-trying-avoid-having-admit-massive-tax-fraud-1345555415

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