Can you imagine a POTUS who is a tax dodger?

[matmar]

Romney is a disgrace. What kind of message does that send to the country?

[AtomicKitten]

1. The Republican base will consider him using offshore tax havens a plus.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. no offense...but how is he a 'dodger'

that implies he is breaking the law...

sP

[uponit7771]

4. It being legal has nothing to do with the morality of the issue of putting on the backs of the...

...middle class the cost to fund this country

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. please see reply #7 n/t

[matmar]

5. None taken.....but..

Just because something is legal doesn't make it right.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. do you pay more than you legally have to?

it's a serious question and not meant to deflect the issue. I pay what I have to. No more. I shelter my money in IRA's and other vehicles. Does that make me a 'dodger'?

I don't like this argument that someone is a dodger because they use the law to the best of their ability (or accountant's ability). If you are truly upset about what he is doing...get the laws changed and don't bitch about the PERSON...bitch about the 12,000 page tax code.

sP

[matmar]

12. I'm not running for POTUS...

It doesn't matter that what he did/does is legal. It's an appearance of dodging his responsibility. For someone wanting to be Commander-in-Chief, it looks pretty weasily to hide your money from the defense of the country while insisting others pay the tab.

I don't disagree that the law should be changed. Merely pointing out the bad optics of his situation.

[mike_c]

3. I have a hard time imagining one who isn't....

Call me cynical, but I'll bet everyone who warms a chair in the oval office has a small army of tax accountants checking their returns and at least advising on every possible legal means of reducing their taxes. As far as I've been able to tell so far, what Romney does isn't the least bit illegal, and if it's unethical, then we have a tax code that encourages unethical financial behavior.

Oh, wait....

[HopeHoops]

6. Imagine? Why bother? Reagan, Bush, the shrub, and who knows how many others.

Yeah, I can imagine it because they do it.

To be fair, I can't say Democrats don't do it, but it is a sworn task of the GOP to dodge their own taxes while pumping up those of the "peons".

[WI_DEM]

8. Add Nixon to the list.

[HopeHoops]

10. He wasn't stupid - just an asshole.

On Edit:

Okay, Nixon was bad, but not stupid (and definitely an asshole), HOWEVER....

Johnson was also an asshole. I heard a correspondent on NPR (15 or so years ago) who was in the press corp at the time of the Viet Nam war. Someone asked Johnson why were even there, and he unzipped, whipped out his (quote: "rather large&quot johnson and slammed it on the desk in the Oval Office and said, "THIS is why we're in Viet Nam."

Note: That wasn't reported in the papers or on television at that time. It would be all over FOX Noise if it happened today.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

11. Maybe he can be Treasury Secretary instead and head the IRS n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. No.

I can however, imagine a Treasury Secretary being one.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. hahahaha... n/t