Tax Returns Smoke Hides a Blazing Inferno of Romney Lies

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Tax Returns Smoke Hides a Blazing Inferno of Romney Lies

By: Rmuse
August 4th, 2012


Most Americans have heard the saying “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” and one need not be an astrophysicist to catch the meaning. With all the smoke this past week regarding Willard Romney’s failure to release past tax returns, it is apparent there is a fire Romney is determined to extinguish to prevent the public from getting an accurate view of his finances. When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asserted a Bain investor, and a number of others, confided in him that Romney avoided paying taxes for 10 years, it fueled the fire that Willard has secrets he is desperate to keep under wraps. Romney is no stranger to concealing damaging information that could doom his chance of becoming president, and if there were only one aspect of his record he kept hidden, it is possible the press and public would not be so curious, but it is a recurring theme that transparency is not within his purview.

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Regardless if one supports or detests Willard Romney, it is impossible to come to any conclusion other than his tax returns are toxic. In particular, his 2009 return is very interesting because he most certainly recorded significant losses due to the market crash and subsequent recession. According to BusinessWeek’s Joshua Green, “It’s possible he suffered a large enough capital loss that, carried forward and coupled with his various offshore tax havens, he wound up paying no U.S. federal taxes at all in 2009. If true, this would be politically deadly for him.” Then there is the problem with Willard’s insistence he left Bain Capital in 1999.

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Willard Romney has earned the reputation as a pathological liar, and despite his claims he has done nothing illegal, there is obviously damaging information in his tax returns. There is even speculation he shortchanged his cult’s demand that members tithe 10% of their income. According to the Daily Caller, Mr. Mormon “under-tithed the church by paying 7% and 9.7% over a two year period” and it belies his claim that “I made a commitment to my church a long, long time ago that I would give 10 percent of my income to the church, and I’ve followed through on that commitment. So, if I had given less than 10 percent, then I think people would have to look at me and say, ‘Hey, what’s wrong with you, don’t you follow through on your promises?” Apparently not, and based on his penchant for lying, there is much more in the tax returns that will cause voters to say “what’s wrong with you Willard,” don’t you follow the law like every other American?

Romney is not about to release any more tax returns regardless the bad press, petitions, and calls by Republicans and Democrats to come clean. The consequences are too great, and he would rather ride out the storm and take a chance that voters will support a man who hides his wealth to avoid paying his fair share of taxes and lied about his involvement in Bain Capital after 1999 than reveal the truth. However, some are losing patience with Willard and every time he refuses to release his taxes, he appears sleazier than the day before, and as the base hears Republicans calling on him to release his returns, they will become more suspicious that he is indeed hiding something that will doom his candidacy. Romney is also not helping his cult’s reputation among evangelicals who are queasy about supporting a Mormon, and at some point he will drive real Christians to sit out the election before supporting a man who lies about his religion, Bain Capital, and his wealth hidden in offshore accounts. There is a wealth of information Willard is desperate to conceal, and unfortunately for him, his dirty little secrets will be exposed and at that point, Willard will rue the day he decided that his elitist attitude precluded him from coming clean to the American people.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Hide? I don't think so......In this case smoke leads one to the fire.

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2. Bravo for the post..... :o)