Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney is coming across as extremely secretive, refusing to release any tax returns other than the one for 2010, which revealed he was worth at least $250 million, twice the wealth of the eight Presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama!
Now evidence is emerging that he is, likely, MUCH wealthier than $250 million, since he has offshore accounts in many nations, more than even what was thought (Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Switzerland)!
Romney delayed his 2012 tax return to avoid controversy during the primaries, but now those records will be revealed probably in October, shortly before the election, but it seems possible he will try to delay the revelations until after the election.
But the fact that he refuses to give details about his taxes looks terrible as compared to President George W. Bush, a rich man, who revealed SEVENTEEN years of tax returns in 2000.
Also, Mitt’s dad, Governor George Romney of Michigan, while running for the Presidency in 1968, revealed TWELVE years of tax returns.
So why cannot Mitt reveal NOW more than ONE year? How about it, Mitt?
Mitt Romney has successfully eliminated that three letter word- T-A-X and replaced it with a new one– A-S-S. Anytime the WSJ can come out in their editorial pages and say almost that cannot be a good thing for his base.
I honestly can’t believe anyone can buy any of his campaign statements. His latest campaign ad that has played continuously has him taking Hilary Clinton’s negative statements about Obama when she was running in the primaries 4 years ago and inserting them as if she made the statement recently.
At one time in America, success was considered a good thing, something people aspired to achieve. Progressive ideology has led people to view wealth as something to be despised. That’s pride from the bottom up, a proven recipe for failure. Wealth tends to be a side effect of business success and financial success. That is a good thing! No wonder Romney isn’t willing to reveal his tax info. All it will prove is that he was very successful in previous years as well, and more and more progressives will hate him for it.
America needs somebody that is moral, decent, and has a history of success. Romney fits that bill. All Obama can offer is an immoral ideology, a long history of lying to get ahead, and a nation that is failing under his leadership. If Obama is elected again, this country is in big trouble!
Do you have any idea what a leveraged buyout is? It’s what private equity people do? It’s buying a company then raping it to pay yourself back for the cost. Go ask the people working at Rite Aid who used to be at Eckerd Drug what that’s been like for the past few years.