Political & Elections

There are plenty of reasons for not releasing tax returns now.  He is better off waiting till after convention.  

Obama wants MR to release now.  Obama wants the voters to think about everything else but what is critical to fixing our country.  Divert and dodge. It's classic Alinsky Rules for Radicals.  

Focusing on Mitt's tax returns is far more important to Obama's campaign right now than actually coming up with constructive fixes.  Let's not pay attention to jobless numbers or the fact that Obamacare has a key error that may actually reduce the number of those without insurance from accessing it when 2014 rolls around.  Let's talk about social issues non-stop.  Let's talk about voter disenfrachisement.  Let's talk about class warfare and having the rich pay more. 

Nope.  Best strategy for Mitt is to wait this out a little longer.  

Maybe even till Obama releases his college transcripts.  

 

Unless you live somewhere down around Surfside, Texas, neither does Ron Paul but you appear to feel his view on the issue carries some lweight. No, they're really not the same as to the degree they don't represent you, are they? Given the way Pelosi shackled every democrat rep to her chain gang a few years back, she's either represented every democratic voter since or they've really had no representation at all.

Maybe you voted Libertarian?

At her weekly press conference, Pelosi was asked four times why members of Congress shouldn’t live up to the same standard and also release multiple years of tax returns. After answering the question and several follow-ups, she tried to move on to a new topic.

“See, we spent too much time on it,” Pelosi said. “We should be talking about middle income tax cuts and why they were going to reinvigorate the economy and remove the uncertainty and take us to a place where the headwinds that are stalling some of our economic growth. That’s really what is important.”

She's a damn tyrant when she gets the bit in her teeth ---- just ask any of her gang that got sent home back in '10.

If I had the power,Cat, I'd do whatever, if it was legal, ethical, and moral. 

If MR is as smart as what think he is, Do you think he would now, tell his trusts to do certain things if he was to become President? There must be sectors of our economy who will be impacted plus or minus, based on his views. Since MR has enough dough to make bets now, it would be prudent to take positions now rather later inorder to maximize the wins and minimize losses. We know Congressmen/women and congressional staff are exempt from certain laws pertaining to investments that everyone else must adhere to. The President may also be exempt but a prudent President would put his investments into a blind trust-but only blind on becoming President elect.

MR has always known that his Tax problem is a problem. As a liberatian, I'd say that it's none of anyone's business except between the IRS and the taxpayer/lawyers. However, America, is who we are: We don't particularily like buy-out firms when they come to your company, we don't like transactions we can't see, we don't like lawyers unless they save us from jail, and we like to compare to other people's laundry to ours. I guess it can come down to underwear, Brooks vs Jockey's.  

Not releasing transcripts worked out well for our "genius, super-intellectual" president. Perhaps Romney is taking a cue from Obama's campaign in that regard. Maybe he is trying to keep attention focused on what a ****ty president we havre. There are several reasons not to disclose at this point. Having watched lots of my girlchild's games over the years, it is always better to play an offense game than a defense game. You have a better chance of winning when you have more chance to shoot. Mitt would be smart to delay releasing for a long time.