jimnyc
08-01-2012, 11:30 AM
This man and Nancy Pelosi are all that is wrong with politics. All rhetoric and crap and nothing to substantiate. They appear to say things like this, which can obviously hurt a candidate, but then back it up with nothing at all. If I were Romney, I would reply to the nation that he had heard that Harry was only still in office for so long as he had connections and tons of kickbacks, allegedly. Either way, I wouldn't mind Romney releasing more information, and I'll eat my shoe on video here for DP if he didn't pay taxes for 10 years! The majority of Dems screaming for things are hiding shit themselves, Obama and Wasserman off the top of my head. If they are making money from politics, there should be a standard set as to what MUST be transparent to the public, for both sides. As to the bold - if he's not certain, he shouldn't be making perhaps slanderous comments.
Here's a totally unsubstantiated rumor: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that he's heard that Romney did not pay any taxes for 10 years. Democrats have criticized Romney for not releasing more than two years of his tax returns. But there has never been anything to suggest that Romney's tax bill was zero.
The presumptive GOP candidate has said he always paid all of the taxes he was required by law to pay. But he has said releasing more tax returns would likely not quiet critics.
And so speculation has run rampant. In an interview with the Huffington Post , Reid said that a month ago someone who invested with Bain Capital, called his office to say that Romney, "didn't pay any taxes for 10 years."
Romney is the former CEO of Bain Capital.
"He didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain," said Reid. "But obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?
"You guys have said his wealth is $250 million," Reid continued. "Not a chance in the world. It's a lot more than that. I mean, you do pretty well if you don't pay taxes for 10 years when you're making millions and millions of dollars."
Reid has in the past called on Romney to release more of his tax returns, as the Obama campaign and other top Democrats have. But the interview marked the first time Reid has suggested that, per his informant, Romney had not paid taxes for a decade.
ANd I call bullshit on the last bolded portion. Obama has more stuff under wraps than any other president in history. Then I can go off on a long list of others refusing to release documents "I'm not running.... but I'll accuse others..."
http://news.yahoo.com/harry-reids-wild-speculation-mitt-romneys-unreleased-tax-215329613--abc-news-politics.html
Here's a totally unsubstantiated rumor: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that he's heard that Romney did not pay any taxes for 10 years. Democrats have criticized Romney for not releasing more than two years of his tax returns. But there has never been anything to suggest that Romney's tax bill was zero.
The presumptive GOP candidate has said he always paid all of the taxes he was required by law to pay. But he has said releasing more tax returns would likely not quiet critics.
And so speculation has run rampant. In an interview with the Huffington Post , Reid said that a month ago someone who invested with Bain Capital, called his office to say that Romney, "didn't pay any taxes for 10 years."
Romney is the former CEO of Bain Capital.
"He didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain," said Reid. "But obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?
"You guys have said his wealth is $250 million," Reid continued. "Not a chance in the world. It's a lot more than that. I mean, you do pretty well if you don't pay taxes for 10 years when you're making millions and millions of dollars."
Reid has in the past called on Romney to release more of his tax returns, as the Obama campaign and other top Democrats have. But the interview marked the first time Reid has suggested that, per his informant, Romney had not paid taxes for a decade.
ANd I call bullshit on the last bolded portion. Obama has more stuff under wraps than any other president in history. Then I can go off on a long list of others refusing to release documents "I'm not running.... but I'll accuse others..."
http://news.yahoo.com/harry-reids-wild-speculation-mitt-romneys-unreleased-tax-215329613--abc-news-politics.html