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Let me get this straight....

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1. Mitt admits he pays about 15% in federal income taxes.
2. It is now in the news that he has millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes.

Since he had income in those other countries and it isn't reported on the bottom line...his real rate of taxaction is even less. So let's see if mitt will report his actual yearly income. Would you still vote for the guy if he really paid 5% of his income?

So Mitt does live in the USA, correct? He does enjoy the protection of our courts and our armed forces. I presume he uses public streets and airports.....he just doesn't want to pay for those benefits of being a citizen....but he does think he should be president.
 
Romeny having offshore tax havens is like McCain having 8 houses. It's not illegal but it stamps Romney as living in a bubble of rarified exotic privileges.
 
If it turned out the he is actually paying something like 5% income tax, do you think many people would dismiss that info or would it have legs?
 
“Think about it, think of this, a man (Romney) who wants to be the president of the United States took his great wealth, and instead of investing that great wealth in America, the country he hopes to lead, he somehow chose to find the tax haven, Switzerland, where he opened up a bank account. He invested in the Cayman islands, has a corporation in Bermuda, and he took money from shadowy South American investors when he started Bain Capital and now my friends, he conveniently has decided that he will not release his income tax returns. Doesn’t it make you wonder what Mitt Romney is trying to hide from the American people?” ~ former Gov Ted Strickland at Obama campaign event today.
 
I think it would have legs in as much as defining Romney as the living in a bubble of class privilege has legs 4 months before an election. Having offshore tax havens is not the zeitgeist of 2012.

Here's what I don't get.

Romney downsized his homes from 4 to 2 in 2009-2010 because he knew 4 homes is as big of a problem as 8 homes was for McCain. But he decided not to do anything about his offshore foreign bank accounts used to reduce Romney's tax exposure--already below 15%. As far as I know, the Romney campaign has remained silent on the existence of the foreign bank accounts. They would have had to anticipate the issue arising but they don't seem to have an explanation in place. Which leads me to conclude that the Romney campaign sees tax sheltering foreign bank accounts as commonplace and ordinary.
 
middleview said:
1. Mitt admits he pays about 15% in federal income taxes.
2. It is now in the news that he has millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes.
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if it's 'hidden', how do you know about it.

Mitt's 15%, in dollars, is the equivalent of how many joe-six-pack's returns in dollars?

Mitt's 15% is more than half of the filers in America pay - in TOTAL - in federal personal income tax dollars.
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JuliefromOhio said:
“Think about it, think of this, a man (Romney) who wants to be the president of the United States took his great wealth, and instead of investing that great wealth in America, the country he hopes to lead, he somehow chose to find the tax haven, Switzerland, where he opened up a bank account. He invested in the Cayman islands, has a corporation in Bermuda, and he took money from shadowy South American investors when he started Bain Capital and now my friends, he conveniently has decided that he will not release his income tax returns. Doesn’t it make you wonder what Mitt Romney is trying to hide from the American people?” ~ former Gov Ted Strickland at Obama campaign event today.
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and when he invested it in America you call him a robber baron.

here's an idea.

say less about things you know nothing about
 
middleview said:
If it turned out the he is actually paying something like 5% income tax, do you think many people would dismiss that info or would it have legs?
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has anyone been keeping track of what color pants he wears on Wednesdays, and other equally irrelevant data? the millionaire and lovey @ 1600 PA AVE. have an aunt and uncle living illegally in squalor in Boston.

but let's not discuss that
 
NightSwimmer said:
You'll have to put on the old cognitive dissonance helmet to straighten this one out. ;)
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indeed. how to justify half of American taxpayers skating on their 'patriotic obligation' (according to joey)... ZERO ( 0 ) hardly seems like anyone's fair share, eh?
 
Re: Getting it straight

I doubt you're capable of it.

For starters though, has Romney done anything that's illegal...I'm thinkin' of Treasury Secretary Geithner or Charlie Rangel for instance?

Not to mention that Romney's runnin' fer President and happens to be legally eligible to do so.
 
So if Romney doing his best to evade taxes is no indication of whether or not he would work to close those tax loopholes to you then go ahead and vote for him....

I suppose his leadership of a company which "pioneered" offshoring jobs, his effort to avoid releasing his tax returns (and you go nuts because you haven't seen Obama's college thesis....fer shitsake) his constant change of direction in practically every major statement he has made....those are all trivial issues....go ahead and vote for the guy...you won't win, but please do send money.
 
comparing people who live payday to payday to Muttless (net worth $250 million) is amazing. Keep it up.
 
If you think it is a good idea to keep money in offshore accounts, go ahead and vote for the guy. He'll have a tough time defending this to most of the rest of us.
 
Boca said:
I doubt you're capable of it.

For starters though, has Romney done anything that's illegal...I'm thinkin' of Treasury Secretary Geithner or Charlie Rangel for instance?

Not to mention that Romney's runnin' fer President and happens to be legally eligible to do so.
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Boca, as usual, showin' up with your 'A' game...

well done
 
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