NO TAX RETURNS NO WHITE HOUSE

At some point in the not too distant future I can hear President Obama addressing Governor Romney in the following manner..."Mitt, the American people are not going put somebody in the White House who is unwilling to release his tax returns! It's just not gonna happen."

And rightly so. There have been reports by anonymous sources who say Romney would have never even considered running for president if he thought he'd have to release his full returns over any significant period of time. This from a man whose claim to fame is raw capitalism, a man who believes acquiring wealth is proof of intelligence and goodness. He wants us to assume that the more money you make the more jobs you create, but as his record at Bain is fleshed out it's very clear that isn't always the case.

Is it possible that his tax returns might prove that the more money one makes doesn't necessarily improve the balance sheet for the country which allowed you the playing field on which to compete and win? Perhaps so, from the little glimpses Romney has allowed us into his financial records it appears likely that he probably payed more in tithes to the Mormon Church than in taxes!

Not only might Romney have paid little or no taxes in the USA in some given years, but because it is well known that he put a lot of his wealth in overseas accounts, might he have paid more taxes in some foreign nations than he did in the country he wants to lead? Or conversely, might he have paid negative taxes here and received refunds? And what about the government subsidies he rails against? It would be highly unusual for a company like Bain and a man in Romney's line of uber-capitalism not to have been the beneficiary of subsidies from state, federal and local governments. Legal? I'm sure. But counter to his current political positions? Definitely.


The fact is that it is intellectually unbearable to even try to weave a web explaining any 'good' reason for Romney's reticence on releasing his tax returns to the American electorate! That he has something to hide is at this point an undeniable fact. And it has to be pretty bad considering the political consequences.

As reported, "George Romney famously set the standard for this type of disclosure by releasing 12 years worth of returns during his unsuccessful 1968 run for president. At the time, he said “One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show.” http://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-obama-uses-george-romney-in-challenging-mitt-romney-to-open-books/
A wise man indeed.
The Dixie Dove-