Mitt Romney said he paid “a lot of taxes.” OK. But what did he not say?
How much of that was income tax?
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Fuck! Guest David K. Johnson on the Ed Show just this second mentioned that! But I do have the slight satisfaction of knowing I thought of it on my own. ☹
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Forget the weasel phrase “a lot,” Governor. Forget the marginal tax rate on a guy as rich as you. What effective, actual percentage of your income did you pay? After all the “available only to rich guys” deductions, accounting tricks, and hiding of money in offshore tax shelters?
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Oh, and John McCain, who saw your tax returns? What did he say? “I didn’t see anything that would disqualify him from being president.”
More “weasel words,” Senator. Do you mean legally disqualify? What about morally? What about pulling back the curtain on Romney’s character and values? What about revealing the ways the very, very rich are privileged by our tax codes in ways the working and middle classes could never even imagine?
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Harry Reid doesn’t need to “put up or shut up,” Governor Romneyhood. You do!
