Speakeasy forum: Romney's opponents not happy that he

'charitable contributions' and he should be red flagged to the IRS, but Charlie Rangel doesn't claim enough actual 'INCOME" and he's let off the hook with liberals. Wonderful.

the long form birth certificate? I'm suspecting that Romney's foes will want to scrutinize and criticize those he gave money to. Some people can do no wrong and others can do no right. I'd not be at all unhappy if the IRS looked into this. Maybe they'd insist he accept a refund.

Maybe we have citizenship issues too.

but it wouldn't surprise me if that applied.


The little bit I've read about amended returns seem to say the only really requirement was to pay taxes due, or more. Just like with filing for an extension, you can delay filing but not paying what you will owe.

You can, but you don't have to. You DO have to report your income, much of which Romney has hidden in offshore accounts. Did he break the law there? We won't know unless he releases his pre-2010 tax records. There was an amnesty in 2009. Did he need to take advantage of that to avoid penalties for that hidden money? We don't know, do we.

Hence the term "tax shelter."

We are not talking about "BO" (though if HE was refusing to release his tax returns and had money HIDDEN in offshore and Swiss accounts,.......well, you know what you'd be saying).

......is that Obama hasn't released something that no other president or candidate has ever released or been asked to. Romney is refusing to release something that every candidate for the last 40+ years has released.

Good grades in college are not a prerequisite for the presidency (though we do know that Obama graduated Harvard Magna_Cum_Laude, which is the second-highest honor you can get).

Compliance with tax laws is a different story.

compliance with the tax laws after 20+ years worth of tax returns given to John McCain, don't you think the IRS would have already nailed him? God knows, he's got enough money to go after. LOL

Unfortunately, although you may WANT to see what has become the NORM of presenting more than two years worth of taxes to qualify for the Presidency, Josh, it ISN'T the LAW to do so. Romney hasn't broken any laws.

As for the college records.......Dems wanted Bush's records both for college and for the military and he voluntarily gave them up, and the Dems had a field day with them. It didn't help them any, but they had fun anyhow. In BO's case, he PAID to have his all sealed and refuses to ante up.......and I can't believe (ok...I lied...I DO believe) that liberals don't care if they never see what HE'S hiding in them all. I don't care what status he had when he graduated from Harvard.....I want to know how he GOT INTO all those elite schools to begin with when he admitted in his own book about himself that he was stoned and hazy for the last two years of high school. Did somebody buy him a seat....did he get in under affirmative action....did he actually qualify for loans to those private schools.....did he get unstoned in time to get a scholarship (I hardly think so)...did he PAY somebody to take his tests for him?. So many questions unanswered, and you aren't even a LITTLE bit curious????? You don't think it's strange that Michelle would stand up on the stage and talk about how poor they were when they first started out with an ironing board as a dining room table?.......and yet the FACTS (I linked to the massive write up in a previous post) shows that BO has ALWAYS been well-off and lived in very upscale areas.

keeping it locked away at home instead in a strong safe?

which he could disprove IF he released his tax returns.