Romney Not Sure If He’s Ever Paid Tax Rate Lower Than 13.9 Percent (updated)

[ProSense]

Romney Not Sure If He’s Ever Paid Tax Rate Lower Than 13.9 Percent

Mitt Romney said he doesn’t know if he’s ever paid a tax rate lower than 13.9 percent – the rate he paid in 2010 according to the one year of tax returns he has released thus far – the presumptive nominee told ABC’s David Muir in an interview Sunday, via ABC’s Emily Friedman.

Emily Friedman@EmilyABC

Romney tells @DavidMuir he doesn't know if there was a year when he paid a tax rate lower than 13.9%. Says he'll have to go back and look.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-not-sure-if-hes-ever-paid-tax

Here's an idea: Release your tax returns, Mitt. All of them, in full.

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Updated to add this from Think Progress:

...Mitt Romney has thus far refused to heed the call from a growing number of people within the Republican party to release more tax returns. And during an interview with ABC’s David Muir from Israel, the former Massachusetts governor revealed that the documents may show that he paid very little in taxes:

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/29/602501/romney-doesnt-know-if-he-paid-a-tax-rate-lower-than-139

Perfect frame.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Willard -- the great American liar and fraud

[Danmel]

2. he is full of shit

You expect us to believe you don't know what tax rate you paid, Mr. finance Wizard??
You.have a paid staff.whose sole job in life is hiding your assets from the taxman. Wouldn't you enjoy.firing them if you paid one red cent more than you had to, Mister Believe in America, invest.in the Caymans???

[GodlessBiker]

3. +1. He knows. Was a follow up question: So it's possible you paid lower?

[ProSense]

6. Exactly! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

4. It's SOOOOO hard to keep track of your money ...

... when you have so much of it.

Really, it's almost not worth having.

[surrealAmerican]

5. Gee, maybe HE should see his tax returns.

"Not sure?" Who does he think will believe that?

[The Magistrate]

7. If There Is One Thing This Vulture Knows, Ma'am, It is The Rate Of Tax He Pays

This statement is a flat confession there are years in which he paid far less than 13.9%....

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."