Mitt Romney Thinks You're a Sucker

[SunsetDreams]

Back in January, when he was asked during a primary debate about the taxes he pays, Mitt Romney made the somewhat odd assertion that "I pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. I don't think you want someone as the candidate for president who pays more taxes than he owes." As I've written before, this would seem to indicate that Romney believes that if you don't have a team of accountants who can ferret out every last loophole to minimize your tax bill then you're just a sucker, so pathetic that you are unworthy of occupying the highest office in the land. But maybe I was being unfair. After all, I've been critical of the campaign habit of reading too much into any particular statement a candidate makes. We all say things that upon reflection we'd like to put another way or take back completely, so maybe Romney didn't quite mean it the way it sounded.

From time to time I've been audited as happens I think to other citizens as well and the accounting firm which prepares my taxes has done a very thorough and complete job pay taxes as legally due. I don't pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president. I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.

Think about this for a moment. Romney thinks that paying more than you owed, or even failing to take advantage of every last loophole and tax shelter you could, is so despicable it's disqualifying, as though it were a moral transgression on par with, I don't know, stealing a car or abusing your wife or something.

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But the presidency isn't the chairmanship of a private equity firm, and maybe, just maybe, the qualities that make one effective at the latter aren't precisely the qualities we want in the former.

http://prospect.org/article/mitt-romney-thinks-youre-sucker

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Damn and I bet he won't even let his supporters choose what flavor.

[Enrique]

1. people with a lot of money can be more or less aggressive with their deductions

Nixon was very aggressive and paid a ludicrously low rate of taxes. I guess Mitt would like to put him on Mt. Rushmore for that.

[SunsetDreams]

2. That's sweet Nixon as Mitt Romney's Mentor

They do indeed have a lot of similarities in all the wrong ways.

Shady check

Liar check

Resign in disgrace: only if Romney is elected.

Two of a kind and from the same party to boot.

[stockholmer]

3. seems to be a shared US politician trait, I remember $2 deducted for underwear donated to charity

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/16/us/clinton-taxes-laid-bare-line-by-line.html

[SunsetDreams]

4. But...but..but..

Anything to add about Romney?

That was what the OP was about.

[stockholmer]

11. Rmoney is a potential monster on the world's stage. May he never lay hands on the office of POTUS

[SunsetDreams]

13. potential?

I would say he is a monster on the world stage.

[stockholmer]

15. potential meaning he has no true power yet (in official state terms), and hopefully never does

[SunsetDreams]

16. He already IS a disaster and a monster on the world stage PERIOD

"Mitt Romney's Bad Trip:" The Guardian Warns Us of Risks of Mitt's International Policy Shortcomings
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/30/1114981/--Mitt-Romney-s-Bad-Trip-The-Guardian-Warns-Us-of-Risks-of-Mitt-s-International-Policy-Shortcomings

Mitt’s insults, mistakes & blunders abroad aren’t gaffes-They actually represent his true worldview.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2012/07/mitt_romney_s_insults_and_mistakes_while_at_the_london_olympics_aren_t_gaffes_as_much_as_a_fair_representation_of_his_worldview_.single.html

Israel: Romney, Walking Gaffe-Man, Insults America's Mid-East Allies
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021035856

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/


Romney in Shambles as Britain Proclaims Him Worse than Sarah Palin
http://www.politicususa.com/romney-shambles-britain-proclaims-worse-sarah-palin.html

Mitt’s British Blunders: How It Played In The UK Press
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/romney-london-olympics-gaffes.php


That's just a small collection
There is no yet...

[stockholmer]

18. you can stop with the insinuation that I somehow disagree with you

[SunsetDreams]

19. Facts that Romney already is a World disaster

is an insinuation? I'm not sure what I could be insinuating.

Sorry you lost me there, because I don't have a clue what you are talking about.

[ProSense]

6. Wow, you're campaigning against Clinton?

Romney sucks!

[stockholmer]

10. agreed Rmoney sucks, and I hope Obama beats him

No need to campaign against Clinton, he is is not running, and already did his damage.

[SunsetDreams]

12. Oh well if Clinton isn't running

then nice post on an OP about Romney I suppose.

[moondust]

5. Sins against the God of Greed...

might lead to punishment in the Hell of poverty!

Repent! Adore the Golden Calf!

[starroute]

7. The real problem is that he doesn't just apply this to paying taxes

He's also said that he's followed the letter of the law by filing financial disclosure forms and that releasing any of his tax information at all is going beyond what's required -- and that to go beyond the one-year-and-a-promise that he's already released would only be helping the Democrats.

If he was just saying, "Why should I pay more in taxes than I have to," that would be something a lot of Americans could accept -- at least in theory and as long as you don't get into the teams of accountants part.

But when he's also saying, "Why should I tell the American people more about myself than the law demands," that betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of democracy, transparency, and accountability.

[Trillo]

8. It appears Romney's only god is money.

It's even coded in his name as anagram: Rmoney. Remember, "they" always hide the truth in plain sight!

[SunsetDreams]

14. Yep he bows at the altar of money

[Tanuki]

9. I wonder if the same applies to his tithe? Not a dollar more than he is required to give?

We'll never know unless he releases his tax records.

[Orsino]

17. Statistically speaking, he's nearly right.

He'll lose the election, but big media will continue to take him seriously enough that he won't really be exposed for what he is.

[SunsetDreams]

20. .

[cbrer]

21. He's got plenty of evidence...

By just looking at the GOP base.

Emotionally manipulated. Easily fooled.

[MattSh]

22. Mitt Romney Thinks?

Who'd have known...