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TomClash

(11,344 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 10:48 AM Aug 2012

Utah Policy.com: Is Mitt Romney Hiding Something About His Tithing?

Is Mitt Romney Hiding Something About His Tithing?
by Bob Bernick 08/20/2012

I must confess I’m a bit perplexed by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s continued refusal to release more of his personal income tax returns.

Just about every leading Republican is telling Romney to do so.

. . .

Here’s my guess (and I stress it is only a guess).

Romney doesn’t want to release his taxes not because he hasn’t paid “at least” 13 percent over the last 10 years; it’s because he hasn’t paid “at least” 10 percent in tithing to his church – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

. . .

Who cares about tax returns?

But those returns contain something, apparently, that Mitt Romney doesn’t want to explain or talk about.

And we may never know exactly what that is.

http://utahpolicy.com/bookmark/19867431-Is-Mitt-Romney-Hiding-Something-About-His-Tithing-

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Utah Policy.com: Is Mitt Romney Hiding Something About His Tithing? (Original Post) TomClash Aug 2012 OP
That would be hilarious if the Mormon Church sanctioned him for not giving enough n2doc Aug 2012 #1
Could it be that he and wife filed individual returns? godai Aug 2012 #2
My guess is . . . TomClash Aug 2012 #3

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
1. That would be hilarious if the Mormon Church sanctioned him for not giving enough
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 10:58 AM
Aug 2012

And would prove exactly which god Mittens really worships...

godai

(2,902 posts)
2. Could it be that he and wife filed individual returns?
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 11:00 AM
Aug 2012

I know that he transferred assets to his wife when he was Mass. gov. Could it be that his WIFE paid no taxes, on her individual return?

Just another guess as to what he wants to hide. There's something different with the earlier returns.

TomClash

(11,344 posts)
3. My guess is . . .
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 11:23 AM
Aug 2012

. . . he made money in his IRA and other investments when everyone else was losing money and that would lead to questions as to how he did that. It is quite possible the answer is that he traded on inside information.

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