Originally Posted By inlandemporer School records have not been a tradition to release for decades, so that's an apple and orange. Plus, do I really care if somebody got a C in physics when he was 15? Not really. Do I care if someone is illegally sheltering money while an adult, a felony? Yes, I do. All recent presidents have claimed executive prilege for something or other, and at most he's protecting his justice department, not himself, as he certainly had nothing to do with Fast and Furious personally. So again, an apple and orange to possibly illegaly sheltering money personally. And the birth certificate was settled long ago for everyone but idiots.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>School records have not been a tradition to release for decades, so that's an apple and orange. Plus, do I really care if somebody got a C in physics when he was 15? Not really. Do I care if someone is illegally sheltering money while an adult, a felony? Yes, I do.<< This is exactly what I meant buy cockamamie requests. The requets being made by the right are irrelevant, simply the output of the noise machine, the sole purpose of which is to distract. Like I said, why not ask for his electric bill or maybe his library card? Tax returns are different. If this was a new requirement I could see Romney balking, but it isn't new. All candidates release them. That Romney refuses implies something very damaging is being covered up. School transcripts are irrelevant, and Obama is right in refusing, because once he releases his likely straight A report cards, the right would up the ante and demand something even more irrelevant, and most likely they would insist the transcripts are fakes, just like they said the birth certificates were. And the sole purpose of this is to distract from the fact the Romney is not releasing his tax returns. The more the GOP makes these absurd requests the more I believe they are covering something up. Something really bad.
Originally Posted By oneyepete From what I've read, Romney has released all that is required by law. Same as any other politician.
Originally Posted By andyll <<From what I've read, Romney has released all that is required by law. Same as any other politician.>> No... not same as any other politican running for president. By tradition they release at least a decade. By breaking tradition with no real stated reason he's obviously hiding something.
Originally Posted By fkurucz And the sad thing is that Romney is the best the GOP could come up with.
Originally Posted By oneyepete From CBS news- On Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Sandy Levin of Michigan announced that he is preparing legislation that would require presidential candidates to make public 10 years of tax returns and disclose overseas accounts. In a statement, Levin said he would introduce the bill in the coming weeks in response to Romney's refusal to release more than two years of returns. If legislation is being prepared to "require" candidates to relase returns then I would assume that it isn't required at present. I am not saying that Romney is or isn't hiding anything in his taxes. Only that he is doing what is required by law. Traditons simply change for everyone. Dabob, ecdc I need help. I can't find where Obama released his ten years of returns when he was a candidate. Thanks
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2008-03-25/politics/obama.tax.returns_1_tax-returns-senator-obama-senator-clinton?_s=PMOLITICS" target="_blank">http://articles.cnn.com/2008-0...POLITICS</a> He released back to 2000 when running in 2008, and released subsequent years as he filed, both while running and as president. You are correct that filing one's returns is not required by law, but incorrect if you think that this doesn't look shady, when EVERY major-party candidate has released at least 5 years for decades now.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>On Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Sandy Levin of Michigan announced that he is preparing legislation that would require presidential candidates to make public 10 years of tax returns and disclose overseas accounts. In a statement, Levin said he would introduce the bill in the coming weeks in response to Romney's refusal to release more than two years of returns.<< Oh fer ..... No, I'm totally opposed to this. Romney should release his tax records, but he should not be REQUIRED to. This is just more garbage from the same school of thought that gives us the birth certificate laws the Tea Party is pushing.
Originally Posted By ecdc Yeah, I don't like this stunt from Sen Levin either. Although, I'll quibble and say it's not quite like Tea Baggers trying to require birth certificates, since Obama had released his BC, multiple news organizations verified it, and on and on it went. Romney hasn't released anything. But I agree, it shouldn't be a requirement of running for President. Let the voters (nervous as that makes me) decide if a candidate not releasing them matters.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <You are correct that filing one's returns is not required by law, > Ahem. RELEASING them is not required by law. Filing them obviously is! BTW, even in the one year that Romney released there was one piece conspicuously missing - that relating to his Swiss account. On his return you can see that he HAD a Swiss account, so the forms relating to it must have been part of the return (or the IRS would be up his butt)... yet they were not included in what he released to the public. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>BTW, even in the one year that Romney released there was one piece conspicuously missing - that relating to his Swiss account. On his return you can see that he HAD a Swiss account, so the forms relating to it must have been part of the return (or the IRS would be up his butt)... yet they were not included in what he released to the public.<< Like I said, where there's smoke, there's fire.
Originally Posted By oneyepete So from the info that has been given me, Obama didn't release 10 years of taxes either just about 5? That breaks tradition doesn't it? Still I am not saying Romney isn't hiding something.
Originally Posted By andyll <<Obama didn't release 10 years of taxes either just about 5?>> About 8. Up to 11 now I think. And they included all years in which he had significant income.
Originally Posted By dshyates Oh yeah, well Obama didn't release anything about Swiss bank accounts. Until here presents the docs detailing his Swiss Bank accounts then we know he's lying. The complete lack of evidence of Obama's Swiss Bank accounts is all the proof I need to know Obama is lying about his Swiss Bank Accounts!
