Rmoney states the reason he's distressed about disclosing tax returns...

[cynatnite]

Mitt Romney says in a new interview that one of the reasons he’s distressed about disclosing his tax returns is that everyone sees how much money he and his wife, Ann, have donated to the LDS Church, and that’s a number he wants to keep private.

"Our church doesn’t publish how much people have given," Romney tells Parade magazine in an edition due out Sunday. "This is done entirely privately. One of the downsides of releasing one’s financial information is that this is now all public, but we had never intended our contributions to be known. It’s a very personal thing between ourselves and our commitment to our God and to our church."

Romney has released his 2010 tax returns in his White House campaign and, so far, a summary of last year’s tax information. But despite pressure from Republican opponents in the primaries and President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, Romney has refused to disclose more.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/54744938-90/romney-says-church-tithing.html.csp

[cbdo2007]

1. "oh, and because we did all sorts of illegal tax shit we don't want people knowing about."

[uponit7771]

12. +1

[closeupready]

18. +2

nt

[Enrique]

2. "Parade" readers will eat that shit up

no offense to any "Parade" fans at DU.

[CatWoman]

7. I rarely buy a Sunday paper now

and that's the only time I read Parade......

[cleduc]

3. As if nobody knows Mormons give typically

10% of their income to their Church ...

[FLyellowdog]

4. Liar lying for the Lord? Geesh.

[Care Acutely]

9. +1

[FLyellowdog]

13. They do that, you know, and it's supported by their church. Geesh!

[liberal N proud]

5. ROFLMAO

That's all he's worried about? My ass!

[warrior1]

6. bullshit

you're hiding you tax evasion.

[closeupready]

19. Yup. Very, very obvious, at this point, that he took IRS amnesty on

his Swiss bank account - an undeclared asset he probably felt he would never need to declare, despite federal law mandating such.

[Sheepshank]

8. Someone quick....give the man a black magic marker

and have him redact the lines pertaining to charitable donations.

I'm ok with that.

[swayne]

10. TOTAL SWERVE...it is totally not the reason he is distressed.

He's avoiding releasing the taxes because of the tax amnesty for Off shore bank accounts, in partiuclar Swiss Bank Accounts. The optics on this for Romney are HORRIBLE and the GOP will have to pay the price when it is found out conclusively that Romney has been lying about the nature of his taxes.

[Politicalboi]

11. Then don't run in an election asshole

More bullshit coming from Rmoney.

[uponit7771]

14. +1, taxes tells more about the person than their mouths ever could

[coalition_unwilling]

21. +1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely

needed saying. If you can't stand the heat, get the fuck out of the kitchen.

[hifiguy]

15. Horseshit.

And that is my considered comment on Willard's cowardice.

[indepat]

16. I'd have no problem with der Mittens not disclosing his tax returns if

he'd just drop out of the race.

[Heather MC]

17. There is always a little bit of truth in his lies I think the Reverse is true I think

he doesn't want the LDS to know how much he has been stiffing them on that 10%

[liberal N proud]

22. I agree

[PD Turk]

23. +1

That's the first thing I thought too

[undeterred]

20. Shouldn't be running for president in that case.

Its pretty well known that this is expected of presidential candidates.

[importDavid]

24. Exactly!

Transparency you dumb bastard.

The most important job in the world requires vetting with complete transparency.

If ANYONE asks you a question you answer it. Promptly. Period.

Nuff said.

[democrat_patriot]

25. Excuse # 212. Fine you can redact that bit.

Now, where's the tax returns?