Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:21 AM

RandySF (5,291 posts)

Romney's tax rate was 13.9%

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We’ve got the first report about Romney’s 2010 taxes. His effective tax rate was 13.9%, just below the 15% he estimated last week. More shortly.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/01/romney_paid_139.php?ref=fpblg

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Romney's tax rate was 13.9% (Original post)	RandySF	Jan 2012	OP
Oh, mah, mah, mah. That's even LESS than fifteen, I'd say! nt	MADem	Jan 2012	#1
Rich fuckers sure do suck at math. 14% does not equal 15%.	tridim	Jan 2012	#2
When he said it was about 15%, I knew it was less.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#3
oh, he's such a liar	bigtree	Jan 2012	#4
At most, it's 13.9% on his REPORTED income.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jan 2012	#5
He needs to be pressured to release his tax returns going back 10 years.	Cali_Democrat	Jan 2012	#6
i want 30 yrs. what did he get from ronnie too.	pansypoo53219	Jan 2012	#7
Oh my. Maybe that can be dug up during the primary!	Glimmer of Hope	Jan 2012	#8

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:23 AM

MADem (86,147 posts)

1. Oh, mah, mah, mah. That's even LESS than fifteen, I'd say! nt

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:28 AM

tridim (40,735 posts)

2. Rich fuckers sure do suck at math. 14% does not equal 15%.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:37 AM

tabatha (18,795 posts)

3. When he said it was about 15%, I knew it was less.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 01:10 AM

bigtree (49,271 posts)

4. oh, he's such a liar

. . . very weasely to say 15%.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 01:35 AM

AnotherMcIntosh (7,582 posts)

5. At most, it's 13.9% on his REPORTED income.

He's obviously trying to dodge taxes. Why would anyone believe that he is truthfully reporting all of his foreign income on his tax returns? For someone who has set up multiple accounts in the Cayman Islands, it is more likely that he is only reporting income from some accounts to give the false impression that he is being truthful and candid with respect to his foreign income.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 02:21 AM

Cali_Democrat (14,695 posts)

6. He needs to be pressured to release his tax returns going back 10 years.

I was reading somewhere (can't remember the site) that his 2008 tax returns could possibly show that he paid zero taxes because of creative accounting. That would surely doom his candidacy.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 03:24 AM

pansypoo53219 (9,320 posts)

7. i want 30 yrs. what did he get from ronnie too.

hell, i bet he did real well under clinton.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 03:35 AM

Glimmer of Hope (2,379 posts)

8. Oh my. Maybe that can be dug up during the primary!

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