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(116,464 posts) Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:32 PM Sep 2012

Mitt, should you be drawing attention to your tax returns?

Remember when Mitt forgot that he had a Swiss bank account, and then defended it as an "investment strategy"?

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The GOP candidate failed to include the Swiss bank account on the personal financial disclosure forms that he filed in 2011 with a federal ethics office. Romney’s campaign amended his disclosure forms and added details about the Swiss account after the discrepancy was reported by the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau.

On Sunday, Romney indicated that the Swiss bank account was part of an investment strategy that allowed him to hold foreign currencies. He said the president was attacking his personal finances because he was trying to avoid addressing the economy.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-says-he-gained-no-tax-reduction-through-overseas-funds-20120826,0,4014791.story