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Romney: Trump's refusal to release tax returns is 'disqualifying'
Washington Examiner ^ | 5/11/16 | GABBY MORRONGIELLO

Posted on 05/11/2016 2:59:49 PM PDT by Grim

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney blasted Donald Trump on Wednesday after his successor hinted that it is unlikely he will release his tax returns before the November election.

"It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service," Romney wrote in Facebook post.

"There is only one logical explanation for Mr. Trump's refusal to release his returns," he wrote Wednesday. "There is a bombshell in them. Given Mr. Trump's equanimity with other flaws in his history, we can only assume it's a bombshell of unusual size."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
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To: Grim

Maybe he’s campaigning to be Crooked Hillary’s running mate.


121 posted on 05/11/2016 4:32:25 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Auntie Dem

Not true. The IRS has an agenda, have you been in the dark? Acting like they are the good guys after what they did to the conservative PACs & Jewish organizations is just disingenuous.

IRS concentrate on audit high $ returns because that’s where the money is. They try and force you to use the tax calculation method that will net them the most $ even if there are other legal methods and the courts have found that you are entitled to use the method that generates the least tax. Its ridiculous to pretend that multiyear audits are not common. There is advice on how to manage them on every tax lawyer blog.

One example:
Multiyear Tax Audits – How to Try to Contain a Tax Audit

Unfortunately, sometimes during a tax audit you may have an overeager IRS, EDD, BOE, or FTB agent who is trying to find any issue they can with your tax return information in order to try to expand the audit. This is called “mushrooming” and it occurs when the audit for one or two years is expanded into a multi-year audit. While there is no way to definitively prevent an audit from mushrooming, there are ways to try to limit the audit from expanding.


122 posted on 05/11/2016 4:32:31 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: CommerceComet
And if the IRS asks him to amend them, etc., then you create the unnecessary hassle of returns changes and idiots saying he lied, etc. No, he's right to not release them. Further, I really do not see the need for anyone to release theirs. None whatsoever.

The only reason anyone wants to see them is to find something to criticize the candidate about. Why feed them?

123 posted on 05/11/2016 4:49:06 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Make America Great Again Starts with America First! I stand with Trump.)
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To: Grim

And so, Willtard “Mittwit” Wrongley has an ugly streak in him? Too bad it’s only shown up against Repubs.


124 posted on 05/11/2016 4:49:17 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Grim
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He's a total Mittwit.

125 posted on 05/11/2016 4:49:38 PM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: headstamp 2

This is the same crap foisted on us for decades. There are all of these ‘rules’ for what qualifies or disqualifies one for President. They are a bunch of crap. If its not in the constitution, then it doesn’t matter! Taxes are simply used to manufacture dirt on a candidate and create narratives. FUMR.


126 posted on 05/11/2016 4:52:40 PM PDT by bigtoona (The media, GOPe, dems, commie Pope, hate Trump. He is the destroyer we've been waiting for!)
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To: Grim

FUMR!


127 posted on 05/11/2016 4:54:31 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Too bad your overhauled unicorn start-up failed, Ted.")
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To: Grim

Hey MYTH; please just go FO and die.


128 posted on 05/11/2016 5:02:16 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: chajin

I would like to add a PS to your statement if I may.

MYTH; SHUT UP, IF WE WANT YOUR OPINION WE WILL BEAT IT OUT OF YOU.


129 posted on 05/11/2016 5:10:50 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Grim

If you’re on FB, read Romney’s page. The public is trashing him in response to these comments. You will love it.


130 posted on 05/11/2016 5:14:24 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Auntie Dem

So; vote for cruz if you want to.


131 posted on 05/11/2016 5:18:59 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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132 posted on 05/11/2016 5:19:47 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Grim

What other people earn is none of Mittens’ business or mine.

Trump never worked in government before unlike Mittens who worked in it nearly his entire life.

Being a career politician isn’t a disqualification? It should be.


133 posted on 05/11/2016 5:23:01 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Vaquero

Now if only the Freepers nagging us folks who voted for Romney that we didn’t will shut up and go away.


134 posted on 05/11/2016 5:23:19 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Grim
Its private information and its not disqualifying. The press and the GOPe can suck it.

Maybe if they were real conservatives things would be different.

135 posted on 05/11/2016 5:50:36 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: BAW

Winner, winner chicken dinner.

This has nothing to do with Conservatism.

For Romney and Ryan, it’s all about keeping the law away from the money. Common crooks, really.


136 posted on 05/11/2016 5:50:53 PM PDT by M1911A1 (It would have been Hillary vs. Jeb! with no Trump in the race.)
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To: Reno89519
And if the IRS asks him to amend them, etc., then you create the unnecessary hassle of returns changes and idiots saying he lied, etc. No, he's right to not release them. Further, I really do not see the need for anyone to release theirs. None whatsoever.

If Trump releases his returns, why would he be under an obligation to release amended returns? Who cares about those idiots? Everyone knows that complicated returns often have adjustments after an audit. What is much more likely is that if Trump doesn't release his tax returns, people are going to assume he has something to hide.

137 posted on 05/11/2016 5:52:59 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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To: Auntie Dem

IRS policy in the age of Lois Lerner?

Thanks for the laugh.


138 posted on 05/11/2016 5:53:03 PM PDT by M1911A1 (It would have been Hillary vs. Jeb! with no Trump in the race.)
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To: FR_addict

That’s the one


139 posted on 05/11/2016 5:59:21 PM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: Grim

We did not care about seeing Romney’s taxes nor do we care about Trumps.


140 posted on 05/11/2016 6:02:52 PM PDT by jetson
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