Posted on 07/23/2002 11:27:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Somewhere right now, Bill Simon is having a real good laugh.
Dozens of journalists spent hours poring over more than 1,000 pages of the GOP gubernatorial candidate's tax returns Monday, and the only thing they learned for sure is that this is why they never became accountants.
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Does Simon drive an SUV or keep his air conditioner set too low?
You know, if I were a reporter that his was important to me (which it wouldn't be), I would have met with all my fellow reporters before seeing the returns and agree on which sections each one of us would focus on, then pull our notes after the perusal of the returns. For example, one reporter could look at only the two summary pages and copy down each and every line; one could look at the personal income, another at the business income, another at the deductions, another at the amendments, someone to write down all partnership names for further research, another doing something else.
They didn't work together, and now they complain that they didn't have enough time. Poor babies. They could have copied every word if they simply worked together and planned it out.
Still, I don't think Simon should have felt forced to release his returns, and I think he gave them ample time and opportunity. He paid more than "his fair share" (whatever that means) and now he can focus on Davis and his failed leadership.
Go Simon!
I have just spotted the "smoking gun" and I didn't even need to see the returns. He manages to keep more than half of his income. To some people that's a crime.
I bet you can all hear me grumbling right now...
More political Theature!
You would think an investor advisor might know what to look for and could find something in 3 hours. Maybe instead of saying, "This was just an exercise in futility." he could have said, "There's no scandal here"?
Go Simon.
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