ISSUE: Disclosure
- Audrey Kubetin
- May 7, 2012 at 10:04 am
Mitt’s Mysterious Tax Returns
Mitt Romney is asking his potential vice-presidential picks for their tax returns, and he submitted his own to John McCain in 2008. Why won’t Romney release his returns to the public?
- Derek Pearce
- Apr 18, 2012 at 12:35 pm
In VP Search, Will Beth Myers Ask For More Than 2 Years Of Tax Returns?
In today’s New York Times, Beth Myers said she will use the detailed questionnaire from John McCain’s 2008 vice presidential search as a model for the Romney campaign’s quest for its own VP nominee.
As part of the VP vetting process in 2008, Mitt Romney supplied John McCain’s campaign with 23 years of tax returns. Will Beth Myers ask for a comparable disclosure for Gov. Romney’s potential running mates? If not, why?
If so, why is it that the campaign demands candidates disclose years and years of returns for the #2 slot, yet Gov. Romney will only release a couple of years of taxes on the top of the ticket?
Something doesn’t add up here.
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- Audrey Kubetin
- Apr 16, 2012 at 9:54 am
What’s Mitt Hiding?
When Romney ran for Senate in 1994, he called on his opponent — Ted Kennedy — to release his tax returns to prove that Kennedy “had nothing to hide.” Now, Mitt is brushing off requests that he do the same.
Why should we believe that Mitt’s got nothing to hide? Between his Swiss bank accounts and off-shore investment funds in the Caymans, don’t you think there’s probably more going on than meets the eye? It’s time to hold Mitt Romney accountable about his tax returns. If you haven’t already, please sign our petition calling on Mitt Romney to release his tax records publicly.
- Derek Pearce
- Apr 1, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Dayton Daily News: Treasurer Mandel Under Scrutiny For Hiring Practices
On March 31, 2012, the Dayton Daily News reported:
Republican Josh Mandel hired young, relatively inexperienced staffers from his 2010 campaign and gave them high-ranking jobs in the state treasurer’s office, a Dayton Daily News examination found.
- Derek Pearce
- Mar 2, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Romney’s Ties To Lobbyists Highlight His Record of Hypocrisy
Despite his desperate attempts to paint Sen. Rick Santorum as a creature of Washington and a professional influence peddler, Gov. Mitt Romney has bragged about his ability to milk funds out of the federal government, and boasts his own close ties to Washington’s most powerful lobbyists.
“Mitt Romney has a bad habit of hypocritically attacking his opponents over issues that boomerang straight back at his campaign,” said American Bridge senior adviser Ty Matsdorf. “If he believes lobbyists are what’s wrong with Washington, why does he court them? If he thinks Fannie and Freddie are evil, why did he invest in them?”
“This is further proof that Mitt Romney will say and do anything to get elected — and then say something else an hour later,” Matsdorf added.
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MEMO: 12 Things We Could Learn From Previous Romney Tax Returns
ICYMI: With Mitt Romney still refusing to release his pre-2010 returns, we wanted to be sure that you saw our previous memo explaining why it is so important that Mitt Romney release them.
Click through for the 12 questions that Mitt Romney needs to answer by releasing his previous years’ tax returns.
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ICYMI: Romney Profited From Government Handouts
This morning, the Los Angeles Times reported on Mitt Romney’s reliance on tax breaks and government subsidies while working in private equity. The article focuses on Steel Dynamics, the same steel company featured in Romney’s positive ad released just this morning, and all of the government help they received. In fact, Dekalb County was forced to institute a new tax to pay for all of the handouts.
Despite his constant opposition to government interference in the free market, Mitt Romney has a long history of profiting from government handouts. Research after the jump.
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Scott Brown’s Website Steals Childhood Anecdote From… Elizabeth Dole
Sen. Scott Brown may have some explaining to do. It seems a passage from his website detailing the values instilled in him as a young child was stolen essentially word-for-word from former Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Original research & screenshots after the jump.
