Obama camp demands Romney's tax returns from the 80's

Obama camp demands Romney's tax returns from '80s
Read the original article at The National Journal


President Obama’s re-election campaign is calling on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns dating back to the 1980s, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Following a front-page Wall Street Journal article Thursday reporting that employees at Bain Capital, Romney’s former private-equity firm, were allowed to invest their retirement money in companies the firm acquired through a special share class, the Obama camp is seeking Romney’s old tax returns to see if they contain information about the investment arrangement. ...

“The Obama campaign is playing politics, just as he’s doing in his conduct of foreign policy," Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul wrote [in an email to the National Journal]. "Obama should release the notes and transcripts of all his meetings with world leaders so the American people can be satisfied that he’s not promising to sell out the country’s interests after the election is over.”

Smells like desperation on part of the Obama campaign - sad that it is happening so soon.

"Obama should release the notes and transcripts of all his meetings with world leaders so the American people can be satisfied that he’s not promising to sell out the country’s interests after the election is over.”


Wow...what a fucking idiot. The President should release transcripts of everything we have spoken to our allies about regarding Iran?

What would be the point of knowing what Mitt paid in taxes in the 1980s?

Because it's probably a lot lower than even the whopping 15% he paid last year. What do you think of Mitt wanting to publicize all talks with our allies?

Romney should say he will do it right after Obama releases all his college records. The American people have the right to know if Obama has/had extremest communist views at Harvard.

How about releasing everything to do with Solyndra and not just documents that have been Obama approved?

Are you demanding Romney's college records as well?

Of course. But I already know Romney is the same as Obama so the country is screwed no matter witch one gets in.

That's strange...Ive never seen a post of yours asking for them, but about 500 asking for Obama's.

That's because Obama is the president, stupid. And there isn't evidence of Romney associating with known communist terrorists.

I agree with this, but I don't see any reason for the Obama campaign to do this. This is the kind of hail mary you save for the 4th qtr when you're down, not when you should percieve yourself to have the high ground.

Like that birth certificate nonsense that was so popular for the last 3 years with a group of losers tea baggers ?

Romney also donated $4 million to charity (roughly 19% of his income). Just curious, would you rather someone pay 35% in taxes to the government to waste and no money to charity or 15% to the government and another 20% to charitable causes? I would prefer the latter.

I would prefer they pay 35 percent.

what is he hiding?

It wasn't communist terrorists. It was fascist cyber-terrorists. Everybody knows that stupo.

His underwears are magics.

now now.....it's been years since Obama has had terrorists for friends, lets let it go

Where is Romney's birth certificate? I thought it was soooo important?
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he says he'll release it during the third year of his Presidency

You republicans are always about 5 steps behind Obama and his campaign. Not shocking that you don't get why they are bringing this issue up now. There is no 'high ground' here.

Ok. How about his college records?

it's none of their business, kinda like Obamacare when it was passed

Sounds as ridiculous as asking for a birth certificate.