The gift that keeps on giving -

Blind trusts and carried interest - okay. Yet now we hear about the offshore and “forgotten” Swiss bank accounts?  It’s all about the appearance of cheating America.  I’d be more than interested in seeing disclosures from his time at Bain.

Many of us, small wage earners, give more than 10 % to charities and still gladly pay our fair share of taxes.  Just saying.

Romney is a gentleman not a cheap street fighter. Shouldn’t the President of the United States set a higher bar than some psuedo intellectual thug? You can get the same point across without being a smart mouth bomb thrower. Romney is FEARLESS . He is a MORMON and a massive number of voting Republicans in S.C. said “it was very important their candidate choice be of the same religion.” So an honest man with a clean record, a great family and wife of 42 years, a devout man of religion who honors his promise to God by giving regularly to his church and was over looked by a newly, CONVENIENTLY convert to Roman Catholism along with his former MISTRESS wife and that was enough?? Overlook his lack of morals, multiple marriages , broken promises and selfishness and vote for the guy who looks and acts angry

Did I see that having released some of his returns post-debate, they show he gives more to charity than he pays in taxes?

I have to laugh at some of these comments and the Howard Leek. So, what if he only pays 15% and was born into a rich family? Most politicians are, just like most politicians are corrupt. The difference is he’s an outsider. Not someone from congress or senate. I’d trust Mitt(and Ron Paul) before Newt and some of the other far right wingers in that group.

@jon, most people only make judgments based on media hype, which this is. Like you stated, his money is in a blind trust(doubt most know what that is).

@Jon…absolutely he’s one rich guy.  But he can’t go around telling us how much he understands what we need when he doesn’t even come close to living the life the rest of us do.  It’s pretty obvious the only reason he wants to be president is because he needs an ego boost——probably what spurs 99% of the politicans in life—-ego.  Sorry but I don’t need to stroke anyone’s ego, ever.

Has Mitt broken any laws? If he can save money on his taxes he’s not supposed to do that so it look good to some of the electorate? Sounds like a excellent way to manage money to me. If the other hopefuls were smart enough to reduce their tax liability I have no doubt they would. How many years of his tax returns do you want, did you want his tax returns in 2008? I don’t want a president that understands the “little guy” I want someone who can deal with Putin, China, India and the like. What do you want to do have a glass of chocolate milk with the president? By the way his money is in a blind trust which means all he does is collect the interest, bet you wish you were in that boat. Also if you were he would you want the job as president?

... but with that $42mil in income, mitty is the “job-creator”!  I’m sure he employs a bunch of illegal gardeners and staff for those three mansions he owns… oh, wait he’s running for president for pete’s sake…

As loud as he proclaims he is so different from “the establishment” he is exactly what the establishment stands for.  No wonder he didn’t want to release his taxes.  He’s done little for 2 years and earns 21 million moving money around….slays me.  And I certainly don’t believe he understands the little guy at all and never will.

What kills me is that his declared tax rate is LESS than the rate on capital gains. How exactly does he manage that? My rate by the way is about double his but needless to say my income is waaaaaaaay less. And how come he only released two years? What might be lurking three or four years ago, you have to wonder.

So Republicans are choosing among the robber baron, the serial adulterer….forgive me if I give all that bunch a pass.