Romney to keep his tax returns hidden<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMitt Romney recently reflected on lessons he learned from his father. \u201cHe made sure my brother and I mowed the lawn, shoveled the driveway,\u201d Romney said. \u201cWhen he ran for\u2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mitt Romney is perfectly within his rights to keep secret his federal tax returns, unlike every major party candidate since Watergate. And people are perfectly within their rights to speculate on why. #ddtb Embedded Link Romney to keep his tax returns hidden Mitt Romney recently reflected on lessons he learned from his father. \u201cHe made … Continue reading “The Mystery of Mitt and the Missing Tax Returns”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25717,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/25\/so-why-should-romney-release-more-tax-information.html","url_meta":{"origin":24754,"position":0},"title":"So why should Romney release more tax information?","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 25-Jan-12 4:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Largely because he's made such a stink about not releasing it. Yes, he's concerned (at least) with it \"looking bad\" or \"giving ammunition\" to his critics -- but that makes it sound like it's even more important for him to do so.And, to look at it from a different perspective,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27437,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/17\/a-taxing-claim.html","url_meta":{"origin":24754,"position":1},"title":"A taxing claim","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 17-Apr-12 6:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, if you don't want to do it, then stand on (some) principle and don't do it. Don't do a half-assed job of it, and then lie to get out of doing more. Yeesh. #ddtb Embedded Link ROMNEY LIES: Claims John Kerry Released 2 Years Of Tax Returns But Kerry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28914,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/12\/tax-returns-for-me-but-not-for-thee.html","url_meta":{"origin":24754,"position":2},"title":"Tax returns for me but not for thee","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 12-Aug-12 1:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So, Mitt, please 'splain: \u00a0if tax returns aren't important, and a big ado about nothing, and certainly nothing that the electorate need to see ... then why did your team vetting VP candidates examine \"several years\" of tax returns from those candidates. \u00a0Not just last year's and estimates of this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25776,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/romney-tries-being-not-so-rich-and-tax-coddled.html","url_meta":{"origin":24754,"position":3},"title":"Romney tries being not so rich and tax-coddled","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 28-Jan-12 10:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Or at least tries convincing us he's not, by incorrectly mauling numbers to make it seem like he's paying 50% income tax.Only in your worst dreams, Mitt.He must be getting really worried about Newt. #ddtbReshared post from +David McGirrMitt Romney attempting to backpedal. He is failing.He's saying that he pays\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25504,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/17\/mitt-thinks-362k-in-speaking-fees-is-not-very-much.html","url_meta":{"origin":24754,"position":4},"title":"Mitt thinks $362K in speaking fees is "not very much"","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 17-Jan-12 12:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Must be nice to live in Mitt's world and pay such a low tax rate. #ddtb Embedded Link Romney Admits His Tax Rate Is About 15 Percent, Lower Than Many Middle Class Families Citizens for Tax Justice a few months ago estimated that Mitt Romney, due to most of his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29066,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/mitt-taxes-and-hypocrisy.html","url_meta":{"origin":24754,"position":5},"title":"Mitt, taxes, and hypocrisy","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Aug-12 9:38am","format":false,"excerpt":"Mitt's been playing the \"no tax returns\" card for years. And yet he's attacked his opponents on just this ground (see video around 6:30). \u00a0And yet, he's more than happy to assert what's in those returns (around 9:00). \u00a0\"Trust me ...\" Embedded Link Romney demanded past opponents to release tax\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}