Politics

Romney Files for Tax Extension

Mitt Romney filed for an extension for his 2011 tax returns, his campaign announced Friday.

In a statement, the Romney campaign said the extension is “similar to what he has done in prior years.”

Romney will file and release his 2011 tax return “sometime in the next six months, and prior to the general election,” the campaign said.

The announcement came hours after President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden released their 2011 tax returns.

According to The Hill, the Romney’s extension estimated his total tax liability to be $3.2 million and that he paid an estimated tax of $887,000 with the extension.

Romney released his 2010 tax return in January amid mounting pressure on the campaign trail to do so.

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:07pm

    Just think, Romney owes approximately $3.2 million in taxes, and Obama and Hillary just gave the Muslim Brotherhood $1.5 BILLION. Every single penny that Romney paid could go to the Muslim Brotherhood and that still doesn’t even come close to how much Obama and Hillary freely doled out. How many of us have worked for and entire year and every penny of our taxes went to a bunch of terrorists and didn’t even go to our OWN country??? Think about it…

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Good point. But still … it‘s disappointing that the man’s CPA can’t get his taxes in on time. Come to think of it, wouldn’t he be required to file his taxes quarterly, instead of annually like the rest of us dolts?

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    • Tigress1
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:34am

      @Look4dbigpicture, everybody’s tax returns are different. Filing an extension is extremely common and does not reflect any kind of financial trouble or indicate an effort to try to hide anything, etc. Romney probably files an ESTIMATED quarterly return, and then on an annual basis he pays the balance that was not included in the previous estimate. People who work on commission, etc. have no idea what their ACTUAL income will be because they don’t receive a salary, therefore, all they can do is estimate what they think it will be. Sometimes they pay more than what they thought they would earn and sometimes they pay less, but whatever it ends up being gets cleared up in the end on an annual basis.

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  • MS-GlenNBC
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:02pm

    The Tax extension is NOT the problem.. I have done it in past years.

    The Problem is……. It will be used against him… Don’t you see this….

    They will say he is holding back until after the primary. It is Ok for a Democrat to do this but it will hurt the Republican party.

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    • db321
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 3:25pm

      The Liberal Media wanted us to pick a Candidate – it looks like we picked Romney – Romney will release his Returns soon and it will be discovered that he misappropriated Campaign funds – Obama win!

      America will be taken down by Romney an his Accountant working together with Obama.

      Maybe Newt should stay in until Romney releases his Tax Returns and they are checked – I just never really trusted Romney!

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    • MittensKittens
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 3:25pm

      WOW, breaking news! OH MY GOD!

      So did I, do you think that will make the nightly news!

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 3:54pm

      Actually, I would have filed for an extension, too. And I wouldn’t release a single NOTE before the LAST day of the extension.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:10am

      Can Anyone Guess Who is Under Investigation for a Felony? (Hint: It Could Disqualify Him From the Presidency)

      http://youthrevolutionarycouncil.org/?p=1264

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    • ghostsouls
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:41am

      His taxes won‘t tell us anything we don’t already know. He has money, he pays taxes, he contributes a bunch to charity. More than I can say for obama and biden. Millions of Americans file for extensions every year. While obama and his cohorts will try to make hay out if it, they are off the topic of other things. So let them go and harp on it for months, and divert things. Romney can pull a Donald Trump and say when he sees obama’s school records and transcripts he will produce his tax return. Even then he doesn’t have to “The thing is, Romney doesn’t have to release anything if he doesn’t want to. Legally, tax returns are private. Presidential hopefuls must only file a financial disclosure report to the Office of Government Ethics, and Romney did that.” So, they can gripe all they want to. We griped about obamas records and they never came out, and he was still elected. We all know he has money, so what, that isn’t a crime either.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:12am

      Oh, Right… like his Tax people did not know… that he had to file… or when! DUFUS Incorporated!

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  • Picked pocket broken leg
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:54am

    I just filed for a extension and usually do every year. Its there for a reason.

    Communism or Liberty which will it be?

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:31am

    Romney has a staff of financial advisors overseeing his estates – his tax return is already complete.

    He has delayed it so that he doesnt have to face the heat until the primary is over. Some leadership, huh? The extension doesnt improve his chances against obama, it decreases them.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:14am

    Is a tax extension the key to becoming wealthy? What a great tip!

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    • bolsen00
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:07pm

      West coast patriot—You don’t even know what your talking about! So many of us have worked with Romney and can a test to the fact that he is outstanding! Look at what he has accomplished in his life…don’t you want him to help create those conditions for you to accomplish what you want in your life? Stop second guessing him…your second guesses are wrong. I am so tired of the losses and devastation I’ve seen in my own family over the last 3 1/2 years…this cannot continue and Romney won’t allow it to continue. Get behind him, he’s not the fictional establishment pick…he’s the choice of smart people everywhere who know of his knowledge, accomplishments, hard work ethic, and integrity.

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:11am

    So, no big deal as it is available to all for different reasons (illness, etc)

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    • claymoremacm
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:20am

      anyone can get a automatic 3 month extension to file ,but you still have to pay your tax liability on “tax day” in April,just the Dumb mAsses will think this is a big deal

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    • IMCHRISTIAN
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:33pm

      I know you have to send estimate and payment.

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    • woodyb
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:45pm

      Claymore3, that includes the Dumbocrats, right????????

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:08am

    You can just hear the late-night jokes now. Romney is so rich, Romney has so much money to count that it just can’t be done in time without the extension. More laughs on hapless ol’ Mitt! Can‘t believe he doesn’t realize how bad the “optics” on this one are.

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  • vinnymac46
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:03am

    Is this against the law or something?No, so what’s the big deal? Nothing!

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  • Wakeup Maggie
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:00am

    Oh my GAWWWWWWD…the sky is falling!!!!!

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  • MS-GlenNBC
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:00am

    Romney is just like Obama in his tactics….

    Why can’t Romney Supporters see this…. Denial ?

    30 Million dollars Romney has spent on his campaign… all I know is….

    He Spent his life in the private sector… Where the Hell is that and what about the 4 years in public sector? doesn’t that count in his life? Maybe he should say I spent my life in the private sector minus 4 years so I hear the truth.

    Abbygirl says he is a good family man. How does she know?

    Libbertygoddess says he LOOKS presidential, what the He__ does that mean? He looks Like Obama with no coat and tie, shirt sleeves rolled up and blue jeans. He looks like the GM of Home Depot.

    Paul P Says Romney Rubio.. Why not Romney Superman or Romney / AND SOMEONE Conservative

    DISENLIGHTENED & P8TRIOT would not care if Romney Signed ObamaCare into law.

    If you follow the logic of Romney Supporters who BLAZE you would come to the conclusion that Warren Buffet is conservative as is Bill Gates.

    Look Dopes… Just because you are a good business man DOES NOT MAKE you conservative. In fact when you get to the level of Money that Romney has most of them are LIBERALS.!!!!

    Just Like Obama and Obama Care have the Taxes go up until after the election Romney has his taxes extended until after the Primary….

    Two Peas in a Pod…..

    OK….. RoBots Trash me and not what I said

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    • sbenard
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:24am

      Do you really expect any of us to read that? I didn’t!

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:41am

      Romney is like Obama….. There is that short enough for you.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:23pm

      Actually, I would care very much. Relax, no one is going to sign Obamacare into law.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:27pm

      Romney: Who funds him? 10 percent from small individual contributions, the rest from Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse Group, Morgan Stanley, HIG Capital, Barclays, Kirkland & Ellis, Bank of America, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, EMC Corp, JPMorgan Chase. Same companies that backed Obama! They are the same.

      Let’s look at Credit Suiise Group. “In 2009, Credit Suisse settled on charges that it violated sanctions regulating financial transactions with IRAN!! The charges included “stripping”, the practice of removing the identity and origin of funds used in transactions. Credit Suisse employees stripped the identities of Iranian banks enabling funds to be transferred to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the Aerospace Industries Organization, entities respectively involved in the production of nuclear weapons and long range missiles!!” Wow, I would love to have them filling my pockets, wouldn’t you?

      PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Love those Brits, want to be a puppet of those guys. Don’t you see the picture here? Who are you really supporting?

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:32pm

      Where is Glenn on all this? Who is he for now? If he goes for Romney, that will make him a total hypocrite, worse than endorsing Santorum. He will have no credibility left.

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    • LibertyGoddess
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:29pm

      MS – You lie. I never said Romney looks presidential. I did my homework. I have read up on all the GOP primary candidates and yes, my conclusion, like millions of others is Romney is the best for this time period.

      Your comments always appear bitter and too critical for the content. Something tells me you have an irrational hatred for Mormons. Am I right?

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:47am

      @LIBERTYGODDESS
      MS – You lie. I never said Romney looks presidential. I did my homework. I have read up on all the GOP primary candidates and yes, my conclusion, like millions of others is Romney is the best for this time period.

      Your comments always appear bitter and too critical for the content. Something tells me you have an irrational hatred for Mormons. Am I right?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      NO, you are PSYCHOTIC!!!!!

      There is a New Card in the Deck. “The Anti-Mormon or Bigot Card“ which is equal to the ”Racist Card”.

      I don’t Like Obama or ObamaCare…That makes me a Racist to Obama Supporters.
      I don’t Like Romney or RomneyCare…That makes me Anti-Mormon or a Bigot to Romney Supporters.

      Haven’t you heard Glenn or PAT go off on the Bigot Rants? like you!

      I’d like to see your Homework Libertygoddess….

      1. Cain.. Not LDS
      2. Bachmann.. Not LDS
      3. Santorum.. Not LDS
      4. Perry .. Not LDS
      5. Gingrich.. Not LDS
      6. Paul… Not LDS
      7. Huntsman.. LSD, Maybe, but he dropped out :(
      8. Romney… LDS :) but….
      a. Gun Control, don’t care
      b. RomneyCare, don’t care
      c. Flip Flop, don’t care

      Name 3 conservative things Romney did as Governor!
      1. uh
      2. well there’s
      3. and then…

      See, Nothing Conservative! Homework Done.

      Who is the best Speaker in your life time.
      1. John Boehner
      2. Nancy pelosi
      3. Newt Gingrich

      I bet you picked #2.

      & it’s MS-GlenNBC

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 8:13pm

      @DISENLIGHTENED
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:23pm
      Actually, I would care very much. Relax, no one is going to sign Obamacare into law.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      I present to you DISENLIGHTENED….. “Relax, no one is going to sign Obamacare into law.”

      O B A M A C A R E ~ I S ~ T H E ~ L A W ~ O F ~ T H E ~ L A N D !!!!!!!!

      Where the hell have you been? Obama Signed ObamaCare into law Two years ago.

      Wow!!!

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:29am

    romney obviously wants to release his tax returns AFTER he has secured the primary….which is a bad strategy for the general election because he releases them closer to the election. Romney should want to get this cat out of the bag because it is going to be nasty.

    Yea, romney gives a lot to charity. But his tax return is way more complicated than the average person’s and will be full of deductions and write-offs that most people wont understand. Keep in mind he does not want to simplify the tax code and has come out many times AGAINST the flat tax

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    • wesinLR
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:54am

      3.2 mill is big but he paid about 28% so im not sure what people want…

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:02am

      he has said before that he pays around 15% because alot of it is capital gains

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:24pm

      He’s already released 2010 and his 2011 projected, and the sky didn’t fall.

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  • The Jewish Avenger
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:03am

    If the IRS gives it to him, no one has a right to whine about it. But whine they will.

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  • okishdu
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:53am

    Romney’s tax returns from now back to his student days will be a heavy read. Most of us fall to default positions, taking the easy route of claiming standard deductions etc. but you can count on two things, Romney will be found to be consistent in his donations to charity, always well over 10%, and his tax accountants will have taken full advantage of our baroque tax code to avoid paying any extra taxes. Like most conservatives, and from recent indications, Obama himself, Romney prefers to manage his own giving instead of counting on the government to take care of everything.

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    • DoctorC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:08am

      Well said Okishdu. I have also had to extend my tax returns 18 out of the last 20 years. It is very common. Hopefully if the lamestream media try to make a big deal out of this Governor Romney will set them straight and get the message out that it is the idiotic IRS tax code that is the problem, not him.
      By the way, once he releases his returns, as you mentioned his returns will show that he will have paid very generously to charity and he will have paid in taxes exactly what the current tax law demands. His returns will show that he took advantage of many “loopholes” and he will get blasted for that for a few days if the news is slow. Well, Romney didn’t put the loopholes in there. Loopholes in tax code were put in there by congress and any one of us who becomes successful in business would want to utilize them to minimize our taxes. His federal taxes will probably amount to about 16% of his millions of dollars of income. The class warfare liberals will also make his low “Buffett-like” percentage the followup issue. Mitt Romney is a smart enough businessman and employs savvy enough accountants to insure that he won’t pay more to the federal government than what the current tax laws require him to pay. None of us will voluntarily pay more to the IRS than what we absolutely have to–even Buffett the Savior of America that he is (ha) doesn’t give the US Treasury his extra millions just so that he can match the 32% in Federal taxes that I pay. Cheap SOB

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    • DoctorC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 1:41am

      It doesn’t make me mad at Romney (or Buffett) that their tax percentage is a lot lower than mine because that is the way the law reads. Of course I wish that I only had to pay 15% rather than 32% (I’m not a dumba$$) but I don’t make money by investing in companies. I make it by fixing teeth. which is unfortunately taxed at double the rate of Capital Gains in my case. One reason Capital Gains income is taxed lower is to encourage people to invest in other companies.

      There are negatives to making money the way Romney and Buffett do. It seems like those fellows have it easy just living off of other people’s hard work, and when they choose wisely, investing can be very successful (and have a very low tax rate). However, to make a living off of Capital Gains income involves a lot of risk and that type of income can fluctuate wildly and disappear entirely when the markets and investments fall or go kaput. Do I wish that I paid only a 15% federal income tax rate? Of course! Do I wish that the Capital Gains tax rate was higher to make Romney and Buffett pay the same rate as I do so tax percentages are “fair”? (boo hoo you occupy slackers) No way! Even though I don’t yet make any money off of investments in other companies except my own, I hope that someday I may be able to. If I risk my own hard earned (and already once income taxed) money in a company that does well and makes me money–it WON’T be fair at all if my dividends are taxed AGAIN at a 32% rate.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:50am

    Lets look at this – I think it is perfectly okay. Why release now for the Demorats twist and turn up until the election and we know they would. They are desperate to keep the topic off the economy because they know they are an epic fail. This is why the created the “war on women” synopsis, except they just can’t help themselves and it is not long before one slips up and says exactly how the Demorats really feel. Remember, their mindset is finding ways to screw the American people to support their fake causes. It is all about POWER and MONEY with them. They won’t be happen until they take 90% from everyone. They no more love the poor than North Korea loves their people. If they loved the poor, why are the poor in areas where they are in charge still poor? At least Republicans want to lift them up to a higher standard, but you must have to willing participants.

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  • JP4JOY
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:42am

    About 30% of those who still pay taxes file for an extension, what’s the big deal here? In the past the IRS encouraged using this extension to spread out their workload.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:06am

      There is nothing wrong with it .. most people who winter in Florida do the same and then complete there taxes after returning north. You have to estimate and PAY what you are believed to owe and most people pay more so as not to get any penalties .. the government gets a “free” loan of any of that overpayment.

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  • cloudsofwar
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:25am

    romney files for tax extension. NOW UNLEASHE THE TROLLS.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:38am

      Before this crew of hate filled Marxists, it was never considered “ evil ” to be economically successful in America. Hard work and effort were considered worthy of reward. The Obama Rule of Marxist “ social justice ” morality boils down to : let Big Daddy government give you, poor little victim , what Big Daddy will take away from those big , evil, capitalist pigs. Just give Big Daddy your complete allegiance and let Big Daddy have POWER. That is what Big Daddy wants. POWER.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:31am

      @BARBER2

      AMEN to everything you said!

      OMG 2012 .. restore LIBERTY!

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  • cloudsofwar
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:22am

    i saw Romney on fox news speaking at the NRA convention in st louie, excellent speach very uplifting and pro growth. HE HAS MY VOTE. he will be a refreshing change for America.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:26am

      agree. so nice to hear someone proud of America who isn’t preaching hate, negativity, and division. A very nice “ change ” from our Marxists now infesting the Democrat Party

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:07am

      Ann Romney was also excellent .. will be nice to have a FIRST LADY again … unlike now .. MO is no “lady”.

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    • DoctorC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:03am

      I heard the speech as well, and even though Romney was not my first choice, the speech was very well spoken and he will make a FAR better president than BO. Those of you who say that you will not vote for Romney because he is Mormon or because of his moderate past or his flip-flopping, please just overlook these differences and get on board and talk positive about him so that we can stop the Obamiation! I really didn’t like McCain either, but I guarantee that America would be a lot better now if more folks would have just sucked it up and got on the bandwagon and put him into the oval office instead of the Socialist who is now there. Romney will be the nominee, and even if you really hate everything about him and even if he makes you want to be sick, I assure you, I PROMISE you that if you and your friends don’t get out and stand in line and vote for him and we end up allowing BHO another 4 years in a second term, America will never recover and the Proud United States of America that we love will shrivel and perhaps even die. The USA will become even worse off than the socialist European Countries if we don’t manage to get Romney elected. So from one non-Romney fan to all of you Romney haters out there: If you are a patriot and love America, please ignore the reasons that you dislike Mitt and try to tell as many people as possible to vote for him. If you can’t bring yourself to say good stuff about Romney, just tell everyone you know to vote for “the Republican”.

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  • barber2
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:22am

    Don’t you love the way our Marxists control the media ? Still no one is able to ferret out Soetoro/ Obama’s hidden school records, but they put every conservative under a microscope and then send in their Character Assassination Squad, followed by front page of the New York Times. Talk about unfair and unbalanced and unafraid of any criticism…

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  • sWampy
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:59am

    China must be giddy, Romney has sent them more jobs them than any other, not he has a slim chance of being el presendete, and you imagine how many jobs he can send them with that power.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:23am

      we “ get ” your message. Just not buying it. troll on…

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:41am

      Would you care to list the companies that Romney supposedly sent over to China? Until that happens and we can check out your supposed facts, some of us will assume you are a Paulbot or Commobot.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:55am

      Actually, Steve Jobs, every liberal’s Jesus, has sent more jobs to China than the rest of the planet combined. All those libs with their Macs and Ipods are building the Chinese empire their Sociology professors dreamed of.

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    • DoctorC
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:12am

      Swampy you are full of crap. Stop making up drivel. Romney CAN beat Obama if we all stop bitching about what we didn’t like about him and join together now–not as Romney-fans but as conservatives and patriots and help get him elected just so that we can get OBAMA OUT. I promise that for all his failings, Romney is not anywhere as bad as Obama and especially a lame-duck Obama with nothing to lose by becoming WAY more radical in his final 4 years. This first four years was Obama being moderate and basically just spending the entire first term just campaigning to get elected to the second term. Once elected (if we allow our disdain for Romney to let that happen) Obama will show his true evil Socialist agenda and communist philosophy.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:54am

    Look for Obamas propaganda news to unleash the hounds of war upon this fact with full savagery.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:16am

      agree. Part of their anti-capitalism creed.

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    • mils
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:25am

      You are right…this will be a democrat talking point, there will be an pol ad out there about this…
      AND I honestly don’t care…Romney can make all the money he wants.
      ..maybe we need someone that knows how to make money in charge…wouldn’t that would novel…
      What i do find disconcerting is the Romney camp should know better than give Obama fodder. Sometimes I wonder if the Republicans actually want to win.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:10am

      Then OBAMA should release all his RECORDS .. give us something to read in the meantime … How about the ones that show him as a foreign student (you know when Bill Ayers parents were paying for his education) … and where did he get that Social Security number .. who “issued” it? More questions than answers .. Presidents in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones!

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  • dissentnow
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:48am

    Non-issue, folks.
    If you want to nail Romney, start with his lack of conservative ideas.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:29am

      Or we could start with Ron Paul’s lack of Conservatism and concentrate on his what… neo-liberalism as opposed to Romney who was a Governor in a liberal state working “for” a very liberal demographic?

      I thought Ron Paul supporters were all about the states? Ron Paul would pass the buck to the states now wouldn‘t he so he wouldn’t have to make hard decisions? Abortion, drug legalization, gay marriage? You know… that liberal stuff…

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:34am

      You’re right. Ron Paul isn’t a (neo) conservative. He is a libertarian, which is closer to classical liberalism than modern conservatism. Classical liberalism was the politcal ideaology of the majority of the founding fathers. Classical liberalism is not to be confused with modern liberalism, which has nothing in common with the views of the founding fathers. The progressives adopted the term “liberal” as a means to make their radical views easier for the American people to digest. Their plan worked very well, as the platforms for BOTH parties contain the key points of the progressive agenda. In fact, the current republican party foreign policy is a progressive policy. Interventionism is the policy of Woodrow Wilson. There is a common intersection between the open/no boder movement of the left and the policman of the world/interventionists on the right; That intersection is global government/global currency. Both the left and the right are achieving the same foreign policy goals. You guys may bicker over issues like marriage and abortion but the real damage to our economy is being done with the consent of both the left and the right.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:41am

      This is what Ron Paul is…. forget about comparing Ron Paul to the Founders…

      Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And Murray Rothbard http://www.businessinsider.com/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics-contributor via @bi_contributors

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:00pm

      Can you not think for yourself? You always post the same links on every thread involving either Ron Paul or libertarianism. Go ahead and debate something that i’ve said. I guess that its easier for you to just copy and paste stuff than it is to actually think for yourself.
      My point about Romney was not about states rights. My point was about consistency and character. I just don’t buy the whole “the only reason that i supported abortion and gun control was because i was the Gov. of a liberal state, but now that i am running for national office i am against abortion and against gun control” thing. If you want to vote for someone who constantly changes his views to fit what is in his best politcal interests at that particular moment, that’s fine with me. I, however, can’t do that.
      Also, lets not talk about racism, pal. There is enough racist skeletons in both the republican and democrat closets to go around. No party is immune to racism or stupidity.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:12pm

      DISS. I get tired of debating the same ridicilous garrbage over and over again with the same result. Paul infomercials and EVERYONE else is wrong, and should WAKE UP., LOL.

      Paul disciples I thought LIKED links? Oh, that’s right… only the one’s that support Ron Paul. Sorry, may BAD as the kiddies say.
      Oh, and just for the heck of it…

      http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frumforum.com%2Fthe-founders-were-no-libertarians http://The+Founders+Were+No+Libertarians/#.T4mhla0rjiI.twitter

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:18pm

      DISS. Racism? Show me any candidate, besides Ron Paul and maybe Gary Johnson that espouses an ideology connected to racism as much as the libertarian ideology.

      Also show me where any of them had anything, ANYTHING like the Ron Paul Newsletter at any time during their careers? Also show me where any candidate has pandered to racists, bigots and anti-semites and has that same group attach themselves to Ron Paul like nuts to a vanilla sundae?

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:29pm

      I wasn’t talking about any individual politican, but rather members of the respective parties in general.
      For instance, the majority of the people in my neck of the woods that don’t like black people, tend to be republicans…..not that there is anything wrong with that. That is just the way it is. We all have our prejudices. I’m open about mine. You’re the one acting overly sensitive about race. Go sing kumbaya with Al Sharpton if you care so deeply about healing the racial divide.
      If you want to talk party affiliation, lets talk about the democrats. The democrats are the party of KKK. Nothing that you can scrape up on the libertarians can compare to the Klan and the southern democrats.
      If you want to drop names, lets talk about Robert Byrd (d), Strom Thurmond (r), Maxine Waters (d), Bobby Rush (d), Jesse Helms (r), etc. All racists. I can keep going if you’d like.
      How about Barack Obama, who sat in the pews of a racist preacher who spewed racist black liberation theology for over 20 years. He was married by that racist and his children were baptized by him. That is far worse than anything that Ron Paul supposedly said.

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:12am

    I’ve filed for extensions several times. No big deal. Move along folks.

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    • justangry
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:18am

      Yup, this isn‘t the reason he’s a douche.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:51am

      Well just it takes one to know one. Glad you can recognize yourself.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:19am

      JUST thinks that anyone who isn‘t a subversive seditious Rothbardian radical bordering on treason who is JUSTANGRY and PO’d that the United States of America would dare draft him during the Viet Nam war and against his libertarian anti-war ideology like Ron Paul…

      is JUST a “douche.”

      That is all.

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  • Temporal
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:09am

    A dry well for the left. An extension is routine in complex returns and does not the delay the payment of taxes. Because Romney is a successful businessman his tax return is complex, but that’s a problem with the tax code, not the tax payer.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:02am

      Yes, it’s hard to pay less than capital gains rate, when you make billions sending American jobs to China. Praise Allah, Hail Obama, we get to pick between two progressive fascists

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:53am

      You are high on accusations Swampy, but short on facts. Perhaps you would like to show facts or is that too difficult for you?

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  • SurfinRallylizard
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:04am

    Anyone who thinks this is a story has no idea what filing an extension means. Especially considering brokerage statements were coming back with changes all the way into march and these make up the brunt of Romney’s taxes. He paid all his tax obligation to the best of calculation (and will pay a penalty if more is owed), so there isn’t anything here to critique.

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    • Temporal
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:17am

      That’s true. The IRS issued reporting instructions to brokerages that were incompatible with those issued to tax preparers. As a result, many tax preparers are STRONGLY recommending that those with 1099′s from brokerages file for an extension until the matter is corrected. See: http://tradertax.com/

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:56am

    There better not be anything shakey in any of your previous returns Mitt.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:47am

      I’m more concerned about his previous returns. You can be sure the O campaign has dug up every piece of dirt on Romney. They know something we don’t and will drop it at the most opportune time. It’s gonna get ugly.

      http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-tax-returns-20120413,0,3267674.story

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:01am

      COPATRIOTS – the man is a Mormon do-gooder, and you want to believe he’s some kind of Chicago shark. Think about it. Any man giving so much to charity isn’t knowingly cheating on his taxes.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:09am

      Ummm . . . that wasn’t meant to sound harsh.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:39am

      @ DIS

      I wasn‘t doubting Romney’s character rather I don’t put anything past the O campaign. They, with the complicit media, can make a negative story out of the most honorable act. I’m telling ya right now……..they’ve got dirt of some sort, even if it’s manufactured dirt.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:42am

      well we do know that his/ann’s blind trusts have invested in some questionable things….
      http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/blind-trusts/
      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124457/Ann-Romney-blind-turst-Goldman-Sachs-sex-trafficking-fund.html

      You know he is filing an extension to delay this thing….to when we are “stuck with him”

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:53am

      We have an actual tax cheat as O’s Treasury Sec. The hypocrisy of the left never ceases to amaze. I would not think Romney would knowingly cheat on his taxes. There are so many tax regs and changes to those regs over the years……it is highly possible there is a flaw on one of his returns that the O campaign will make an issue out of while the continue to push his wealth and class warfare.

      Again, DIS, I’m voting for Romney if he is the nominee. He just wasn’t my first choice…..his policies are more liberal for my preference and he seems too polished. Ann made Mitt more like-able and personable. He just doesn’t seem to be a candidate that will have Conservatives rushing to the polls. And the O campaign, with the help of the media, are going to publicly shred him. The fickle-minded among us will take that bait and likely not vote for either. I hope I’m wrong. Time will tell.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:29pm

      COPATRIOTS – “I wasn‘t doubting Romney’s character . . . ”
      I know you weren’t. That’s why I wrote the “wasn’t meant to sound harsh” remark.
      I like the Romneys myself, but my fingers are crossed because of his past, and I really believe O’s team are bluffing and firing blanks.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:07pm

      @copatriots

      The first two lines of your post about left tax cheats…exactly. Don’t understand why conservatives/republicans ALWAYS have to go on the defense! It is just maddening to me. Act like the adult in the room…just say, yes there is an extension of my filing of my 2k11 taxes..PERIOD..and in the next breath (example-the child says I HATE YOU..the parent says WELL, SWEETHEART,I LOVE YOU and now go clean your room) ask how is Charlie Rangel doing after his “little-tax-issue”. Some people will say….quit being passive-aggressive…but unfortunately, sometimes a conservative has to be “alittle snarky” and then smile & wait for the dem/lib reaction. It is very easy. Think like a parent talking & listening to a willful child. Don’t go on the defense unless…(fill in the blanks) you did something really wrong..against the law.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:59pm

      SOYBOMB315 – blind trusts . . . as in “no control”. I think [hope] most people understand that.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 14, 2012 at 3:27pm

      the same blind trusts that romney campaigned ted kennedy against, saying that you can tell the blind trust what to do and not do (sounds like superPAC). now romney hides behind them? no, most people do not know what a blind trust is

      no need to argue about it. i’m just trying to prepare you for the general election – cuz it is going come up

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