Bizarre ransom sought for Romney's tax records
Lewis DiuguidTelevision dramas and movies have been made over kidnappers seeking ransoms after they’ve snatched people. But tax records?
That’s just too bizarre. Yet, the Secret Service is investigating the reported theft of copies of the federal tax records of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. It resulted from the break-in at an accounting office, The Associated Press reports.
Someone claiming responsibility is demanding $1 million or the records will be made public. Romney has declined to release more of his income tax returns, prompting Republicans and Democrats to wonder whether the multimillionaire candidate has something to hide.
The document hostage-taking and ransom request only feeds people’s suspicions.
Kent Mueller
8 months, 2 weeks agoThe real pertinent point here is that the Democrats are freely dealing with a central tenant of McCarthyism.
Harry Reid has led the Democrat’s with his charge that Romney did not pay taxes for several years. And then he says Romney has to prove himself innocent. That is not how it is supposed to work in America. Yet, the Democrats think it is a good strategy.
Lewis, would you like to be charged as guilty until you prove yourself innocent?
William Buchanan
8 months, 2 weeks agoMcCarthyism indeed. And Obama is a socialist who isn’t a legitimate citizen of the US. The Republicans have been employing the same strategy since day one with Obama. Never mind that there is no evidence to support the claim that any of Romney’s tax documents were actually stolen and the fact that the extortionist seems willing to except money from either side of the aisle.
Phil Cardarella
8 months, 2 weeks agoAs I understand it, there was no actual break-in. It almost seems like a joke — you know, where the thawed-out Austin Powers villian demands a ransom for the Earth of such a small sum that it is funny. Things got more expensive while he was frozen.
Seriously, Mit would pay WAY more that $1 Million to keep those babies secret — since he admits that the stuff in them would be used to defeat him. He’d write a check for $10 Mil, easy.
Alas, where is WikiLeaks when you need it?
Mitt has made a lot of money NOT paying taxes like the rest of the “litle people.” Now, he wants to control tax policy. Is what he does illegal? Probably not. Shoud it be? Probably. But the criterion for President is higher than not technically a crook.
Kent Mueller
8 months, 2 weeks agoPhil, you just said that Romney has paid less taxes than the people you call “little people”.
Prove that.
You say stuff like that all the time. So, prove it. And don’t come with the lame incremental tax rate. The incremental tax rate is pertinent when determining the tax on the next dollar of income, but has nothing to do to describe how much someone paid. So, use effective income tax rates, OK?
I’m waiting for your proof.