Updated 2:41 p.m. - Most Americans say Mitt Romney should release more of his tax returns, according to a new poll released Thursday.
Fifty-four percent of Americans said in a USA Today/Gallup poll that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should release additional years of tax records beyond the 2010 returns he's already released and the 2011 filing Romney has pledged to make public before the election. Thirty-seven percent of adults said Romney should not have to release more tax records.
The Obama campaign has sought to make Romney's taxes an issue in the campaign, going so far as to suggest that, in the absence of evidence, it's possible that the former Bain Capital executive might not have had to pay any taxes in a given year.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign stop on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in Bowling Green, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Romney campaign has rejected that charge, and has refused to budge in its stance against releasing more tax returns. Doing that, Romney has said, would provide Democrats with more opposition research fodder.
"We've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life. And so, the election, again, will not be decided on that," Ann Romney said of the tax returns on "Good Morning America."
Still, Republicans and conservative media outlets, fearing the collateral damage from the candidate's refusal, have joined the chorus calling for Romney to release his returns.
To that end, 30 percent of Republicans in the USA Today/Gallup survey said Romney should release his returns; 53 percent of independents want to see more of Romney's records.
The poll was conducted July 18 and has a 5 percent margin of error.


Well Anne says "we've given all you people need to know".....guess that shuts us up. NOT!
Anne's handlers have to be cringing, and will muzzle her again.
So what if the Romney's are rich? Just because you are not, you hate them. Yes?
Cogito Ergo Scum...
Do you have any skills that add to the well-being of your city, state, country?
Anything worthwhile?
And, remember, tying your shoes and waving "bye-bye" are not skills.
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
she might be going to jail along with mute !!!
Why don't we have access to any of Obama's records.
Every time anyone DARES to look into Obama's past, it is always full of lies, deceit, and clover-ups.
But yet we are supposed to think it is important to release more tax returns when we have a president that is nothing but a mystery, who also has communist ties everywhere in his past, as well as his present.
Are you kidding me?
The reality is, Romney doesn't have skeletons in his closet. So the libs have to invent them. Obama has skeletons and probably some flesh to go with them, hiding in his closets.
We do have his 1040 TAX returns ...dips-hit... and that is what is being questioned here.
Delia and Cogito both seem to believe that report cards are as important as Tax Returns!!! LOL!
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
To be honest it doesn't matter to me what Mitt's riches are but I want him to give us a detailed outline on what he wants to do to get people back working, it's certainly not in his 59 point plan and his support of the Paul Ryan budget ain't gone cut it!!! Also I'd like to be told the truth of what real problem is about the economy not being able o create jobs fast enough. From everything that I've read it because we're an under-educated society for the jobs tomorrow and I'm not just talking about the black race but all races. If America can get down to the nitty-gritty of rebuilding our education system to more hands on and getting young men and women working with there hands again then those 1.25 million electrical engineering that Mr. ROmney says available won't go to those people who live India and Israel instead they'll go to the young men and women who like on 4267 north 25th street in Milwaukee, WI. Or those who live Cambridge WI, or Sturdevant WI, or SOuth 6th street in Milwaukee, WI in other words there too many people suffering to make ends meet for us to have to recruit people from other countries to fill these jobs. And I always say that's my opinion and the President has to keep it real with the American public and let us know this is a very big issue that has to be addressed right away.
To JK1963:
Tax loophole - A provision in the laws governing taxation that allows people to reduce their taxes. The term has the connotation of an unintentional omission or obscurity in the law that allows the reduction of tax liability to a point below that intended by the framers of the law.
Not paying your taxes, or your fair share is UnAmerican. For someone who claims they can "fix" the economy and then takes advantage of every tax loophole year after year, which is detrimental to the economy, I'd say that is Un-American!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!
The new Republican Clown Car is making the rounds, along with the banner on the side of it:
ROMNEY IS NOT AS BIG A CROOK AS NIXON....
Republican Clown Car...All the greats! Nixon, Agnew, Ford, Reagan, Bush 1, Quayle, Bush 2, Cheney, Portman,Pawlenty, Christie, Rubio, Gingrich, Palin, McCain, Cain, Bachmann, Santorum, Foley,and of course the Felon-To-Be Romney!
What a proud tradition the GOP has!
CAIN / SANDUSKY 2012 For real Republican Family Values
CAIN / FOLEY 2012 Another dose of Republican Family Values...
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
OK lets do this. Romney and Obama BOTH produce Tax Returns , College transcripts, Birth Certificates, Legal SS cards. and any other document that are needed to show both Candidates are eligible to run. I don't care how rich they are I just need to know that the playing field is equal. If your afraid to or won't produce these documents then you have something to hide from the American Public.
Obama has 12 years worth of tax returns posted on line....let's see Mittens catch up with what is important.....report card are not.
Obama's birth certificate is online at his website, Mitt's is not.
We are waiting on Mitt...
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
Willard's daddy showed 12 years worth of returns and he wasn't even the Repub candidate! If it's good enough for dad, it should be good enough for Mitt! Unless . . . a person has something BIG to hide!
Mitt has something BIG to hide - something VERY BIG! He's a tax cheat.
For all you people who are wanting college transcripts from the POTUS, then Mitt should show HIS TOO! Although I don't know why transcripts would enlighten anyone!
It's not the college transcripts that should be produced that Obama has now sealed. I could care less what he got in Pottery 101. It's the applications and or financial aid forms he signed to get into College. If, and I say if, those were to surface and he swore on those forms he was a foreign student and that's what got him into college along with his confessed low GPA, and he also recieved financial aid, then what would you say? A College Cheat? A felony committed? He already confessed in using illiegal drugs? Where did he get them? How did he pay for them? Did he use his aid money? Did he sell them to others? Lots of questions that he could clear up very easily. Then there is Fast & Furious and hold out of records where an American agent was killed? What has happened to the White House leak investigation? There were only so many people who had access to those sensitive topics. How long does it take to interview a couple of dozen folks? And you are worried about a few years of tax returns that the IRS doesn't seem to be worried about at all. Please lets have some of you liberals address these many topics that Obama doesn't want to produce or as blocked from being produced. Fair Play anyone? Or is it all one-sided from your point of view? I really don't see you wanting to discuss these other subjects? Why NOT !
Jack Hole....
We were discussing TAX RETURNS, in case you missed it. Typical Repub, has to change the subject.
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
Say What- Please address the other topics I mentioned in my post 34.1. I did mention the tax returns subject and the IRS in my comments to the thread. Please re-read slowly this time. Is it against the blog rules to add other thoughts and questions in posting? Is this not a board of free speech? Please give us your take on my other questions like College applications, F & F, Whitehouse leaks? etc. Surely you must have something to say on these other points as you have tried to limit others what they can say on this blog.
Yes Jackson; you gave a cursory mention of the article
and then went on to replay ad nauseum the GOP mantra of diffusion and delusion and deception from the jist of the article in another attempt to divert any attention from Mittens not wanting to tell you where he gets his income from.
Mittens and the RETHUGS do not have your best interests at heart. Will you ever learn that? (sigh) Probably Not and if you get your wish and the Rethugs do take over, you'll be right back here crying that you just can't make it with three jobs and medical insurance payments, etc.
Here a news flash for you: Congress just voted down the "Bring Jobs Home Act" (H.R. 5542), which would eliminate the tax deduction companies use to OUTSOURCE jobs and would reward companies keeping jobs here with a 20% tax deduction.
Once again, the Greedy Obstruction Party has protected the Wealthy and stomped on small business
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
Hey Obama, how about you release your records??? College transcripts, Law school transcripts, passport records, college admission applications, law review articles, etc...??? What is good for the goose is good for the gander
Matt....
We were discussing TAX RETURNS, in case you missed it. Typical Repub, has to change the subject. Go goose yourself.
Tell us true, Matt, do you really think report cards are as important as Tax Records? You don't,do you? Really? LOL!!!
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
So easy to post anonymously. How about you show the guts to put your name and face to your posts? Typical Lib, hide behind an anonymous statement, and throw stones at the messenger, and not the message.
We are discussing full disclosure, and not just taxes. I keep hearing, "disclose it Mit, what are you hiding?" but nothing but silence as to Obama's lack of disclosure. Why are you defending Obama's hiding of his records?
My name is Paul Price, Matt....
We are discussing TAX RETURNS Matt! Here let me help you, as you appear,like most Repubs, unable to read....
Here is the title (that means the NAME of the thread:
Most say Romney should make more tax records public
You can find that hidden at the very top of this page...
Do you have any further questions,Matt?????
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
Matt.....And Obams school records matter Why? If Mitt showed his school records they would show a Bully....remember. Or an animal hater, remember? or a Mormon, Remember? None of that matters. Tax's do, especially when you "claim" you did not own, work, collect pay, advise Any part of a Company that was out to Ruin the country you say you Love. He is in trouble...you know it and so does his party. Until the slim ball teas give back the GOP (they don;t have the oysters to Take it back) You my friend, don't have a chance. Quite yer Whining!
It is simply amazing the GOP non-thought process.....Mitt is caught dead-to-rights, and the Repubs want to talk about report cards!
The tax years that are important are 2000, 2001,2002. He told the SEC one thing, America something else.
I read that the $100,000 a year salary for those years was part of a severance package......the only problem, according to Mitt, the package was negotiated in 2003.....
Republicans and diapers need to be changed often.....for the same reason.
Ask Mr. Obama what they would show. He's the one that would know, and he knows why he is hiding them. How would I know what suppressed documents show? Why has he spent millions to suppress them if they don't have any damning information??
You guys assume my political allegiance. I am all for Mitt producing additional tax records, and I think he should. I am also for Mr. Obama producing all of his documentation, including college records, and think he should. In Mr. Obama's own words, only those with something to hide don't produce all of their records. What does Mr. Obama have to hide, and what does Mr. Romney have to hide. They both need to come clean.
As for you libs that assume my political leanings, get a life. All you can do is try and shoot the messenger rather than deal with the message.
matthew , the truth ,,,,,,,,, mute is a FELON !!!
Like I said....Obama's applications to College and or financial aid request forms would be interesting to know how Obama represented himself multiple times. A foreign student ? That could be a real game changer...but alas the records are sealed. I could care less on his grades. Pottery 101 can be tough when you get to that wheel part of the course. Especially if you are smoking pot at the same time.
he is chicken
Mitt's wife said today, "We have given all the financial records you people need to see"
Really? I think voters will be the judge of that because isn't Mitt running on his financial record???
KEEPING IT THOUGHTFULLY
HONEST: According to Senator Bernie Sanders, America has lost 60,000 factors to
Communists China due to outsourcing! Today, the Senate Republicans
blocked a "Bring Jobs Home" bill that, if nothing else, that highlights
Romney's ties to Bain Capital again and its outsourcing practices.” This
American Bill would have simply “provided a 20 percent tax credit to American
companies to move production back to the United States as well as end a tax
breaks for companies when closing a domestic plant, even if operations are outsourcing
abroad. Really! THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH IS: while just last week, America had another 65,000 low jobs report, the U.S CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE (Should be called-The Communists China
Chamber of Commerce) was at work behind the scenes! It is critical to note that “All but four of
the Senate's 47 Republicans voted to block this American jobs bill. Sixty
supporters were needed to advance the jobs legislation, which failed on a 56-42
vote.” So the US (Communists China)Chamber of Commerce which is the largest pay-off spender last year at $66.4 million dollars in lobbying to created jobs in Communists China, while displacing hundreds of thousands American workers in USA) continues to be at work! According the data, over-all amount of pay-off to self serving corrupt politicians is only $3.3 billion! This traitorous action is both inexcusable and despicable! And we wonder why there are NO new jobs being created in America? Mr. McConnell and your Obstructionist,
Middle Class Americans will remember you and your obstructionists in the Senate in November!
And speaking of turtlehead McConnell, Kentucky is one of thw WORST run states in the country! People of KY need to grow a pair and some brains and vote OUT this aging tortoise!!
Mitt is retroactively paying taxes for the years after he retroactively retired from Bain so in retrospect he wont look too bad. He doesnt want people to know how much money he made sending jobs overseas and how little he paid in taxes after outsourceing his money to Switzerland, Grand Cayman and Bermuda.
Tell us Mrs. Romney, what exactly did you mean today when you said "You people" . If you're too embarrassed, let me help you.
"You people" is elitist code for people and all other forms of life that people like you feel are beneath you.
My dear Ann Romney, you couldn't hold a candle to our wonderful and current First Lady, Michelle Obama, and you never will. You are a snobbish, haughty bore and totally undeserving. So glad we found out who the real Ann Romney is. Sadly, what and who you are probably doesn't come as a surprise to most.
Trust me Ann, us people want to know what Mitt's tax returns are hiding. And we deserve to know, especially from someone who is aspiring to the highest office in the land.
Romney presented last years tax returns but why did he not present every page they are incomplete. Seems he left out the form declaring money he has overseas. If you are making the argument that he presented enough then what he presented should be complete not missing anything.
It's remarkable that posters keep calling for Obama's "records." What records are you talking about? You sound foolish.
The reason Mitt isn't releasing his tax returns is that he knows what's in them. He and his handlers decided long ago that whatever's in them is more dangerous to his campaign than to stonewall the issue, which as we can see is damaging his campaign perhaps beyond repair.
We have been talking about this for nearly two weeks, with no end in sight. Romney's has to be the worst run campaign in the last fifty years.
Come November, my guess is the majority of Tea Partiers are staying home.
Obama's college application and financial aid records- Buck.
If people want to see more than 2 yrs. of taxes, they should lobby for the requirements for such. Romney's met the standard. This is a clear distraction from the issues facing our nation. If the IRS is okay with his returns, so am I. Let's get back to what's going wrong and the best way to return our country to its previous status of "greatest country".
The refusal to release tax returns as has historically been done by both Democrats and Republicans smacks of arrogance and elitism. The "commoners" just don't have the right to information about the man who says he wants to be their president. Yes, we do! We have the right to know where his money comes from and how he has earned it. When a man aspires to the highest office in the land, he has an obligation to disclose both financial information, voting records, marital records, and a host of other information that will allow us to assess his character and his experience. Does he really believe that the American public should vote for a pig in a poke? We should vote for him just because he says so? He won't tell us what he plans to do to turn the economy around. He won't tell us what he plans to cut from the budget. He won't tell us much of anything, but he expects us to vote for him? Maybe some people are stupid enough to vote for someone they really know nothing about, but I am not. Ann Romney said it quite clearly, We are just "you people", peons beneath her feet, not worthy of information. I really despise the assumption that wealthy people are above the rules, above the "ordinary folk", just because they have money. This is the United States of America, where everyone is supposed to be equal. This is the USA, where the rights of citizens are equal, and the responsibilities of citizens are equal. No one is above the rules. No person is superior just my virtue of wealth. Someone needs to tell the Romneys that they are no better than anyone else, money or no money.
BTW right wingers, don't bother with the nonsense about birth certificates and college transcripts. Obama graduated magna cum laude, which proves he had good grades; and no one with a brain believes he was born in Kenya. His gpa is not relevant to the presidency. Reagan barely made a "C" average, so grades clearly are not meaningful to voters. Obama's citizenship has been established over and over, but no matter how much proof is published, the conspiracy nuts continue to disbelieve. Give it a rest. It is not the same thing. Tax returns are valid because they tell something about a candidate's character. Obama released tax records back to 1999. George Romney produced 12 years of tax records. Why is his son too privileged to do the same?
Republicons don't care that the people they wanted to be president are all openly liars and cheats.
Bachmann from Minnesota where the loon is the state bird and where Bachmann is the state loon/ lie uopn lie upon lie there are so many to list. Even Boehner basically told her to shut up.
Cain and Newster lying and cheating on their wives and yet repubs put them both at the top of their heap!
Ron Paul wants a pony and Santorum says sex is only for married couples to produce children....?
Rick Perry wants to secede Texas from the Union if he does not get his way.
Pawlentey does not know who the hell he is anymore so how can we know who the hell he is?
Vote Obama/Biden 2012 and forget Romney the lying flip flopper drama queen.
aurelius3:
Every President once they are sworn into Office in January, are required to place ALL of their investments and properties into a blind trust. They do NOT get to pick the trustee.
mute is not president of America , yet , i see jail time in he's future .
If Romney won't listen to a majority of Americans now, why would he listen to us should we elect him?
Irrational people keep arguing about what will happen in November as if who gets elected will really matter. The end will come with January’s triple threat of automatic budget cuts, expiration of the Bush tax cuts and gridlock on raising the debt ceiling. That wall of events is too high for our economy to climb. Neither Romney nor Obama have a clue as how to handle it. And neither of them talks about the coming disaster. If we get more Tea Party candidates elected, then our government will shut down which will be followed by our economy shutting down. Stock pile food and weapons as it is likely to get rough. PS Anyone else notice that the mega banks are still engaging in the same behavior which almost destroyed the global economy back in
’08? I guess those banks think the American taxpayer is a bottomless pit.
It is official. For on July 19, 2012, a day that will live in infamy, Mitt Romney, through his primary surrogate Ann Romney, formally declared war (class warfare) on millions and millions of hard-working, loyal Americans, (for the world to see I might add), when she arrogantly uttered "You people" in trying to defend their withholding of prior year tax returns.
"You people"; elitist code used to distance the elite, the upper-crust, the better than we are crowd, from people they deem as not on their level or worthy of respect or consideration, is the ultimate insult anyone, especially a presidential candidate, can heap on the electorate.
The cat is finally out of the bag. A slip of the tongue - I think not, for this is how they talk all the time amongst themselves. Sadly, this only confirms what these same millions and millions of Americans have known or suspected for a very long time. We now have proof of exactly how we are viewed by those whose only means of acknowledging our existence is to look down their collective noses at us every time they come in contact with us.
Trust me, "We people" will not forget this insult come election day, November 2012; another day that will live in far greater infamy for the arrogant and the greedy on the right - promise!
yank ,,,,,,Thank You, we saw and heard that , not a slip that is the way us people are talked to !!!
The insult was not half as bad as the ease with which it flowed from her mouth
lying to the sec , is that a felony ?????? yes , he ,and now his wife are felons ! get you're stuff and run to texas , war criminals live lifes of luxury in that state !!!!
As an Independent I do not actually NEED to see any more of Romney's tax returns, The one he released shows he paid less of a percentage in taxs than basically ANY workingclass American, While at the same time sheltering money in a half dozen offshore accounts to avoid taxes on that money entirely, The account in the Caymans is set up for other foreign companies to totally avoid taxes in the USA.
No, I do NOT want a job killing tax cheat draftdodger with absolutely no morals, ethics, or patriotism in the White House and if you do,,,,,,Your no better than he is
The GOP is going to have to make a complete 180 degree turn back to being the "moral" majority to get my vote and I do not see that happening soon
YES !!!!!!!!!!!