Mitt Romney, July 29:
I don't pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president. I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.
Today:
The couple donated $4 million to charity, but didn’t take the full deduction
So there you have it. Mitt Romney has now flip flopped on being qualified to be president.
In addition, he's also released a letter from his accountants that isn't his tax returns, but which declares that he and Ann have paid an average effective rate of 20.2% over the last 20 years and a lowest effective rate in any given year of 13.66%. I'm undecided about how much I'm willing to trust these figures, and I'm also left wondering about something: If Mitt and Ann took advantage of the 2009 tax amnesty that allowed persons in the U.S. to avoid prosecution for tax evasion, would their past tax returns have been amended to reflect a higher amount paid in the years they were owed, thereby increasing the minimum?
If there weren't a tax evasion situation, why are we still not seeing the full returns?
What's in those returns, Mitt? What is it that you don't want America to know about yourself? What's in there that really does disqualify you from office?