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townhall.com — Facing questions about why she and other top Congressional officials won’t release their tax returns, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) downplayed her previous demands for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release his, calling the issue a distraction. As recently as Wednesday, Pelosi had strongly urged Romney to provide further disclosure of his tax returns. But today, while maintaining Romney should release more documents because of “custom” and “tradition,” Pelosi said the issue was trivial compared with economic issues. “We spent too much time on that. We should be talking about middle-income tax cuts,” Pelosi said after answering two questions about the issue.

Nancy Pelosi was emphatic. Mitt Romney’s refusal to release more than two years of his personal tax returns, she said, makes him unfit to win confirmation as a member of the president’s Cabinet, let alone to hold the high office himself. Sen. Harry Reid went farther: Romney’s refusal to make public more of his tax records makes him unfit to be a dogcatcher. They do not, however, think that standard of transparency should apply to them. The two Democratic leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives are among hundreds of senators and representatives from both parties who refused to release their tax records.

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Free
Posted 307 days ago
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All politicians should disclose a minimum of 7 to 10 years of tax returns. The information is not only to learn about him but to about make sure there is no conflict of interest in his admin,

But don't worry james we know that you're trying hard to cover up for him.
lightdude
Posted 307 days ago
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@Free You must be as stupid as you look. You are NOT interested in anything other than trying to find ammo against him. Okay, let's try this... Romney will show all the tax returns you idiots want as long as dumbo shows a REAL birth cetificate, not a fabricated version. Has dumbo disclosed the last 10 years of his tax returns before you made him your false god? NO. Case closed.
lightdude
Posted 307 days ago
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What isn't a distraction with this administration? Shiny objects, no waiting.
lastbaldeagle
Posted 307 days ago
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Free, do you have a credible reason for your statement or are you just another leftist parrot? No need to answer, you have proven yourself incapable of thinking for yourself.
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