Showing posts with label Mitt Romney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mitt Romney. Show all posts
Monday, August 4, 2014

Illinois' next governor may make Romney look like a saint UPDATED

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Does the name Bruce Rauner ring a bell? No, me neither. It turns out he's the Republican nominee for governor in Illinois, which under n...
Monday, November 5, 2012

Bain Capital Avoided $102 Million in Taxes Via Dutch Subsidiary UPDATED

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A Dutch newspaper, de Volkskrant , reports today (translation here ) that Bain Capital used a Dutch subsidiary to avoid $102 million on it...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

Romney's Accountants Busted in New Tax Justice Network Study

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When Mitt Romney released the second of his tax returns last month, he also gave us a summary of his 1990-2009 taxes prepared by his accoun...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Fortune 500 Deferring $433 Billion in Taxes

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According to a new report today from Citizens for Tax Justice, the 285 members of the Fortune 500 that have parked money overseas would owe...
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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Romney Tax Plan as Budget Busting as Ever

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Seriously, I could just re-post my February 27th post word for word tonight and it would be just as true as it was then. The Romney tax pla...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Mitt Romney's Unintentionally Hilarious Tax Return FAQ

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Unless you've been in a coma, you have certainly heard about Mitt Romney's release of his 2011 tax returns last Friday. You no doubt...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

UBS Whistleblower's Award Reminds Us Romneys Banked at UBS

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Yesterday, the lawyers for Bradley Birkenfeld , the whistleblower in the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) tax evasion case, announced that he...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Hilarious twist on "You didn't build that!" UPDATED

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The Atlantic Wire (via @NoBigGovDuh) has a great story on the dishonesty of Mitt Romney's "You didn't build that" ads. It...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Lid Blowing Off Romney Tax Secrecy

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Gawker (via Eman at Daily Kos) dropped a bombshell yesterday when it released over 950 pages of confidential documents from 21 Bain Capita...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Will Mitt Romney Release More Tax Returns?

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Results are in for my reader's poll on whether Mitt Romney would release more tax returns . The overwhelming majority, 72%, said no, whi...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Is the Noose Closing Around Romney's Tax Returns?

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Problems on my blogging computer have kept me away from here for a week, and a lot sure has happened on the Mitt Romney tax story in that t...
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

What is Mitt Romney Hiding? UPDATED

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Mitt Romney has so far released only one year of tax returns (2010), plus an estimate for 2011. This stands in stark contrast to his father...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Romney to Replace Obamacare with...Essentially Nothing

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Tommy Christopher (via @rcooley123) at Mediaite has a good catch on Mitt Romney's health care proposals, from an interview Romney gave ...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Another Romney/Bain Firm Got Subsidies (Then Closed a Plant)

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The Tampa Bay Times reports (via Jed Lewison ) that another Bain-owned company, Dade Behring, was a recipient of $7.1 million in subsidies...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Romney Gets Incoherent on Pre-Existing Conditions

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Mitt Romney was on the Jay Leno Show last night (via @didkins4life) and gave a completely incoherent account of whether people with pre-exi...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Romney Tax Plan Blows Hole in Budget, Remains Short on Specifics

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Mitt Romney unveiled his tax plan today, but it revealed few surprises except for surprisingly few specifics. Via Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes)...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jon Stewart Delivers the Goods on Mitt Romney's Taxes

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Mitt Romney claims to simply have been following the law in how he paid his taxes for 2010 and 2011. As we have seen, he was able to use the...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Romney's Cayman Explanations Don't Tell the Whole Story, Says Tax Haven Expert

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Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo has a story purporting to tell us the "real deal" on Mitt Romney's investments in secret...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Mitt Romney's Steel Dynamics Took Subsidies Not Once, But Twice, Under Bain's Ownership

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Mitt Romney touts the virtues of free markets and the dangers of government intervention, yet when Bain Capital became the largest owner of ...