Romney refuses Obama campaign offer to stop talking about taxes
Rumors abound that what Romney is hiding by his refusal to release his income taxes, is that he took IRS tax amnesty in 2009 for his money hidden in foreign tax shelters, so he wouldn't be prosecuted for income tax evasion.
Today Obama campaign told Romney that if he just releases the past five years of tax returns (Obama has released 12), they would stop talking about taxes until the election.
Romney camp has refused. Romney has released only one partial year of taxes to date, 2011 (with many missing documents); and promises he'll release 2010 later this year. Romney and Mrs. Romney, in talking about their taxes, never say "federal income taxes" or "income taxes", they only say "we paid taxes".
That has been noticed by reporters in the media as a probably "I'm not lying" avoidance mechanism/
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