re: #219 HappyWarrior

Even GOP operatives are saying he should just release them to get the issue out of the way. A sting for a day or two is better than dragging it out over period of weeks - as he’s in the process of doing.

And there are four possible reasons for why he would not release those records:

Why won’t Mitt Romney release more tax returns? Here are four possibilities… pwire.at/NwXLjo

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) July 16, 2012

My take is that it’s got to do with what investments he made, more than any obscene amount of money made, or effective tax rate he managed.

After all, we don’t penalize people for making crazy money - that’s the ideal. Heck, even low taxes aren’t an anathema considering that every business and many people seeks to reduce their tax burden using the tax code to their advantage. So, it likely comes down to how that money was made - what he invested in and when.