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Romney has asserted that he does not believe in paying more taxes than required.
"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," Romney has previously said. "I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires."
The choice to not take the deduction allowed Romney to inflate his tax rate to 14.1 percent. The difference between his charitable giving of more than $4 million and his claimed deductions of $2.25 million increased his tax bill by several hundred thousand dollars, as he paid taxes he didn't have to on nearly two million dollars.
Wait a minute. Romney intentionally didn't take all his charitable donation deductions? Then he didn't pay all the taxes he was legally due. Therefore by his own words he is not qualified to be President.
Oh, wait!
Luckily for Romney, after the election he can recoup that money. If the American people reject him at the polls in November -- and even if they don't -- Romney would be fully within his legal rights to file an amended return, requiring the Treasury to cut him a substantial check.
So, BY HIS VERY OWN WORDS IS ROMNEY is either:
A) Not qualified to be President
B) Lying because he intends to file an amended return.
Romney has asserted that he does not believe in paying more taxes than required.
"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," Romney has previously said. "I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires."
The choice to not take the deduction allowed Romney to inflate his tax rate to 14.1 percent. The difference between his charitable giving of more than $4 million and his claimed deductions of $2.25 million increased his tax bill by several hundred thousand dollars, as he paid taxes he didn't have to on nearly two million dollars.
Wait a minute. Romney intentionally didn't take all his charitable donation deductions? Then he didn't pay all the taxes he was legally due. Therefore by his own words he is not qualified to be President.
Oh, wait!
Luckily for Romney, after the election he can recoup that money. If the American people reject him at the polls in November -- and even if they don't -- Romney would be fully within his legal rights to file an amended return, requiring the Treasury to cut him a substantial check.
So, BY HIS VERY OWN WORDS IS ROMNEY is either:
A) Not qualified to be President
B) Lying because he intends to file an amended return.