Is this why Romney won't release all of his tax returns?

Even so the truth of the matter is Bain still pretty much had the same business structure from before 1999 till this very day from the sounds of it. So Romney is far from innocent from the way Bain's business practices are. So it does not really matter if he was there or not because he was one of the people who created this type of business practice in the first place. I think it is just a shady way to make lots of money and costs many average Americans jobs that they closed down to ship overseas to get cheaper labor and not have to deal with the whole bureaucratic system that every small business has to deal with. Many may disagree and say that it is just the way the system works and it is perfectly legal and most companies would be stupid not to do this. This way they can have mass efficiency on their profits. Well, I say that this system sucks @ss. It needs to be changed. The sad thing is all I hear the President say is that these companies should not get tax breaks for this type of behavior. I think a lot more needs to be done than just that. How about they get a tax penalty for the amount of what each person (who would loose their job) would make that year. In fact find out how much these companies are saving for this type of business practice and make them pay all that savings in taxes plus a 100,000 dollar fine. This way they can't keep sending our jobs overseas. Now if a business can prove for a fact that starting a business overseas is going to create more jobs for Americans than it will cost, then maybe they can get a tax break, but other than that I think our system is just to make the rich richer and screw everyone else. We are just here to make sure their business's stays afloat.

Well, Romney did save the Olympic games. I really don't know anyone who can tackle two huge projects at the same time without having problems. His focus was on the Olympics and not on Bain capital. At any rate, it really doesn't matter when Romney "left" as in absent from the day to day running operations (like Steve Jobs did when he went to have his medical treatments) to officially handling in his resignation letter. But if you want an explanation, I have a simpler probability. They have already been destroyed as part of the "clean desk syndrome." Not many people are benefactors of such a syndrome. I suspect as a business man that this is likely the case. It has been over ten years even with the dispute over the leave time. A less plausible explanation is one that many individuals suffer from. The "I don't know the hell where I put it," is also likely. Really, I thought you didn't like that conspiracy theory stuff.

If it happened 10 years ago..what diff does it make? Plus...if Obama doesn't have to produce his birth certificate...why should Romney have to produce his tax returns? Why is he hiding that from the American people? And has Obama produced his for his 10 years prior to his presidency? Odds are not. I think they need to focus on the here and now and the future. The past is the past. It can't be changed and everyone changes in life. Bottom line is..can we afford 4 more? 4 more years of what we have had these last 4? I know I can't. What they did before their presidency isn't as important as what they do while president. I mean, come on...the MANY MANY MANY MANY vacations, family trips, family outings, other outings, golf games, entertainment things that the Obamas have had/done..and my tax dollars have been paying for that and I have not been able to afford a vacation since 1998 when I could only afford a week and that was just one state over and before that...couldn't afford any vacation and now..my husband has been unemployed for 4 years and I haven't had any entertainment of any kind in 4 years...yet let's see what Romney did 10 years ago? Sorry...stuff like that is what makes me so mad...Obama has just wasted our tax dollars and abused the office of the president in so many ways...and I am paying for him to have fun and games while I do without. I could care less what Romney did 10 years ago.

According to the site you posted, Mitt Romney is telling the truth. He was not involved with Bain after 1999. It isn't republicans claiming this, it is democrats, some even Obama supporters. Perhaps Romney will release his tax returns when Obama releases his college transcripts; or better yet, let the colleges release all of them. We might find out who the real liar is.

Oh the conspiracy theories from the left. How interesting! And I thought the lefties said only the right wingers did this. I think if this continues they should be labeled as returners, as in tax returners conspiracy theorists. The left must be getting disparate. The are must be getting scared. Find the dirt, and if you can't. Say it anyway, and 75 of population will think it is true because the MSM said so.

It is a possibility he was still working there. I mean his own party is asking for his tax returns and he refuses to give them. They want him to be more specific and to release the tax returns to prove he has nothing to hide. Obama did release both his birth certificate and tax returns. So the argument as much as a lot of right wing conservative voters would love to turn the tides on... it not about Obama. If the REPUBLICAN PARTY is also asking for them and has been telling Romney to release them like most candidate do in the primary debates, then there is an issue if he wont produce them. I mean why wouldn't you give in to your own party's demands to see them. That is why it is becoming more suspicious to more people. If releasing tax returns has become a candidate norm for both parties for at least 12 years then it should be no issue. I mean all he has to do is release them, prove that he had nothing to hide and then "win voters over with empty promises and paid media" like every other candidate has done on both sides. For people who haven't taken a business class recently though, owners and CEOs are responsible for what their company does whether they are active or whether they let a board of directors decide for them. Which means as CEO of Bain, he should have been keeping a better eye on his company if he had planned to run for president one day to make sure they weren't doing what they were accused of. By claiming he wasn't responsible is an insight to what he would be like as president. If I was the CEO and owner of a company, even if I took a leave of absence to do another big project, I am still the CEO and owner of that company. If the company does something terrible while I am the CEO and owner of the company then guess what? It is my fault because I am the CEO and owner of the company. However, most of the people arguing with you more than likely are those people who don't want to be held accountable for their actions BUT want other people to be held accountable for the actions other people do. They don't want to hold Romney accountable for his actions (or in this case non-action for HIS company) but they want Obama to be held accountable for all his. They don't want to hold Romney accountable for believing in anything unconstitutional or unlawful that he may plan on using (from constitutional amendments to discriminatory racial profiling, etc) but they definitely want Obama held accountable for what he has done. It has to be the most hypocritical thought process ever. I had a friend who was once a strong right wing conservative... then he lost internet and they had to get rid of their TV. Then he actually started going to where his candidate and other candidates were speaking. He heard Romney speak... he asked what the heck was wrong with him for thinking this was a good candidate and re-registered as an independent voting and will be voting third party or not at all. I agree with him. You learn a lot more when you stop paying attention to the internet and media and start thinking logically instead of emotionally. Emotionally thinking is how America got in this mess to begin with and emotionally thinking is how America is going to end up worse than better.

debater you might want to go back and read the article you posted again. Every thing that I9 have read in it says that Romney had nothing to do with the operations of Bain Capital. Did you miss the part of the part of the article about the four sources whom have firsthand knowledge of Bain's operations at the time in question. Three of the four are Democrats, and two of the four are active Obama supporters in Campaign 2012. and what about the part that because Romney left so abruptly that the documenting and transferring to the group of partners who took over management of the firm? I went to TMP and looked at the two SEC filing listed there there is no date on the filings shown there. Dates are listed in the article but not on the documents shown.

Oh man, kettle calling the pot black. Obama has been dodging making ANYTHING about his past public I don't know how he even says these things with a straight face. LOL, you liberals are really funny! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=442757089090539&set=a.146302475402670.21571.143928478973403&type=1&relevant_count=1

The first thing official that Obama did when taking office was seal his personal papers. It took him two years to produce a birth certificate AFTER millions spent trying to NOT PRODUCE ONE. Even liberals are beginning to wonder why we cannot see his or Michelle's college transcripts, their thesis'. MULTIPLE law suits on his birth certicicate, and now his social security card and selective service card show signs of forgery along with the birth certificate. Mind you, no court has said the Birth certificate is ok, only that NO ONE HAS STANDING to bring suit. So what then about 12 years of IRS records, that the way things are looking could be doctored anyway, just like the selective service card and social security card. I'm not afraid of being called a conspiracy theorist. Many things my government has done were not know to be fact for decades and were considered 'theories' until proven true. It a well know tactic to call someone that if you'd like for people to NOT believe them, our government has done it before. Like with the Tuskegee Scandal? anyone remember? The world has watch Obama lie and lie and lie....he really has no business pointing a accusatory finger at anyone.