Of all people they picked Romney to bring up trumps tax returns. What a pimp. There are two versions of the GOP. I hope we can get through this election without electing a Clinton . I think this has happened already. On Feb 27, 2016 2:20 PM, "Travis" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > *Stupid Republicans go to War with Themselves and Miss Opportunities to > Defeat Democrats* > > Written by Gary DeMar <http://constitution.com/author/garydemar/> > > Feb 26, 2016 > > While Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz fight it out, Mitt Romney and > Lindsey Graham are going after Donald Trump’s taxes. Even Ted Cruz > joined in calling for Trump > <http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/25/trump-says-he-cant-release-taxes-because-hes-being-audited-video/> > to release his tax returns. All of a sudden the IRS is the GOP’s friend? > > The following is from the Washington Post > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/24/mitt-romney-believes-theres-a-bombshell-in-donald-trumps-taxes/> > : > > “‘Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney assailed billionaire real > estate mogul Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon for failing to disclose > back taxes, repeatedly suggesting that the billionaire’s financial records > may contain ‘a bombshell’ that could damage his White House bid. > > “‘I think we have good reason to believe that there’s a bombshell in > Donald Trump’s taxes. I think there is something there,’ Romney said on Fox > News’ ‘Your World’ with Neil Cavuto. ‘The reason I think there is a > bombshell in there is because every time he is asked about his taxes, he > dodges and delays.’” > > Romney’s demand is thick with irony. In 2012, when Romney was running for > President against Obama, then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid > > (D-Nev.) “falsely claimed that Romney had not paid taxes in 10 years.” Did > Romney immediately make his tax returns available? It took him months to > release his 2011 tax returns. “President Obama’s reelection campaign used > the issue to characterize the millionaire as untrustworthy and out of touch > with the average American voter.” > > Don’t we have enough trouble with the IRS, always fearful that we might > get a notice that we are up for a random audit or worse, a targeted audit > because of our outspoken political beliefs? At the CNN GOP debate in > Houston, Texas, Dr. Ben Carson told the audience “that after he spoke out > against Obamacare at the National Prayer Breakfast he was audited by the > Obama IRS.” > > “I never had an audit until I spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast. And > then all of the sudden they came in and said, ‘We just want to look at your > real estate dealings.’ And then they didn’t find anything. And then they > took a look at the whole year. And they didn’t find anything. And then they > looked at the next year and they didn’t find anything. And they won’t find > anything… *The fact is the IRS is not honest and we have to get rid of > them.”* (H/T: Gateway Pundit > <http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/gop-debate-dr-ben-carson-after-i-spoke-out-against-obamacare-i-was-audited-by-obama-irs-video/> > ) > > There’s nothing in the Constitution that presidential candidates must > release copies of their tax returns. And why is that? Because when the > Constitution was drafted there wasn’t an income tax. An income tax was > added to the Constitution via the 16th Amendment in 1913. > > Get this. “An estimated 45.3 percent of American households — roughly 77.5 > million — will pay no federal individual income tax, according to data > for the 2015 tax year from the Tax Policy Center, > <http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?Docid=4323&DocTypeID=7> > a > nonpartisan Washington-based research group. . . . The top 1 percent of > Americans, who have an average income of more than $2.1 million, pay 43.6 > percent of all the federal individual income tax in the US; the top 0.1 > percent — just 115,000 households, whose average income is more than $9.4 > million — pay more than 20 percent of it.” (H/T: New York Post > <http://nypost.com/2016/02/24/45-percent-of-americans-pay-no-federal-income-tax/> > ) > > All the talk about rich folks not paying their “fair share” should be part > of this presidential campaign directed at the Democrats. Instead, people > like Romney are attacking Donald Trump and his taxes rather than the > Democrats who are in the wealth confiscation business to buy votes. Once > the 50+ percent threshold by non-tax payers is reached, we may never see a > constitutionalist in the White House ever again. > > A better discussion should be whether we should have an income tax and the > programs and vote-buying schemes that go along with the government wealth > confiscation Amendment. > > There’s enough on what is public about Donald Trump for voters to make a > decision. He’s said some stupid things. His policies — if you can call them > that — are all over the place. Much of what he has supported and believed > in the past should make every conservative wary of him. Even so, a high > percentage of Republicans are still voting for him out of anger. > > Anger is a dangerous motivator whose consequences are unpredictable. The > Bible says, “BE ANGRY, AND *yet* DO NOT SIN [Ps. 4:4]; do not let the sun > go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity” (Eph. > 4:26-27). > > Here are my recommendations: > > 1. Attack the Democrats and Establishment Republicans and their > grossly unconstitutional tax and spending programs that are killing our > economy and keeping tens of millions of Americans in the clutches of > government dependency. > 2. If after Super Tuesday, if Ted Cruz loses in Texas and/or Marco > Rubio loses in Florida, one or both of them needs to drop out of the race > and put their support behind the leader and work on beating Hillary and the > Democrats in November. > 3. We need to remember that we are not only electing a president in > November. 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