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To: work4ever who wrote (22557)	8/7/2012 1:04:24 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 85487

No no, you don't get it. This is what Romney should let himself in for, and all of us should be discussing, for the next 100 days, instead of unimportant things like jobs, Iran, etc.... the zinger quote from Margaret CARLSON, whose full article you should read: A presidential candidate who takes a huge tax deduction for such an elitist sport exhibits a cluelessness bordering on contempt. Romney has argued that dressage helps his wife's multiple sclerosis. That's all to the good, but dressage is to therapeutic horseback riding as caviar is to Spam. So Romney was a presidential candidate when he filed this return, and all that matters is the "elitist sport" his wife practices and the alleged deduction from reporting his losses. Of course, Romney should never have reported those losses! He should be happy to pay more taxes! How silly of him! And BTW, I'm tired of hearing about Romney's dad and his 12 years of tax returns. That was in 1968, for crying out loud - light years away from our current political environment of one standard for the Dems and another for the Republicans.

To: work4ever who wrote (22557)	8/7/2012 1:50:15 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

<<<<<There was a $50 tax deduction>>>>> Boy, I'd hate to be your accountant. Now why do you suppose Romney has in his return an item listed as a 77,000 loss for his ballet horse on the only year of taxes he has released? Why would you ever waste the brain cells to do that for a 50 dollar item? Good lord boy start to think this through just a little. If his ballet horse had won at the Olympics and he decided to sell his horse what do you suppose he would have gotten? The 77,000 itemized MUST be looked at in the bigger picture - and ONE MORE EXCELLENT example of why his tax returns must be released to the public. Is the horse a business? Or a hobby - or even as Ann Romney declared maybe a medical item? You are letting your ideology blind you!