I’m sure we all remember from earlier this year, when good old ‘Dingy’ Harry Reid, in citing an anonymous source that may or may not exist, infamously accused Mitt Romney of paying zero taxes over a 10-year period. Now that his theory has now been thoroughly debunked with the release of Romney’s 2011 tax returns, ‘Dingy’ Harry is now being challenged to put his money where his big fat foul mouth is. Dave Buell, chairman of the Washoe Country Republican party in Nevada, called on ‘Dingy’, in an email blast Friday evening, to disclose his 2011 tax return, or so The Washington Times is reporting. Oh, and he also invoked Clint Eastwood in doing so. "Senator, make our day and release your 2011 tax return," Buell wrote.
Romney has repeatedly denied Reid’s wild, and rather idiotic, tax accusations, however, the issue was permanently put to bed on Friday when he released his 2011 tax returns, which showed he payed 14.1 percent in federal income tax while donating 30 percent of his $13.7 million income to charity, or $4 million. Further, the Romney campaign said Friday that the GOP nominee’s average effective tax rate was around 20 percent over the past two decades. Not long after Romney’s tax release, Buell sent out the mass email calling for ‘Dingy’ to do the same and release his tax records "so that all Nevadans can see that he is paying his fair share," again according to The Washington Times.
"In addition, Mr. Reid should explain to all of us how he became a millionaire on a bureaucrat’s salary. Mitt Romney earned his money by investing in companies, people and creating jobs in the private sector while Harry Reid made his money by taking money from the private sector and redistributing it through government," Buell wrote. Buell also hit ‘Dingy’ on his job as a Nevada senator, saying the state’s unemployment rate is one of the highest in the nation, which rests at 12.1 percent as of Friday. Even after Romney disclosed his 2011 tax returns, ‘Dingy’ refused to apologize for his unfounded accusations and, instead, accused Romney of "manipulating" the system, although I’m not sure how.
‘Dingy’ Harry said in a statement, "The information released today reveals that Mitt Romney manipulated one of the only two years of tax returns he's seen fit to show the American people — and then only to 'conform' with his public statements." He went on to say, "That raises the question: what else in those returns has Romney manipulated?" He then asked when will "the American people see the returns he filed before he was running for president?" Personally, I don’t feel the need to see anymore of Romney’s tax returns than I already have. But then, I’m not a sleazy, corrupt Democrat like ‘Dingy’ Harry. I’m curious though, what might ‘Dingy’ be hiding by not releasing the last 10 years of his tax returns?
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