tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027562849054565148.post7883192728214930002..comments2023-08-05T09:08:01.891-04:00Comments on Desperately Seeking Sanity: A Question of DisclosureErik A. Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07026166272308791091noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027562849054565148.post-68812257593130232152012-08-21T16:27:16.510-04:002012-08-21T16:27:16.510-04:00Reply to 'AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 8:32 PM'...Reply to 'AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 8:32 PM':<br /><br />While the George Washington info is interesting, it's a bit off point. Romeny's wealth is not really the point. I have nothing against him being wealthy. Good for him. My point, which you conveniently ignored, was that it's become normal for Presidential candidates to provide some financial background as part of the process of 'applying' to be President. This seems reasonable to me. After all, any candidate, rich or poor, is trying to get hired for the most powerful single office in America. Is a look at their last 5 years or so of tax returns too much to ask? No one is asking for his Swiss bank account numbers or the password to his personal email account. <br /><br />In the end, it's Romney's determination not to release them to the public, despite releasing over 20 years worth to the McCain campaign, that has made me, and everyone else, much more interested. All he had to do was release maybe four years worth and within a month the story would have died. instead he releases one and promises one more a few weeks before the election. The only reason to go through this constant defensive battle on the subject is to hide something that would be damaging to the campaign. Hence the swarm of sharks. This is a problem of his own making. Erik A. Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026166272308791091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027562849054565148.post-12744651387970669102012-08-12T20:32:22.044-04:002012-08-12T20:32:22.044-04:00Actually, Romney's paltry millions is a pittan...Actually, Romney's paltry millions is a pittance compared to George Washington's relative wealth. In fact Washington was the most wealthy president by a full magnitude and probably rivals even Ross Perot's billions as a candidate on that all time list. This list of course would exclude JFK, who's millions were shrouded in the form of family trusts and the joint inheritance of family estates. But even JFK would barely make the top five in practical terms.<br /><br />I think there are only two groups that are concerned about this issue; journalists and bloggers that need something to write about in a slow election year summer, and the far left extremists that would never consider voting for Romney unless he had the full text of the communist manifesto tattooed on his ass. I could care less about his tax returns, just as I could care less about Obama's Harvard grades or seeing his latest colonoscopy images. But that's just me. I guess everyone has their own comfort level when it comes to peering in the neighbor's windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com