Romney, the Auto "Bailout", CHINA & His Tax Dodge

If you watched the final 'Presidential' debate you saw Romney's 'Bamby-like' protestations regarding his DOCUMENTABLE statements and history regarding the COLLAPSE of the U.S. auto industry. His words were something like, "Who ME?!? Why I would NEVER do anything to hurt our auto industry!"

Well, FORTUNATELY, there are people out there who somehow have the time and energy to ACTUALLY DOCUMENT such 'mis'-statements. Greg Palast is one.
"Enjoy" this piece of

 ROMNEY'S 'BAILOUT' BONANZA

http://www.gregpalast.com/romneys-auto-bailout-profiteeringpalast-on-democracy-now/

 

Incestuous D.C.

Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates 

 "Three debates have gone by, and to this date, neither a candidate for president or vice president has been asked about some of the biggest issues facing voters this cycle."

Why?

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12278-corporate-lobbyists-manage-our-presidential-debates

Defeat Romney, Without Illusions about Obama

 Advice to progressives in swing states, vote for reelection

...“a Romney/Ryan administration would be no better -- no different -- on any of the serious offenses I just mentioned or anything else, and it would be much worse, even catastrophically worse, on a number of other important issues: attacking Iran, Supreme Court appointments, the economy, women’s reproductive rights, health coverage, safety net, climate change, green energy, the environment.
I told him: “I don’t ‘support Obama.’ I oppose the current Republican Party.  This is not a contest between Barack Obama and a progressive candidate. The voters in a handful or a dozen close-fought swing states are going to determine whether Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are going to wield great political power for four, maybe eight years, or not.”
As Noam Chomsky said recently, “The Republican organization today is extremely dangerous, not just to this country, but to the world. It’s worth expending some effort to prevent their rise to power, without sowing illusions about the Democratic alternatives.”

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/18

Mitt Romney’s Tax Dodge

Just ONE aspect:
"On his 2010 tax return, Romney disclosed that his wife Ann's trust held $3 million in a Swiss bank account at UBS, which had just been busted by the IRS for abetting criminal tax evasion by U.S. citizens. As part of a $780 million settlement, UBS was forced to turn over the names of thousands of its long-secret clients, who were then offered a partial amnesty: disclose their hidden assets, pay penalties and avoid prosecution. Romney – who had omitted the Swiss account on previous financial disclosures – suddenly came clean. Did he reveal his secret account to avoid prosecution for tax evasion? "He's not quite denied that," says Daniel Shaviro, a professor of tax law at NYU. The record of paying an IRS penalty on the Swiss account could explain why Romney has been so determined to keep his 2009 tax return under wraps."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romney-s-tax-dodge-20121012#ixzz29XD3ARw4