StreetScooby

By law, they are not required to do this. Why provide fodder to a group of people who will turn you into a demon because you were successful? That's what the Chicago folks are doing, because it's really the best they can do. Same thing with Obama's college transcripts. By law, they are not required to be released. There are lots of people around who think the reason he won't release that information is because he took student aid under an foreign student program. One would think that's easy to disprove. Just release the college transcripts. But, Obama hasn't done that. Why? Romney has knowingly done something illegal, i.e., with mens rea? Seriously, get over that. Do you think this guy does his own taxes? Don't you think the people he's paying to do his taxes are earning their money? Do you honestly think those tax processes are so black and white that the Chicago crew couldn't possibly distort them? Specious argument, see above. Get over it. You should look at the list of companies that Bain Capital helped make successful. Right now, you strike me as someone who can't trust people acting in markets, where they have choice in the people they decide to deal with, but you do trust someone in government, where you won't have choice with whom to deal. You sound a bit like a victim here. Don't you run you're own corporation? Only if you quit. Ah, in Romney's context, bullshit... We are all engines of karma

If there was anything to hide, the IRS would have been all over it by now, especially with that Chicago crew doing their best to win re-election. We are all engines of karma

Thank you for the substantive feedback.

That's right, it wasn't illegal for them to do that. Outrageous. We are all engines of karma

This article made me laugh. It's a good question. How does someone who has spent their entire life in public service, never making more than $200K salary, become a multimillionaire? He hasn't released his tax returns either. How Did Harry Reid Get Rich? Granted, one can only assume that if there were real issues here, the IRS would be all over it, just like they would with Mitt's tax returns. But, Reid's does seem to push the smell test. We are all engines of karma

Sometimes it takes a while... We are all engines of karma

I see that. Don't forget that the police knew this guy from prior encounters. I agree with the sentiment in the thread - the police appear to have handled this poorly. We are all engines of karma

I can see both sides of the argument here. At the same time, anyone who has ever shot a handgun knows how hard it is to hit a target with one. Likewise, just because you hit an agitated person with a handgun doesn't mean they're going down, or are going to stay down. We are all engines of karma

Any thoughts on the question? We are all engines of karma

Ridiculous. We are all engines of karma

Didn't you hear? He's registered to vote in Michigan. We are all engines of karma

The tenor of Obama's statement was such that, since you didn't build that business, he's justified taxing you at will. We are all engines of karma

Running ads encouraging all sorts of people to sign up for food stamps??? We are all engines of karma

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If I read correctly, the Obama administration has changed the nature of what counts as the work requirement. We are all engines of karma

Without doubt, the religious right can be viewed as anti-science. Their increased influence in the Republican party was a major reason I registered as NONE 20 years ago. We are all engines of karma

I believe an essential role for government in our society is maintaining functioning markets. As part of that, entry barriers must be kept low, otherwise sellers will be kept out of the market, and single-seller markets are not really markets (...one can always argue how the buyers are hurt in this situation, but that's for another discussion). Considering our government seems to be increasingly populated by people who do not believe in markets, much less understand markets, expecting my current government to meet that expectation is beginning to seem unrealistic. We are all engines of karma

Several years back, a New York State Democratic Senator effectively said just those words. I was simply appalled. The US public education system is an abject failure, and it's because of government policies, IMO. We are all engines of karma

You're making far too much sense here. That's not going to accomplish anything, so just stop it. We are all engines of karma

Nice reference! That makes sense. The article also describes the drop off shown in their chart: *** But since the middle of 2010, that aid to growth has fallen off when adjusted for inflation. Which raises another question - how does this reconcile with the Fed's assertion that inflation is low? We are all engines of karma

My thought here is - when your economy becomes too reliant on government spending, then of course cutting government spending is going to hurt. Who knows, maybe I have something to learn? We are all engines of karma

DreamDancer was banned? We are all engines of karma

Much easier in a market. We are all engines of karma

That reference was to Robert's decision to call mandatory participation in ACA a tax. We are all engines of karma

Did you see the video clip showing Holder in front of Congress referring to blacks as "his people"? We are all engines of karma