However straightforward tax returns and the rules they are based on may seem, are political documents—and pliable ones. Mitt Romney proved this on Friday, both with the 2011 return he released—showing income of $13.7 million and taxes of $1.9 million—and the years of returns he continued to withhold, even as he has offered a note from his accountant instead, as if a Presidential campaign were elementary school, with Price Waterhouse Cooper in loco parentis. He also demonstrated that when one’s statements don’t match reality, one can try to make reality match the statements—if one spends enough money and is willing to ignore other contradictions.
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