paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn t. now, in fairness, harry reid s accusation has no visible basis in fact. senator reid says a bain investor told him that mitt romney had paid no taxes in ten years, but senator reid offer nod proof of that. the romney campaign, of course, went apoplectic. the republican party chairman called harry reid not just a liar, but a dirty liar. mr. romney himself said, of course he had paid taxes. he said he had paid a lot of taxes. but he also said, we had to take his word on it. trust him. and everything we do know about mr. romney and his taxes, both in his business life and his personal life, does show rather heroic efforts to avoid paying taxes.
officer, he couldn t be if he did the same refusal mitt romney does about tax returns. so the word s out that he hasn t paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn t. now, in fairness, harry reid s accusation has no visible basis in fact. senator reid says a bain investor told him that mitt romney had paid no taxes in ten years, but senator reid offer nod proof of that. the romney campaign, of course, went apoplectic. the republican party chairman called harry reid not just a liar, but a dirty liar. mr. romney himself said, of course he had paid taxes. he said he had paid a lot of taxes. but he also said, we had to take his word on it. trust him. and everything we do know about mr. romney and his taxes, both in his business life and his personal life, does show rather heroic efforts to avoid paying taxes. but he says he will not show his taxes to anyone. we just have to trust him on it. and so, everybody has just kept