When Barack Obama first ran for president, he released eight years of tax returns and has continued to release his returns every year in the White House.
Mitt Romney: Just one full year.
Ignoring calls from the public, the press, and even members of his own party, Romney is refusing to disclose several years of returns and it's raising more questions than he's been willing to answer. He says we'll never be satisfied no matter how many years he releases. So I am committing to something:
I wrote a letter to the Romney campaign, asking for the release of just five years of tax returns -- and if they do, our campaign in turn will commit to dropping the subject of releasing more returns.
There are no excuses that are acceptable for someone who wants to be elected president. If he has nothing to hide, there is absolutely no reason not to follow three decades of precedent and come clean with the American people.
Add your name to the call for Romney to join President Obama in this basic act of transparency:
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This issue isn't going away, and for good reason.
Romney is asking the American people to look at his experience in the private sector and trust him to execute his authority at the highest level of government, in the most powerful country in the world.
But that experience is raising serious questions, including why he started -- and continues to own -- a corporation offshore in Bermuda, why he keeps his finances offshore in the Cayman Islands, and why he opened a Swiss bank account.
Maybe there's a good explanation for all of it, but it's beside the point: If he wants to be president, Romney has an obligation to open up with the American people.
Tell Romney he should follow 30 years of precedent and release his tax returns -- just five years will do:
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Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America
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