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"HeyBub" wrote:

Han wrote:

It's a free enterprise thing, Keith. If I am entitled to get
something for "free" should I not exercise my rights?
Why don't you ask Mitt for advice, he had said that he would not be
fit to be president if he didn't claim charitable deductions he was
entitled to. But wait, he had $4 million in charitable deductibles
in 2011, and, oops, that would have reduced his tax rate too much, so
he claimed only half. Now he is suddenly fit to be president?
Laughably poor Mitt.

Uh, Romney claimed the charitable deductions to which he was entitled.

A Gannett newspaper echoed your observation and conclusion:

"The documents also made clear Romney, who donates millions of dollars to
charity each year, reduced the amount of charitable deduction he claimed
this year TO KEEP HIS TAX RATE ABOVE 13 PERCENT." (emphasis added)

Yet there is ZERO evidence of Romney's motives in not claiming additional
deductions. It may very well be that the charities to which he donated are,
through no fault of his, problematic and he wanted to avoid any controversy.
Perhaps a worthy endeavor to which he subscribed had not (yet) met federal
guidelines for acceptable deductions. There could be, I'm saying, any number
of reasons for not claiming a charitable deductions and it is mendacious to
claim (seemingly) evil intent when there is absolutely no basis for so
doing.

so it would behove mr romney to release a list of those charitable contributions
he didn't claim so he can put his birth certificate issue to rest