Bermuda, Jamaica...We Demand the Truth Mitt Romney 11JUL12

IF rich people use their money to create jobs in the U.S. why is mitt romney's money in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Switzerland? With the nation struggling to recover from the recession a patriotic American, especially a rich one, ESPECIALLY one who wants to be president, should be investing his money in companies creating jobs in the U.S., not hiding it overseas. mitt romney needs to come clean about his finances and release more than one year of tax returns so the American people can see if the candidate who campaigns for benefits and protections of rich job creators actually practices what he preaches. Click the link to sign the petition...

Pop quiz: Who was the first presidential candidate to disclose their tax records?

I'll give you a hint, odds are you're familiar with his son.

It was George Romney, Mitt Romney's father.

George Romney released 12 years worth of tax returns to the American people when he ran for president. Since then, presidential candidates -- Republicans and Democrats -- have followed his lead and released multiple tax records for public scrutiny.

All presidential candidates, except one.

Mitt Romney has only released one year of records after persistent pressure. It raises the question: What does Mitt Romney have to hide?

Voters deserve to know.

Sign our petition demanding that Mitt Romney release his tax return to the public -- and we'll deliver every signature we gather directly to Romney's campaign HQ in Boston in front of the press.

Romney has some explaining to do:

• Romney admits he has huge amounts of money in offshore bank accounts -- but won't say how much money, how many accounts, or where they all are
   
• Vanity Fair reports that Romney set up shell companies in Bermuda and tax shields in the Cayman Islands and Swiss Bank accounts
   
• And just this week, Romney's campaign said it was "unseemly and disgusting" for people to scrutinize his tax returns and business holdings

Unseemly? Disgusting? It's the same thing every presidential candidate has done since 1968. Everyone except Mitt Romney. So, we have to ask: What's he hiding?

Tell Mitt Romney to come clean with the American public.

Thank you for everything that you do.

-Michael

Michael Langenmayr, Political Director
Democracy for America