Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Who cares - I CARE - I have a Proposal Date:   7/16/2012 4:19:32 PM

i’m certain that Romney doesn’t do his own taxes.  i’m pretty sure that H&R Block doesn’t do Romney’s taxes.  He probably has an accounting firm… with a bevy of tax accountants and lawyers… do his taxes.

Have you ever sold a mutual fund you’ve been holding for a while?  if so, you would have had to provide a “basis” for your profit or loss.  if there was only one way to calculate that basis, then there would be one answer to that question. 

Now, in the beginning, when i was younger… that would be DECADES ago… i bought iRAs and some non-iRA mutual funds.  Last year i sold a few of them.  Guess what – BLAM! – the basis question.  i have a CPA do my taxes.  He wasn’t around when i started investing.  He explained the various methods for estimating a basis.  i chose one and went for it. he checked my work and blessed it.  He did not file my basis calculations.  But, with a little effort i can find them.

A wealthy businessman can’t just suddenly release twelve… or eight… years of taxes and backup documents.  it’s not as easy as releasing your college transcripts… or your original long form birth certificate.

Therefore, i recommend that a neutral firm be contacted… for example KPMG or Price WaterhouseCoopers, or Arthur Anderson… usw… a THiRD party auditor… and let them go at Romney’s taxes… and Obama’s.  There is very likely little to hide as GOV Romney has been a political target repeatedly in the past.  The GOP and the DNC should split the cost of the audit evenly.

The audit should commence simultaneously with the release of Obama’s college transcripts, thesis, and long form birth certificate.  For the life of me, i can’t figure out why this is so difficult.  i had to have Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University supply certified copies of my transcripts as a condition of employment.  Anyone can walk into the Virginia Tech Library and check out a copy of my thesis (if there are any questions either i or the Geophysics Department will release the backup data and my computer programs). i can release my birth certificate through the State of Florida, all i have to do is sign the release form.