Release Your Tax Returns

Release Your Tax Returns

The Issue

Wonder why Presidential candidate Mitt Romney won’t follow decades of historical precedent and release his tax returns? So do we.

It might be because Romney likely pays a lower tax rate than middle class families.

President Obama and Democrats in Congress have endorsed the "Buffett rule" to ensure that the wealthy aren't paying lower taxes than the middle class. Mitt Romney opposes it.

Americans deserve to know whether Romney is taking advantage of the tax system.

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Democratic Congressional Campaign CommitteePetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Issue

Wonder why Presidential candidate Mitt Romney won’t follow decades of historical precedent and release his tax returns? So do we.

It might be because Romney likely pays a lower tax rate than middle class families.

President Obama and Democrats in Congress have endorsed the "Buffett rule" to ensure that the wealthy aren't paying lower taxes than the middle class. Mitt Romney opposes it.

Americans deserve to know whether Romney is taking advantage of the tax system.

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Democratic Congressional Campaign CommitteePetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
Former U.S. Senate - Utah

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Petition created on January 18, 2012