Although the presidential candidates themselves won’t be hitting Colorado anytime soon (though I wouldn’t be surprised if one or both of them showed up on Tuesday), a bevy of big-name campaign surrogates are roaming Colorado Monday and Tuesday to try and get out the vote.
On Monday for Romney, the GOP vice presidential candidate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, will make an appearance in Johnstown, Colorado.
Republicans Texas Gov. Rick Perry and California Congressman Kevin McCarthy will campaign for Romney in Grand Junction, Clifton, Delta and Glenwood Springs.
On Monday for Obama, Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Gov. John Hickenlooper, and national Obama campaign co-chair Federico Pena will all be at a Denver rally. United States Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado U.S. Senator) Ken Salazar will spend all day Monday and Tuesday traveling the state for Obama — on Monday, he’ll hold events in Durango, Pagosa Springs, Alamosa, and Walsenburg. And then on Tuesday, Salazar will hit Trinidad, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver.
And on Election Day, comedian George Lopez will be at four different Obama events throughout the day, in Denver, Greeley, Brighton, and Thornton.
I’m sure more will come, too.
***** MITT ROMNEY PAID ZERO TAXES 1996 – 2009: ***********
Using a tax shelter called a CRUT (charitable remainder unitrust) that was held by the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Mitt Romney was able to pay zero taxes (legally) every single year from 1996 to 2009.
Why did he stop in 2009? Because he would make public his 2010 tax return, that is why.This tax loophole was killed by Congress in 1997. However those including Romney that were already using it were allowed to continue it. The way it works, is that Romney makes a “charitable” contribution to the Church of Latter Day Saints and it goes into a trust. Since the trust is held by the church, the money is tax deferred. Any capital gains, are non taxed because of the charities status. Like an annuity, the donor gets a charitable tax deduction and an stream of cash payments. When Romney dies, the church accepts full ownership..
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/04/1155381/-Breaking-Romney-Paid-Zero-Taxes-From-1996-To-2009
Now we understand why Romney refused to show more than TWO Tax Returns.
Yes, on election day the Dems all turn out to show their true colors, despite their campaign ads to the contrary, and the denizens of the press show fealty. Tax the bourgeois ever higher in the name of Teacher’s Union Benefit plans, more roads and bridges to the contractor’s unions, despite the risks that more vehicles bring more energy consumption and the risk of more global warming, and thank God 90% of the press is in the tank for the Dems, Obama, and higher taxes because by God there is no problem that the American people face where a government solution can’t be cobbled together and totally botched up by politicians with a cost in excess of 500% of what it would actually cost if done by adults in the private sector.