In light of Scott Lehigh's column today on Reilly being more open for releasing his tax returns and the recent Globe excerpt article from NECN's interview with Deval Patrick, here's my 2 cents on this issue.
Quite simply, it's a distraction from real issues. If it's going to be used at all, Democrats should only use it for political reasons against Republicans, but there should be an "11th Commandment" for us Dems that if we have wealthy candidates running, we shouldn't hurl stones because if there are rich Dems in office, that's good because they'll (generally) advocate for better issues than Republicans will. (Example: who cares more about the little guy: Mitt Romney or Chris Gabrieli? Easy answer, I would think.)
That said, Dems won't stop using it against other Dems if they're fearful of a rich (or even well-funded) candidate opposing them in a primary.
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That Globe op-ed severely bothered. Honestly, who cares? Both candidates are more wealthy than the average person, neither have done anything illegal with their money.... what does it matter?
In the end, it is just a distraction. There are truly important issues going around here and as long as none of them are guilty of tax fraud, what's the beef?
"Example: who cares more about the little guy: Mitt Romney or Chris Gabrieli?"
Or this one: Who care more about the little guy, Romney or Ted Kennedy?
You don't get much more blue-blood rich than Kennedy, but he's spent his life caring about the little guy. (OK, not on every issue, but he's one of the better ones.)
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