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Romney says he won’t release his tax returns just because his dad did
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01/20/12 01:07 PM ET
Mitt Romney said Friday he doesn’t find the argument that he should release his tax returns just because his father George started the tradition “terribly compelling."
“We talked about that beforehand, and what he did in 1967 is very different than what is going to happen today,” Romney told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. “The idea that I am supposed to follow exactly what my dad did is not something I find terribly compelling — we disagreed in the past. … I admire my dad, but we don’t do things in exactly the same way.”
“This hasn’t been an issue before. I’m kind of curious as to why it’s suddenly an issue,” Romney added. “I think what they want to show is that I’m wealthy. Let me tell you: I am wealthy. I’ve been successful. I did not inherit my wealth, I created my wealth.”
In the last two debates, Romney first said he will “probably” release his tax returns in April and “maybe” when asked if he would release 12 years’ worth of his forms.
“I’m going to release my tax returns, and we’ll do it when we get our tax return for this year completed and we’d like to release them all at one time,” Romney told Ingraham, without indicating how many years he would release. “What I don’t want to do is dribble them out.”
Romney indicated in the Monday night GOP debate that he had to study the tradition for candidates to release their tax returns, referring to more recent presidential candidates.
“I looked at what has been done in campaigns in the past … they’ve tended to release tax records in April, in tax season,” Romney said.
On Friday, Romney said, “Certainly, I was aware of [my father’s] experience. I remember reading it in Look magazine.”
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