Well, for one thing, a lot of Mitt’s private property seems to have come at the expense of the public purse, if Bain is any indication.  Be nice to know how deeply this defender of capitalism has suckled at the state’s teat..
 Politicians want an extraordinary power & authority over the public purse. They have less reasonable expectation of privacy than decent folk.  It’s not like we’re demanding he unseal his divorce records, we’re asking how much  money this self-described career politician has made and from whom.  That is an eminently reasonable demand from an electorate that wishes to be an informed electorate.
If Mitt wants us to trust him, he shouldn’t act like Pelosi w/Obamacare (“We have to pass the bill to see what’s in it”) or Kerry & Nixon with their ‘secret’ plans to end their wars (“You have to vote for me to find out what it is.”Mitt can’t behave like a snake-oil salesman and not expect folks to start calling him ‘Slick.’

I’ll tell you what’s in his wallet, the condom he’s going to put on before he fucks us all.

And there he goes, over the shark. Adjoran needs a bigger motorcycle….

Mitt Romney would have to explain “carried interest” to explain what’s in his wallet…

Why not explain capitalism and the tax code as it is.  He’s in a position and well versed on what it is.

pg 1 “A general partner of a private equity or hedge fund typically receives two types of compensation: a management fee tied to some percentage of assets under management and “carried interest” tied to some percentage of the profits gener- ated by those assets. The management fee is taxed as ordinary income to the general partner. Taxation on the carried interest is deferred until profits are real- ized on the fund’s underlying assets, and any resulting profits to the general partner are taxed at the capital gains tax rate to the extent the fund’s profits reflect capital gains.”

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/83xx/doc8306/07-11-CarriedInterest_Testimony.pdf
Interesting reading…and eye-opening is the Table 1 “Capital Investment in Private Equity by Type of Limited Partner”

pg 8 “It is worth noting that deferral of taxation on carried interest generates a tax benefit to the general partner (who does not recognize income initially) but a tax cost to the limited partners (who do not enjoy a deduction or other reduction in taxable income at that point). Many limited partners are either tax-exempt entities in the United States or foreign institutions (see Table 1), however, so they may be largely unaffected by the lack of an immediate U.S. tax benefit. The net result is, there- fore, the overall deferral of a net tax liability.”