Republican presidential candidate Romney reports income of $21 million a year
The Republican presidential candidate collected as much in a single day as the average American family makes in a full year. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his tax returns Tuesday morning, revealing that he collected income of $21.7 million in 2010 and $20.9 million in 2011, nearly $42.6 million over the two-year period. Not a penny of this income was from salary or wages reported on a W-2. Nearly all of it was investment income, including capital gains, dividends and interest.
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