Mitt Romney has offered a new explanation for his resistance to releasing more than two years of tax returns, telling Parade Magazine that he never intended for the amount of money he gives to the Mormon church to be made public.

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Observe the ten year relative returns when the gold and real estate portfolio under performed by as much a 241 basis points and never outperformed by more than 228 basis points.

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