Mayor Bloomberg defended fellow fat cat Mitt Romney’s right to financial privacy.
Hizzoner — a self-made billionaire — said the media should be more concerned with what the Republican presidential hopeful can do for their wallets, not about his own.
He was responding to Romney’s refusal to release more of his tax returns on the campaign trail.
“I don’t think those things are germane to what we really care about. How would either candidate balance the budget and create jobs and keep us safe from terrorism around the world?” Bloomberg told reporters.
“Those are the issues, and I will say I don’t hear a lot of talk about that; I hear a lot of talk about other things which aren’t important.”
Bloomberg annually releases his federal and state tax returns but redacts much of the information.
President Obama has been badgering Romney over refusing to release additional personal tax information.