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Donald? Is that you? Quick, go back inside - y'know how you get when it's a full moon!
The following is from the President-elect's interview with Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes:
Quote:
Lesley Stahl: Are you gonna release your tax returns?
Donald Trump: At the appropriate time, I will release them. But right now I’m under routine audit. Nobody cares. The only one who cares is, you know, you and a few people that asked that question. Obviously, the public didn’t care because I won the election very easily. So they don’t care. I never thought they did care.
The following is from the President-elect's interview with Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes:
Personally, I think more than a few people, besides Leslie Stahl, have asked & cared about that question. Being under routine audit does not prevent disclosure. For vetting purposes, the appropriate time to evaluate was before the election. As it stands now, the President-elect has stated he will determine the appropriate time.
The American people, all of us, are being asked to give him a chance. Mr. Dave Chapelle is willing to do so however made an excellent point, he suggests President-elect Trump give us one in return. One way he could do so is to be trustworthy - to act in ways to earn trust. Thus far, & admittedly it may be soon, I remain unimpressed with his efforts.
What's the issue with releasing his tax returns? Would it be too damaging to his 'Branding'? Is it like the 'Emperor's New Clothes'?
Personally, I'm finding his transition to be unsettling, troubling, problematic, both domestically & re: foreign affairs.
I remember another time when the American people were emotionally coerced into 'standing by their President' even if they hadn't voted for him & weren't comfortable about trusting him to make wise decisions - we are still involved in the results/consequences of those poor decisions.
What are your thoughtviews?
WHO CARES about the tax returns of the next potus
we all know he is very rich....we all know he pays taxes, and what he paid in one year is more than the average person will pay in a life time
again, who cares what his tax returns say....
I am more concerned with isis, the economy, and illegals
we all know he is very rich....we all know he pays taxes, and what he paid in one year is more than the average person will pay in a life time
again, who cares what his tax returns say....
I am more concerned with isis, the economy, and illegals
Who is we all? How do 'we' know the things you are claiming to know? We know of 1 tax return:
Quote:
...Although Mr. Trump’s taxable income in subsequent years is as yet unknown, a $916 million loss in 1995 would have been large enough to wipe out more than $50 million a year in taxable income over 18 years.
The $916 million loss certainly could have eliminated any federal income taxes Mr. Trump otherwise would have owed on the $50,000 to $100,000 he was paid for each episode of “The Apprentice,” or the roughly $45 million he was paid between 1995 and 2009 when he was chairman or chief executive of the publicly traded company he created to assume ownership of his troubled Atlantic City casinos. Ordinary investors in the new company, meanwhile, saw the value of their shares plunge to 17 cents from $35.50, while scores of contractors went unpaid for work on Mr. Trump’s casinos and casino bondholders received pennies on the dollar.
“He has a vast benefit from his destruction” in the early 1990s, said one of the experts, Joel Rosenfeld, an assistant professor at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. ...
Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found
The requirements to run for president are 35 years old, natural born US citizen, 14 years residency within the US. That's it. Any document that substantiates those requirements should be the only thing a person needs to submit to run.
In addition, if you are running for president under a particular party, that political party should be able to require additional qualifications which stipulate the documentation needed to substantiate those additional party requirements. I think this already exists.
But one thing is for sure, you shouldn't require the substantiation before you stipulate what it is you are trying to prove. That includes tax returns, speech copies, college transcripts, how much you tip the pizza delivery guy, etc.
If, for example, you require the submission of tax returns it shouldn't be for a fishing expedition. Perhaps you want to make a qualification that your taxes have been filed and paid in full for the last 6 years. The substantiation might be certified transcripts from the IRS. Perhaps you want to make income level a qualification or you want to make charitable contributions a qualification. That can be fulfilled with a tax return and cancelled checks or bank statements. If you require college transcripts, the qualification that comes first might be graduation, a particular grade point average or proof you took and passed economics. I don't say those things should be the qualifications. I'm just illustrating that you shouldn't have to provide information to satisfy someone's curiosity. It should be geared to substantiating a qualification. If the qualification applies to every candidate it should be an amendment to the constitution. Party candidate qualifications and the substantiation required to prove them, are up to them.
Hillary Clinton should not have to show speech transcripts, Donald Trump shouldn't have to provide tax return copies and Barack Obama shouldn't have had to produce his college transcripts unless their parties require them. However, they all should have to produce a birth certificate and proof of 14 years of residency.
I guess releasing his tax returns after the audit was just another LIE by Trump. It is certainly get very tough to keep track of the mounting volume of lies made by one DJT.
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Déjà vu all over again
