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Why should he release them? There is no legal requirement for a candidate to do so, and his income is no one's business. Would you want your returns released for your neighbors to look at?
Personally, I'm far less concerned about a billionaire now working for the government and doing so for free, than with government workers that became multi-millionaires while on a government salary.
Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, except that any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer shall be furnished to such committee only when sitting in closed executive session unless such taxpayer otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.
Crystal clear. Upon written request . . . the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request." Indeed, this law was enacted in response to a political need to force financial disclosure from the Executive in the wake of the Teapot Dome scandal, so any argument that it wasn't meant to apply to the President is dead on arrival.
Why should he release them? There is no legal requirement for a candidate to do so, and his income is no one's business. Would you want your returns released for your neighbors to look at?
Personally, I'm far less concerned about a billionaire now working for the government and doing so for free, than with government workers that became multi-millionaires while on a government salary.
Exactly. Also anyone who has gone through vetting for security clearances know that your finances are included along with your credit.
Why should he release them? There is no legal requirement for a candidate to do so, and his income is no one's business. Would you want your returns released for your neighbors to look at?
I guess that the fact that he said he WOULD release them on multiple occasions in the last seven years is lost on you?
Presidents SHOULD release tax returns. When I worked for the government I had to disclose all sorts of financial data - security clearance? Even MORE delving into my life. I was a peon compared to the presidency.
So yeah, it's important.
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Presidents SHOULD release tax returns. When I worked for the government I had to disclose all sorts of financial data - security clearance? Even MORE delving into my life. I was a peon compared to the presidency.
So yeah, it's important.
As it has been explained, those who "needed to know" have already viewed Trump's returns. The returns are the property of the government, they are the creation of the government.
This debate is about release to the public, or even those on Congress, which in my opinion, have no need to know and it is really no one's business.
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