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Mr. President: Do not release your tax returns. Ever. Here's why:
Canada Free Press ^ | 04/25/17 | Dan Calabrese

Posted on 04/25/2017 8:59:18 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Line in the sand

The latest Democrat threat is that they will somehow stop all tax reform until President Trump releases his tax returns. This follows constant media carping during the election demanding that very same thing, only to have the demand rejected by Trump and, by extension, by the electorate.

But wait, you say! Polls consistently show the public wants Trump to release his returns. Sure they do, and it’s a classic example of what’s called push polling. When a pollster asks a person if he thinks something would be a good idea, that doesn’t necessarily mean the person was giving the matter any thought prior to being asked, or that it’s particularly important to that person. If you asked 100 people, “Should snails be treated with dignity?” you could probably get at least 75 say yes, even though they had never before given the matter any thought and may never do so again.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: presidenttrump; taxreform; taxreturns
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To: Sean_Anthony

Let them continue to demand his tax stuff.

If he gives it to them, they’ll huff and puff and move on to the next demand.

No quarter. Eff ‘em.


21 posted on 04/25/2017 10:07:58 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: Sean_Anthony

Trump should claim the Russians hacked his tax returns.


22 posted on 04/25/2017 10:10:20 AM PDT by Leep (Cyclops Network News (CNN). The Most Trusted Source Of Fake News.)
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To: alloysteel
I don’t know how to fix this, I wish I did.

Oh, it can be fixed, but it won't be. Because even if we could do so, we would not deport, imprison or kill all progressives, liberals, leftists, socialists, communists, Marxists...but, I repeat myself. We are the ones who actually believe that they have the right to be wrong (if they are willing to take the consequences).

23 posted on 04/25/2017 10:23:15 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

It is not a Constitutional requirement so don’t.


24 posted on 04/25/2017 10:46:02 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

This is the phoniest attempt at creating a scandal I have ever seen. His taxes get examined by the IRS every year. That is all the disclosure needed.


25 posted on 04/25/2017 2:30:46 PM PDT by BestPresidentEver
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To: Oldexpat

They are not really interested. They are just nosey


26 posted on 04/25/2017 4:35:43 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: Dick Bachert

The last so-called “pResident’s” tax returns are available to see online from 2000 through 2015.
http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/web/presidentialtaxreturns
The issue just gives the Democrats a minor talking point for their base.


27 posted on 04/25/2017 5:35:24 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Nero Germanicus

But what about an ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, college transcripts and all that other chit obozo deep sixed?
Tax returns are minor compared to the matter of his ELGIBILITY to even hold the office!


28 posted on 04/25/2017 7:08:49 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE 4TH ESTATE HERE HAS BECOME A 5TH COLUMN. DIDN'T WE IMPRISON TOKYO ROSE???)
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To: Dick Bachert

Its the job of a politician’s opponents, in his own party for the primaries and from opposition parties in the general election, to uncover any damaging information that they can find.
A candidate is under no legal obligation to release any personal information other than what federal campaign finance laws require. No state in the Union requires a birth certificate in order to get on the ballot.
McCain never released a copy of his birth certificate or Naval Academy transcripts. Romney and Trump released short form birth certificates, just like Obama did in 2008 but no college transcripts. Candidates don’t control their original birth certificates, the state or county where they were born control those. They can be released for inspection via a court order from a judge.
In this age of Wikileaks, there is no information that can’t be hacked, even some of our nation’s top secret files have been leaked.
Tax returns are just a traditional information release that all presidents have done over the last half century. I say leave it to the voters to decide what they need to know in order to give a candidate their support. Obviously not enough voters cared about Obama’s birth certificate or college transcripts to stop him from being elected and not enough people cared about Trump’s tax returns to stop his election either.


29 posted on 04/26/2017 9:43:39 AM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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