Foes question Corker tax details (TN Republican Senate primary)

The Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | July 1, 2006 | Tom Humphreys

[Clintonfatigued]

Bob Corker's major opponents in the Republican U.S. Senate primary are questioning whether the wealthy businessman is trying to hide something by refusing to release details of his federal income tax returns.

[Clintonfatigued]

Hopefully, this is the turning point and RINO Corker's climb in the polls will become a fall.

[LdSentinal]

Corker is spending a fortune. He's following Johnny Isakson's path to win a Republican primary.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

Since many of us must pay income taxes to the IRS, is total nonsense that there are some little, squirrely thieves allowed to opt out of this. Most especially the well-to-do. They have a far greater obligation to give back to the community when they have reaped monetary benefits from citizens.

The IRS is blatantly corrupt and inept to allow such a thing to occur. And they too, outta be banished to GITMO...

[TennTuxedo]

Although I do not intend to vote for Bob Croker in the primary, this article is nothing but a class/income envy piece of trash. Let the candidates win or lose on the merits of their campaign not some lousy class envy propaganda.

[Clintonfatigued]

Perhaps, but Corker ought to release his tax returns. If he's done nothing illegal, the issue will probably whither on the vine.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Problem is, Corker is no Johnny Isakson (who is one of the rare individuals who went from being a RINO in the House to a bonafide Conservative in the Senate). Corker is the "Chattanooga Chafee."

[cva66snipe]

"When you're in business, you don't make money every year. Things go in cycles," Corker said. "What I am most proud of is how I handled the tough times."

Tough times? And still being able to give $7,500 and $5,000 toward the national debt? Quite a few in this state call $7500 or a little bit over that their annual income. Now they are those who know hard times.

[AuH2ORepublican]

To be fair to Isakson, he was a consrvative in the House on every issue except abortion, where he was "pro-choice with restrictions." So far in the Senate, the only abortion vote he's faced was regarding public funding of overseas abortion-providing organizations, something he opposed in the House, so we don't know yet whether he has changed his ways regarding abortion.