Greg Nash
Posted on 02/19/2016 5:26:25 PM PST by jazusamo
Greg Nash
The Wall Street Journal is calling on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to release his tax returns by the end of the month.
The newspaper's conservative-leaning editorial board wrote Friday that Trump must prove he is as successful in the business world as he says he is.
"One of Donald Trump's claims to presidential competence is his business and financial success, and so he should want voters to see the proof beyond the gilded staircases," they wrote. "He could enhance his credibility on the point by releasing his tax returns."
The Journal catalogued Trump's repeated dodges on the question of his tax returns. They noted that he said in January that "I have everything all approved," but said last week that the returns will still take several months.
"Waiting that long suggests that he'd wait until he wins or loses the nomination, which means before primary voters can get a look," the editorial said.
It warned Trump against falling into the same "bad political mistake" 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney made in waiting until two months before that election to release his returns, allowing Democrats to spread speculation about Romney's finances.
The Journal noted that Trump's rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have not released their most recent tax returns, but both publicized their returns when running for Senate in recent years.
Trump on Wednesday accused the Journal of having it out for him, pointing to his poor numbers in polls conducted by the newspaper.
"I think somebody at the Wall Street Journal doesn't like me," he said at an MSNBC town hall in Charleston, S.C.
"I think most of the polls were taken after the debate and they worked out good for me," Trump said. "I have never done well with the Wall Street Journal poll. I don't know. They do these small samples and I don't know exactly what it represents."
Trump said he would at his timeframe. From what I understand, his are going to be like volume on a book. It is not going to be easy to read and understand like the Media believes.
Now the WSJ and Harry Reid are indistinguishable.
Well done, Paul Gigot!
Can anyone say Trump is dodging the release of his tax returns?
Wording of the memo to the WSJ stwff direct from Rupert Murdoch who supports Bloomberg running for President.
I’d like the Wall Street/Cheap Labor Express Journal to tell us all how much The Ministry of Propaganda is paying them.
14th Apr is the last date to file returns.
By the way, did you filed your own return?
Tell the WSJ to stick it up there collective a****
Agreed, it’s laughable to say both Rubio and Cruz released theirs for their Senate runs. Theirs would fit in a manila folder with room to spare, Trump’s will be a book.
What about Cruz’s tax returns?
What about the Goldman Sachs paid speeches?
What about the loans?
I’ve read that a lot of business people believe Trump is worth a tenth of what he claims. I have no idea what he’s worth or if his wealth in adjusted dollars is much more than his inheritance.
Why do they only want to see Trumps tax return? I want to see all the candidates tax returns including Hillary and Sanders.
I think Murdock can go to hell . I know this, “hell fire” is coming to him.
This is typical knee-jerk leftism. Tammy Baldwin did the same in 2012 to the Republican candidates in WI running for Senate. It’s one of those issues designed to portray Republicans as evil, mustachio-twirling and top hat wearing, billionaires who don’t care. Besides, Trump already said he works hard at not paying as much tax because the gov’t pisses it away.
And he completed his financial forms like all the other candidates in order to run. What gives, WSJ?
Presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he pays as little in taxes as possible just like every other taxpayer in America.
"I fight like hell to pay as little as possible for two reasons. Number one, I'm a businessman. And that's the way you're supposed to do it," Trump said in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation." "The other reason is that I hate the way our government spends our taxes. I hate the way they waste our money. Trillions and trillions of dollars of waste and abuse. And I hate it."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-i-pay-as-little-as-possible-in-taxes/
Are you even a conservative? Who allowed you to post on your father's computer spewing nonsense?
Remember this time 8 years ago when they were demanding that Barack (peace be upon him) Obama release all of his personal records?
ME NEITHER!
They want to do what they did to Romney. Won’t work this time. Times are different now.
The American people are on to the class warfare divide and conquer that is being pushed and they don’t like it. People know that Trump has worked his butt off for what he’s got. And taking advantage of the complicated tax code is something many of us wish we could do to our own advantage.
This will backfire on the media.
“The newspaper’s conservative-leaning editorial board”
Who dat might be?
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