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Wall Street Journal calls on Trump to release tax returns
The Hill ^ | February 19, 2016 | Elliot Smilowitz

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."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: murdoch; trump; wallstreetjournal; wsj
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To: napscoordinator

here’s the deal, and this is coming from a Cruzer. I would not be surprised Trump tax rate is zero.

He’s involved in RE and that includes tons of write-offs.

RE is the best tax aversion game going, it’s been that way for yrs.


21 posted on 02/19/2016 5:37:50 PM PST by Undecided 2012
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To: jazusamo
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.

The beat goes on. The WSJ is pro-open borders and amnesty. They want to flood this country with foreign workers. Is it any wonder they team up with NBC to conduct bogus polls?

22 posted on 02/19/2016 5:38:21 PM PST by kabar
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To: jazusamo

The WSJ wants to cut our throats with endless third world immigration. They are scumbags who have no allegiance to the USA.


23 posted on 02/19/2016 5:38:28 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: jazusamo

WSJ is just taunting Trump. I hope he doesn’t take the bait. Comparing him to Mitt ought to get Donald’s antennae a tingling-don’t go there.


24 posted on 02/19/2016 5:38:33 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: jazusamo

Remember when the WSJ demanded Obama’s tax returns?

Me neither.


25 posted on 02/19/2016 5:39:09 PM PST by SpaceBar
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26 posted on 02/19/2016 5:39:13 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: House Atreides
Can anyone say Trump is dodging the release of his tax returns?

Doesn't Cruz have some of this immigration records sealed?

27 posted on 02/19/2016 5:39:27 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (The Democrats Must Lose In November)
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To: House Atreides

He filed his financial statements. They used the same attacks on Romney. Harry Reid claimed that Romney didn’t pay any taxes.


28 posted on 02/19/2016 5:39:48 PM PST by kabar
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To: Varsity Flight

Exactly, that sorta jumped out at me too.


29 posted on 02/19/2016 5:40:07 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

He released what he is supposed to, and this call for it the day before the election is supposed to plant a suspicion in the minds of the voter that Trump is withholding information that he should have released.

Has anyone released their taxes?

Even if they have, this isn’t something you call for out of the blue the evening before the election.

These folk are absolutely shaking in their boots, and desperate as can be.

This coupled with the bogus polls? The WSJ is just a cheap propaganda machine now.


30 posted on 02/19/2016 5:41:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: dead

Trump already released a financial net worth statement, months ago.


31 posted on 02/19/2016 5:42:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: jazusamo

Trump say his returns are complicated and are being worked on. That’s probably a rare understatement! with an income of $400 million, he probably has a team of accountants working full time.


32 posted on 02/19/2016 5:43:04 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: DoughtyOne

Well said! You know what flows down hill and Murdoch is on top of that hill.


33 posted on 02/19/2016 5:43:59 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: relictele
Now the WSJ and Harry Reid are indistinguishable.

Now Hillary and Donald are indistinguishable.

She and he both don't like releasing records apparently.

34 posted on 02/19/2016 5:44:14 PM PST by pollywog ( " O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: uncitizen

Rubio = Romney =

Clinton win.

The Plan


35 posted on 02/19/2016 5:44:21 PM PST by Varsity Flight (Extortion-Care is is the Government Work-Camp)
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To: jennychase

you can get an extension until Oct 15, which I bet Trump usually does. We did the years we had businesses - better to wait than have to file an amended return later.


36 posted on 02/19/2016 5:45:35 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: jazusamo

as soon as 0bama releases his birth certificate
(and other records sealed since his first day in office)


37 posted on 02/19/2016 5:45:55 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: pollywog

Hillary’s records are wanted by the FBI and other law enforcement types.

Trump’s are wanted by private sector political enemies.

I don’t think that needs further exposition.


38 posted on 02/19/2016 5:46:14 PM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: dead

What Trump is worth won’t be on a tax return, only his annual income.


39 posted on 02/19/2016 5:46:46 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: jazusamo

Evidently so.

I used to have some respect for Murdock, even though he wasn’t one of us overseas. He did run FoxNews for a profit, and we were his favorite folks in the U. S.

Now he has forsaken that. I will do my best to avoid anything he has something to do with from here on out.


40 posted on 02/19/2016 5:47:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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