Posted on 05/13/2016 7:55:09 AM PDT by Trumpinator
Donald J. Trump said Friday that he doesnt believe voters have a right to see his tax returns, and insisted its none of your business when pressed on what tax rate he himself pays a question that tripped up Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential race.
Mr. Trump made the comments in an interview on ABCs Good Morning America, as he continued to try to answer questions about his change in explanations over the last year about why he wont release the taxes.
When the interviewer, George Stephanopoulos asked Mr. Trump directly if he thought voters had a right to see his returns, something that presidential nominees have provided for roughly 40 years, the candidate replied, I dont think they do.
Mr. Trump added: But I do say this, I will really gladly give them not going to learn anything but its under routine audit. When the audit ends Ill present them. That should be before the election. I hope its before the election.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The tax returns thing is only a tradition started by Gerald Ford as a gimmick to show he was uber honest. Releasing tax returns has no basis in law - it is not required and none of our business. The law only requires financial info to be filed because that will go into a trust account for the president.
Taxes should NOT be public.
He’s right!
True....
Nothing to be learned from a tax return...If there was anything illegal, the IRS would’ve already jumped on it like a frog on a junebug....
I don’t think there is necessarily anything wrong or any sort of smoking gun with Trump’s returns other than he probably gets a boat load of special preference deductions that may poke holes in his message.
I don’t care what his tax rate is.
I want to live in a strong and free United States. Period.
He’s right. It’s not their business. they’re just used to people who kowtow to their every ‘demand’.
John Kerry’s tax rate was like 6% when he ran
Hahaha!! The media says “jump” and Trump basically tells them to shove it.
Finally.
Their gotcha bs will end.
It’s not HIS tax rate. It’s what the corrupt tax code says it is.
Americans are just not hard-wired to resent wealth. Some people like to work that angle but forget it
Can someone show me Bill Clinton’s medical records? Or Barack Obama’s college transcripts? They are FAR more relevant.
“When the interviewer, George Stephanopoulos A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE CLINTON’S AND A WELL KNOWN CLINTON SYCOPHANT asked Mr. Trump directly if he thought voters had a right to see his returns, something that presidential nominees have provided for roughly 40 years, the candidate replied, I dont think they do.
JUST TO GIVE IT CONTEXT.
Great response.
The nitwit voters in the US are obsessed with one’s level of income. Income is NOT a wealth measurement. It is a means to acquire wealth or in the case here, a means to ensure that you don’t do it through work.
If someone were doing something illegal, would they put it down on their tax return? I doubt it. So, what is the purpose of getting these returns?
Meanwhile, why is it a billion dollar tax exempt entity has to disclose virtually nil about its sources of money? It is income, just tax exempt.
I agree and I tweeted the same to him.
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NONE of the public’s business and certainly NONE of Willard Romney’s business.
Furthermore, just because Romney and Hillary are dying and demanding to see and scour Trump’s tax returns, were I Trump, I wouldn’t EVER release the damn returns and I’d cite them as my reasons why!
or a copy of Hilary Clinton’s speech to her Wall Street Friends.
The income tax is a moral abomination.
REPEAL THE 16TH AMENDMENT
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