Should the U.S. require presidential candidates to release their tax returns?

[Poiuyt]

The last time there were such fraudulent issues revealed on a tax return was when Nixon was president. That's why every candidate since then has released their own. Can the U. S. mandate that candidates release their tax returns so we don't get stuck with another corrupt president?

[uppityperson]

1. Yes

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Yes

No release, no candidacy.

[Doreen]

13. Exactly!!!

5 years back to current date.

[Norbert]

3. Yes

If we are submitted to background checks before being accepted for a job why should a presidential candidate not submit his tax returns in order to be leader of the free world.

[sheshe2]

4. Yes.

[Takket]

5. Yes.

[badhair77]

6. Yes.

[SharonClark]

7. Yes.

[Grammy23]

8. With what we've learned so far,

tRump could not pass the background check for a security clearance. So.....

YES, turn over the financial records including tax returns or forget about running.

[Karadeniz]

9. Absolutely! Positively!

[GemDigger]

10. And pass a security clearance.

[ecstatic]

11. Of course! We're in a crisis right now due to our loose norms

Can you imagine what will happen when an articulate, good looking and charismatic criminal comes along and does the same thing trump has done?

I want Congress to spend the first 6 months or so tying up every loose end related to voting rights, the Electoral College, and requirements for running for office.

Complete divestment from investments and businesses is also a must.

[mindem]

12. yes

[Groundhawg]

14. yes

And all house and senate members too.

[Hoyt]

15. After this, I bet the next candidates that won't release their returns will lose.

[genxlib]

16. Yes but

I wonder if it would survive as constitutional. The constitution has specific requirements to be eligible to be president so adding one could be problematic.

Still should be done and challenge the bastards to make a case against it.

[jrthin]

17. Yes. nt

[MoonlitKnight]

18. Yes

You simply do it by requiring the IRS to do it.

[frazzled]

19. Yes, for National Security and corruption issues

It hasn’t been an issue for for 46 years, because there has been transparency via candidates voluntarily releasing returns. Trump is the first. It needs to be incorporated into law somehow.

We need to know if candidates are (a) honest, and (b) uncompromised.

In the end, though, short of a legal requirement, any candidate who fails to release their returns will live to regret it in the end: nothing is truly private anymore, and besides, failure to do so will immediately raise suspicions that something bad is being hidden.

Far lower administration members are required to be vetted in this way. A potential president should be too.

[Klaralven]

20. Not just tax returns, but also a complete accounting of all their assets and liabilities

[msongs]

21. not required in the constitution so not doable nt

[NCjack]

22. Party pooper. How about requiring a man to have

big hands, with long fingers. And a woman to have a soothing voice that is like hot buttered rum? I think that these are going to be the new unofficial requirements.

[Talitha]

23. Yes, along with some damned heavy vetting... traitors need not apply.

[moondust]

24. Katie Porter may be on it.

She was on with Anderson Cooper tonight and I believe she said she is working on or has a bill to require 5 years of tax returns from candidates for President, VP, and maybe other top officials.

[krawhitham]

25. Yes

[tirebiter]

26. Voters should require it.

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If or when somebody asks why, just say Trump. Fill in the blanks if they ask for them.

[Wounded Bear]

27. Not just yes, HELL YES!!!!

It's part of a basic security background check. We elected a guy president who couldn't get a security clearance to put air in the tires of Air Force One.

[JI7]

28. YES , Add it into the Constitution if needed . As Soon as they File to Run the IRS release X number

of years of tax returns.

I would say release at least 15 years but more likely more .

[Coleman]

29. NO!!!!

The Constitution sets the requirements for President and it does not require the release of taxes.

It would take a Constitutional amendment. 2/3 of each house and 2/3 of the states. Aint gonna happen.