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NurseJackie

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17. BS is never going to release his tax returns. If BS had any intention of releasing them...
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 03:58 PM
Mar 2019

BS is never going to release his tax returns. If BS had any intention of releasing them, it would have already been done.

It's not like they're "incomplete" or anything. It's not like they're "still working on them" or anything. After all... if they were complete enough to submit to the IRS, then those tax returns are complete enough to release to the American public.

No... something tells me that someone has made a deliberate decision to NOT release them. Someone on the campaign has weighed the pros-and-cons... calculated the pluses-and-minuses... and determined that the "fallout" from not releasing the tax returns is more acceptable than the "fallout" of going ahead and releasing them.

All I'm saying is that's certainly what it appears to be and it's a logical conclusion to make... there's simply no other reason that any "serious" candidate would do something that's tarnishing their campaign, reputation, and making people question things like integrity and honesty.

In the end, it simply makes no good sense for this strategy to continue. As voters, we deserve to know where a candidate's money comes from, where the spouse's money comes from, how it's being invested, where it's being saved (domestic or offshore), what charities (if any) or other contributions (if any) have been made, and whether the taxes have been properly paid... or whether there are other potential conflicts of interest that we voters should know about BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
The Joe Biden 5-Point Plan [View all] Gothmog Mar 2019 OP
The first paragraph of the article is trash RandySF Mar 2019 #1
is this case for or against Kurt V. Mar 2019 #2
roflaooooooo so so true Celerity Apr 2019 #29
The devil is in the details workinclasszero Mar 2019 #3
Would sooner than Bernie release his tax returns be sufficient? nt TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #5
Bernie said "soon" the other day, so a least we're getting closer. nt oasis Mar 2019 #10
BS is never going to release his tax returns. If BS had any intention of releasing them... NurseJackie Mar 2019 #17
The next interviewer needs to call him out on it. nt oasis Mar 2019 #20
I completely agree and I hope an interviewer DOES "hold his feet to the fire" on this. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #21
Any candidate that cannot tolerate their feet held to the fire will never ehrnst Apr 2019 #22
Probably when he formally announces perhaps? George II Mar 2019 #15
how many years has he been in the Senate or VP or running for who knows what? treestar Apr 2019 #23
The article isn't about what Biden said about his potential campaign. Persondem Apr 2019 #25
Joe didn't write this. dawg day Apr 2019 #28
I love Biden vlyons Mar 2019 #4
Yeah workinclasszero Mar 2019 #6
Bernie has a lot of defending to do... maybe look at your own stuff first? Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #30
Another big issue: Student debt in bankruptcy dalton99a Mar 2019 #14
This is not a plan... TCJ70 Mar 2019 #7
I keep saying this. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #8
I agree. peggysue2 Mar 2019 #9
he's admiting he's damp toast bigtree Mar 2019 #11
You realize the "he" who is speaking in the article is some guy named Mike Allen, right? Persondem Apr 2019 #26
why'd you kick this old post? bigtree Apr 2019 #32
Because 6-7 people kicked this OP earlier today and it showed up near the top of Persondem Apr 2019 #33
I love Biden forklift Mar 2019 #12
Hummmm . . . peggysue2 Mar 2019 #13
There used to be a Representative from New Jersey named Charles Sandman. But he was a republican. George II Mar 2019 #16
I wouldn't have liked him either forklift Mar 2019 #18
He was one of the last holdouts against impeaching Nixon, even after all the evidence was laid out.. George II Mar 2019 #19
lol treestar Apr 2019 #24
Good one! Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #31
I hate when pundits pretend that they are speaking in the voice of the politician dawg day Apr 2019 #27
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