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In reply to the discussion: Why aren't they ready? This was almost a month ago. [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)48. If they've been submitted to the IRS then they are READY NOW to release to the public.
Not releasing them is the equivalent of "Pleading the Fifth" and it's a great big "fuck you" to the American voters (as well as the other candidates).
Pleading the Fifth doesn't mean you're guilty, but it means you probably have something to hide. So I wonder, what's being hidden? Why is the negative publicity of NOT releasing the taxes an acceptable alternative TO releasing them? (Unless... actually releasing them would generate even MORE negative publicity.)
We deserve to know why this promise hasn't been kept. What are they hiding?
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It is possible that it is a very complex instrument and people would not understand it
dalton99a
Mar 2019
#1
Kirsten Gillibrand has released 11 years, Elizabeth Warren has released 10 years...
George II
Mar 2019
#22
But Bernie is not corrupt. Everyone knows it. So most people aren't in a big hurry to see the taxes.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#25
They know this; the only surprise after Bernie releases his returns will be if they admit he did so.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#27
"I am universally loved and trusted" should be BS's answer the next time CNN asks.
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#34
I don't know that, and his refusal to release his returns makes me suspicious.
yardwork
Mar 2019
#47
How many, and what % of the whole, is "most people"? Surely there's a poll about this somewhere.
George II
Mar 2019
#49
How would anyone know whether strangers and/or journalists care about his taxes?
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#33
At this point, after all this time, it's become a matter of trust. If he can't do something....
George II
Mar 2019
#23
CREW is calling on all presidential candidates to publicly release 10 years of tax returns.
Gothmog
Mar 2019
#17
If they've been submitted to the IRS then they are READY NOW to release to the public.
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#48
BS is never going to release his tax returns. If BS had any intention of releasing them...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#61