They did. He doesn't have to release them publicly, but the law says the IRS does have to provide them to Chairman Neal. barfo
Im would have thought the paper work to fill out for running for Presidency, required a whole bunch of financial information about his and personal and corporate dealings.
Well yes, sort of. Now we're going to spend months going through all the court processes to see if that gets upheld or not. I mean it would be great if Trump released them without making it take months, but that's obviously not going to happen.
So your suggestion is, anytime Trump doesn't want to follow the law, we should just let him get away with it? What could go wrong? barfo
My Suggestion is pick and choose your battles. I dont believe this battle is worth it for tax payers.
I disagree on several counts. 1) If he's legally not paying his fair share, then potentially there are policy changes that could result from that, in effect lowering the burden of all other taxpayers. 2) If he's cheating on his taxes, then that fact is highly relevant since he's the President, and also the penalties and tax due might very well pay our legal costs. 3) If he's engaged in other crimes that might show up on the tax returns, also relevant. 4) I don't think that this will be a terribly difficult battle, because I think the law is fairly clear and is being used as originally intended. barfo
Here's my problem with this from someone who wants to see a new president in 2020. Trump wins this battle. He fights it until they decide to not uphold the law meanwhile he and the right just position themselves like oh the left is desperate. If by some miracle in 6 months to a year they make him hand things over and they don't find anything incredible then he just points his finger and says see they're just on a witch hunt for me. The people who want him out only win if they dig into it and find something extreme, otherwise it just gives his campaign more momentum. All this does is short term make people feel good that they're trying to dig up dirt on him.
I mean you're entitled to your opinion and you may be right. I just look at this and think it's "politics" and that's about it. I don't think Policies will change from it, I doubt the people he's paid to do his taxes put those crimes in writing. Even if they did, it will be like everything else with Trump, instead of blaming it all on his ex-lawyers, he'll blame it on all his accountants and businessmen who did the tax returns.
Well, if you call catching a cheat 'politics' then I guess that's going to be your definition but I doubt if you find too many more in here that agree with that.
I call it politics because its politicians doing what politicians do. Trump is playing to his base with all of this, and the democrats are playing to theirs. For what its worth Id love it if Barfo was right and it turned into more then just a massive waste of resources, thats just not how I see it playing out.
