Trump will not release tax returns

Rep. Ben Ray Luján — like many in Congress — wants President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.

Transparency, the New Mexico Democrat said recently in a Facebook post, “is a cornerstone of democracy.”

But he doesn’t want to release his own tax returns. And that puts him in good company on both sides of the aisle.
Roll Call sent a request to all of the nation’s senators and representatives — more than 500 in all — to release their tax returns. Only 37 responded, and of those, six provided the documents.

The written requests were sent at least three times over a period of several weeks, starting in April, to each lawmaker and key staff members.

Roll Call sought returns from the 2015 and 2016 tax years to accommodate members who have asked for extensions.

Roll Call reviewed public documents and media reports to determine lawmakers’ positions on the release of Trump’s tax returns. At least 237 lawmakers have called on the president to produce his returns.

The review, which can be viewed in full here, also sought to identify lawmakers who had released all or part of their own returns. It identified an additional 43 lawmakers in the House and the Senate who had released returns or allowed reporters to review them.

Cabinet- and sub-Cabinet-level nominees for dozens of federal agencies and many senior-level federal appointments are required to submit their tax returns to the Senate, Mark A. Patterson, the Democratic staff director and chief counsel of the Senate Finance Committee from 1995 to 1999 and chief of staff at the Treasury Department from 2009 to 2013, wrote in The Washington Post in August.

The requirement is meant to ensure that people in positions of public trust have complied with the law, Patterson wrote.

Some members have argued that tax returns should be private, and that expecting members to produce them could deter potential candidates.

Robert J Sakimano wrote: but also his associations with pedophilia.

LooseGoose wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote: but also his associations with pedophilia.

Is there some sort of box he might have checked?

LooseGoose wrote:






Lawmakers Want Trump’s Tax Returns, but Won’t Release Their Own

Amazing that politicians are hypocrites.....

Rep. Ben Ray Luján — like many in Congress — wants President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.

Transparency, the New Mexico Democrat said recently in a Facebook post, “is a cornerstone of democracy.”

But he doesn’t want to release his own tax returns. And that puts him in good company on both sides of the aisle.
Roll Call sent a request to all of the nation’s senators and representatives — more than 500 in all — to release their tax returns. Only 37 responded, and of those, six provided the documents.

The written requests were sent at least three times over a period of several weeks, starting in April, to each lawmaker and key staff members.

Roll Call sought returns from the 2015 and 2016 tax years to accommodate members who have asked for extensions.

Roll Call reviewed public documents and media reports to determine lawmakers’ positions on the release of Trump’s tax returns. At least 237 lawmakers have called on the president to produce his returns.

The review, which can be viewed in full here, also sought to identify lawmakers who had released all or part of their own returns. It identified an additional 43 lawmakers in the House and the Senate who had released returns or allowed reporters to review them.

And you say they're not running for President?

Cabinet- and sub-Cabinet-level nominees for dozens of federal agencies and many senior-level federal appointments are required to submit their tax returns to the Senate, Mark A. Patterson, the Democratic staff director and chief counsel of the Senate Finance Committee from 1995 to 1999 and chief of staff at the Treasury Department from 2009 to 2013, wrote in The Washington Post in August.

The requirement is meant to ensure that people in positions of public trust have complied with the law, Patterson wrote.

Some members have argued that tax returns should be private, and that expecting members to produce them could deter potential candidates.

The reluctance among members of Congress to release their own tax returns raises questions about potential conflicts of interest. And it prevents voters from learning more about members’ personal financial decisions that could affect how they vote.

LooseGoose wrote:So predictable. Ignore the focus of the article from a neutral paper and immediately turn it all to Trump, all the time. It's an unhealthy fixation guys.

LooseGoose wrote:So predictable. Ignore the focus of the article from a neutral paper and immediately turn it all to Trump, all the time. It's an unhealthy fixation guys.

LooseGoose wrote:So predictable.  Ignore the focus of the article from a neutral paper and immediately turn it all to Trump, all the time.  It's an unhealthy fixation guys.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:So predictable. Ignore the focus of the article from a neutral paper and immediately turn it all to Trump, all the time. It's an unhealthy fixation guys.

yes, because patriotic republicans never - ever - talked about that colored boy from Kenya.