pendennis wrote:
The operative word here, is that other P**********l candidates have voluntarily published their tax returns for public scrutiny. Frankly, I don't want to see their tax returns. And, unless Congress comes up with a law requiring all candidates for not only the Presidency, but for all Congressional candidates to reveal their tax returns, then no one should be required. Sauce for the goose...
Bloomberg hardly makes a case for an immediate ruling in a Federal district court. Besides, any request for judicial action would have to go through the Department of Justice. Congress doesn't have the authority to file actions with the courts. Article I is very clear on the limitations of Congressional powers.
We're slipping, nay falling, into a mind set that requires the complete baring of one's private life. It's the weaponizing of what's been private information (between the IRS and the taxpayer), and what's rightfully public.
I seriously doubt that the President filed any tax returns - Federal, state, or local on his own. There were no doubt, CPA's and tax attorney's who did the leg work on the President's taxes. And I doubt that the President would be able to answer all the details that went into those returns.
The operative word here, is that other P**********... (
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Lets look at the returns of congressmen and senators to see how they became multi millionaires while holding down a job that pays under 200K per year. That would be some good reading.