i'll try one more time and then that's it...
Trump obeyed the law by filing his return..
the IRS also is obeying the law by keeping his return private
and not releasing it to the public without his consent...
only a bumpkin who just fell off the turnip truck would think,
just because someone happens to be employed by the government
would have the authority to gain access to those returns...
not Schumer, not Pelosi, not Pence or Ryan either, nobody...
only Trump himself can volunteer them or they could be
subpoenaed by the court and that's it...
since all other presidents for the past 40 years have
willingly volunteered their tax returns without whining
about doing so....IMO Trump is hiding something, or he
would release them and shut everyones mouth about it,
including mine...
Argo, that was a good try but the fact remains, there is NO law
requiring the POTUS to release his tax returns. If he has done
something illegal or wrong the IRS will handle it. That's
what they do. And Trump is NOT the first POTUS to decline the
opportunity, google Gerald Ford.
Nixon in his famous speech "the people need to know
whether or not their President is a crook.
Well, i am not a crook. i have earned everything i have got"
holding to his word Nixon reluctantly released his
returns a week later..
Ford was never elected President, when he ran for it himself
in 1976 he did release a 10-year summary of his returns but
Carter who released his full return beat him anyway...
so from Nixon in 1973 until the present, 45 years later
Trump is the one and only who has declined to volunteer
any returns whatsoever...take note Nixon, Ford and Trump
ALL Republicans...
Edited by
Argo
on Fri 02/16/18 09:48 PM