From the post above:

IRS law generally requires that tax returns be kept confidential. But the section cited by Neal states, “Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, except that any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer shall be furnished to such committee only when sitting in closed executive session unless such taxpayer otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.”

Carefully read the last sentence: "except that any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer shall be furnished to such committee only when sitting in closed executive session". A closed, executive session; not public or released, or leaked to the public!!! I would assume that would be the responsibility of the committee chairman.

From Wikipedia:In the Congress of the United States, a closed session (formally a session with closed doors) is a parliamentary procedure for the Senate or the House of Representatives to discuss matters requiring secrecy.

The discussions which take place in a closed session are subject to confidentiality rules and are similar to an executive session, which itself can be open or closed. An executive session is for business which includes the President of the United States.

Isnt that what he stated just using different language ?

No on can force returns to be made PUBLIC. No one can stop anyone from allowing their returns to be made PUBLIC. Most Presidents in the past few decades have allowed it.

Somemore of that Trump bassaassard thinking.

Trump confirms a possible plan to send immigrants to sanctuary cities, contradicting White House denials

"President Trump confirmed Friday that the White House is considering a plan to transport detained immigrants to “sanctuary cities” and releasing them there as a way to punish his political enemies.

Late Thursday night, the Washington Post published a report about the proposal. A White House official downplayed the story, telling the Post in a statement, “This was just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-confirms-white-house-sanctuary-cities-plan-174806223.html

[Sanctuary Cities List

States. California. Colorado. Illinois. ...
Cities and Counties.
California. Alameda County. Berkley. Contra Costa County. ...
Colorado. Arapahoe County. Aurora. Boulder County. ...
Connecticut. East Haven. Hartford.
Florida. Alachua County. Clay County.
Georgia. Clayton County. DeKalb County.
Iowa. Benton County. Cass County.

This shows what kind of real idiot Trump is for even contemplating this idea as a way of "Getting Back" at his enemies. What's stupid about it, Let's say for the sake of argument he managed to pull this off and dropped 100 thousand migrants in each of those states. That's a whole lot of migrants that will be voting Democrat. Which is what they commonly do. This is what fuels the war between Republicans and the migrants. This is the real reason, one of the reasons that Trump keeps spewing about his wall. It has nothing to do with jobs or anything like that. It's about the money and the power that goes with it. More migrants = more votes for Democrats= more money paid in for the Democrats to spread amongst the masses and themselves. The Republicans, they want it all. And since they are like that, they want it all, this was a dumb "Trump" idea.


Are unauthorized immigrants overwhelmingly Democrats?


"While there’s no way of knowing if these predictions are accurate, the data provide some insights. In 2012, the Pew Research Center’s National Survey of Latinos found that among Latino immigrants who are not U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents (and therefore likely unauthorized immigrants), some 31% identify as Democrats and just 4% as Republicans. An additional 33% say they are political independents, 16% mention some other political party and 15% say they “don’t know” or refuse to answer the question".

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/07/22/are-unauthorized-immigrants-overwhelmingly-democrats/

Not just Amazon: 60 big companies paid $0 in taxes under Trump law

"Big businesses are faring better than ever under the Trump era tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

According to analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), 60 Fortune 500 companies avoided paying all federal income tax in 2018 (with their total average effective tax rate being roughly -5%).

That’s more than three times the number of companies that avoided paying corporate taxes on average from 2008 to 2015. During that period, 18 companies managed to pay 0% or less (with their total average effective tax rate over 8 years being roughly -4%).

“There are a lot of breaks and loopholes that allow a company not to pay,” Steve Wamhoff, ITEP’s Director of Federal Tax Policy, told Yahoo Finance. “People, when they think of tax reform, think the government is going to fix the tax code and get rid of breaks and loopholes and get rid tax dodging. What we got at the end of 2017 was not that. It was the opposite of that. The Tax Cuts and jobs act left a lot of special breaks and loopholes in place and created some new ones".


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/companies-paying-zero-taxes-trump-law-155944124.html


How the American economy conspires to keep wages down

"The economy is growing but our paychecks are not. That’s because employers have, over decades, built a political apparatus to hold down pay".


"When unemployment goes down, wages are supposed to go up. That’s just supply and demand. Quite puzzlingly, though, this mechanism seems not to be working today. Unemployment stands at a modest 4%, but paychecks aren’t growing. Although today’s is the best-educated workforce in history, employers just insist that workers need more training.

In other words, they’re gaslighting us. Meanwhile, over decades, employers have built and maintained a massive collective political apparatus to hold down wages. To call it a conspiracy would be only slight embellishment".


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/13/american-economy-wage-suppression-how-it-works


Why Aren't Wages Keeping Up? It's Not The Economy, It's Management


"In the decade since the 2008 recession we’ve had an enormous runup in the stock market, accelerating growth in GDP, and a steady increase in job growth. Yet despite these positive economic trends, wages are not keeping up".


http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbersin/2018/10/31/why-arent-wages-keeping-up-its-not-the-economy-its-management/#64d396b1397e


Paychecks Lag as Profits Soar, and Prices Erode Wage Gains

"Corporate profits have rarely swept up a bigger share of the nation’s wealth, and workers have rarely shared a smaller one.

The lopsided split is especially pronounced given how low the official unemployment rate has sunk. Throughout the recession and much of its aftermath, when many Americans were grateful to receive a paycheck instead of a pink slip, jobs and raises were in short supply. Now, complaints of labor shortages are as common as tweets. For the first time in a long while, workers have some leverage to push for more".

http://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/business/economy/wages-workers-profits.html

The Share of Economic Output that Workers Receive has Fallen

http://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/the_share_of_economic_output_that_workers_receive_has_fallen

"rabbit hole reject".

wage growth = 0, a questionable fact! Wage growth information from a reputable source:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/worker-wage-gains-are-keeping-up-with-inflation-and-then-some.html