Will Trump get away with not releasing his tax returns?

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  1. gophangover

    gophangover Well-Known Member

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    Romney said it disqualifies Trump from being the GOP nominee. Can the party make that a rule at the convention? Will they make Trump release his taxes before the convention?

    If he doesn't, will the democrats be able to force him to release them before the election? Can the IRS prevent Trump from running, by exposing fraud and tax evasion in his casinos?

    Can a criminal really be elected POTUS?

    What's worse, Clinton being prevented by the FBI for emails....or Trump being prevented by the IRS for tax cheating?

    What an election! What a country! U.S.A.!!! U.S.A.!!! U.S.A.!!!
     
  2. nra37922

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    Fortunately I don't suffer from wealth envy so I don't care about Trumps tax returns. On the other hand I do have an issue with careless and/or criminal treatment of classified material.
     
  3. undertheice

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    i care if he's a crook. if he used a "questionable deduction" or his accountants didn't carry a one then i really couldn't care less. the problem is that we all have seen how the irs, when used as a political tool, can turn molehills into mountains and tie up an investigation for months or years. a well timed press statement from the irs can turn an error into a felony in the eyes of the unwashed masses and the envious peasantry will eat it up. what i find more disturbing and, at best, disingenuous is the way we are treated daily to a list of accusations and baseless allegations against one candidate, while we have to dig to find any information concerning the possible exposure of classified information by a supposedly trusted member of the administration. on the one hand we have the possibility of maybe a million or so dollars missing from the coffers of a government that continually shoves billions into the black hole of its may. on the other we have our national security possibly compromised by a fool who thinks the rules simply don't apply to her and her kind. which do you think is the more important subject? i'm sure that statist fanboys like the op place more importance on seeing the wealthy pilloried than in worrying their pretty little heads over the safety of people they've never even met, but the adults in the room would like to make sure that information even the american public isn't privy to can't be accessed by any tom, dick or achmed with an ax to grind.
     
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    Just more lib fear and a lame attempt to stop Trump.
     
  5. cupAsoup

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    When applying for the job of most powerful man on the planet, expecting privacy and saying 'none of your business' is not an option. The longer he delays, the worse he looks. Unless he has something to hide? Perhaps he exaggerated his wealth to the rubes who voted for him?
     
  6. LibChik

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    trump is a con artist. He's not releasing the returns for a reason. Even Nixon released his returns while he was under audit.

    trump is lying about what he's worth. And he probably has off-shore tax shelters...which isn't illegal but it puts his talk about American businesses keeping American interest rather hypocritical and shows what his REAL interests are. And he probably is loaded with debt that he doesn't want his fanatical disciples to know about because it shows that he's not the businessman he's lying about being and he's ok with carrying huge debt load. We actually already know he's been in bankruptcy multiple times and has been called to court dozens of times for his scams and cons. The latest one will be him going to court this summer for his trump university scam.

    trump supporters are gullible and motivated by fear to vote for a two-bit scam artist.

    trump...Making America Hate Again.
     
  7. undertheice

    undertheice Well-Known Member

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    "probably", "maybe" and "i think", that and the trump is a bigot meme are all you folks seem to have. sorry, but i prefer facts to the gut feelings of bleeding hearts and envious malcontents.

    one of the biggest problems with modern american liberalism is that they just don't understand what hatred really is. they are so shallow that they see disagreement as hate and facing any reality that doesn't jibe with their fantasy as bigotry.
     
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    I do not find the information useful. As long as the IRS is looking into it and no laws were broken he can keep the fact that he is worth far less then his boasts to himself.
     
  9. LibChik

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    Nope...I see calling Hispanics rapists and drug mules bigotry....and so do they, that's why they won't be voting for trump the pig.

    I notice you didn't acknowledge the fact that trump the hypocrite, who railed about Romney not releasing his returns, is trying to be the first nominee to not release honest information about what taxes he paid.

    Lets think about why that might be...hmmmmmmm....

    Typical trump supporter....your kind will apologize for anything this disgusting pig does. Pathetic.
     
  10. Just A Man

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    I can think of two presidents that released on a partial tax return -- John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Name one president that did release his tax return that anyone read through. It's much ado about nothing. But Romney is showing envy that Trump is showing Romney how to get elected president. Others are quick with their suppositions on all the illegal cheating Trump is doing on his taxes. I'm about to gag. Obama has decimated our military, our schools have become a zoo, we have doubled our debt, our unemployed is staggering, food stamps are at an all time high, our country is overrun by illegal foreigners, our manufacturing has left to go overseas, we are laughed at around the world, but the important thing is someone's tax return. That is the job of the IRS. Personally I only care about my tax return and it's private, as is Trump's.
     
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    But some Hispanics ARE illegal, ARE rapists, ARE murderers, ARE killing us with drugs, ARE abusing and exploiting our laws for their gain causing horrible problems for all citizens. Facts are NOT racism. Truth is just truth.

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    Through many, many elections I found out that everyone of those who holler or want a certain candidate to release his tax returns were 100% against that candidate. It gave/gives whoever is against the candidate a chance for a gotcha.

    I heard on the news a Trump supporter state he would release his tax returns when Clinton releases her transcripts from those Goldman Sachs speeches which Goldman paid her $250,000.00 per 50 minute speech. Since both sides are looking for gotchas, that sounds fair to me.
     
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    Very likely since someone ordered the IRS that has been politicized under the Obama administration to audit Donald Trump's tax returns.

    I would say Trump's argument that since he's being audited by the Obama's IRS, he doesn't have to release his tax returns until after Obama has finished his audit.

    Remember back when America use to be great when there were three branches of government that were never suppose to be politicized, the U.S. military, the DOJ and the IRS. All have been politicized under the Obama administration.

    Remember when Nixon was caught on tape just talking about using the IRS to audit his political enemies and it was enough to start impeachment procedures ? How the bar has been lowered in the past 7 1/2 years.
     
  14. undertheice

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    pathetic is right. it sure doesn't take much to leave a mindless liberal drone with nothing but half-truth and invective to spew against the opposition.

    take a good look at the news sometime. here in so cal most every rape, murder, kidnapping or other major crime is accompanied by a picture of some light brown face with an hispanic surname. mixed in with those mothers, fathers and children only seeking a better life, criminals through bypassing the rule of law to enter this country in the first place, are the worst that that our neighbors to the south have to offer. the reality is that the nations of central and south america, unwilling to see to the welfare of their own people, are gleefully sending the flotsam, jetsam and dregs of their own societies north for us to take care of. mexico, when not imprisoning and abusing its own illegal immigrants, provides an unlimited right of way to its northern border and hands out instructions on how best to enter the u.s. and take advantage of its naive population. many of the hispanic americans i've known over the course of my life were among the most conservative people i have ever met, embarrassed by the illegals in our midst who flaunt our laws and make a mockery of the efforts of others to come here through legal means. they are americans first, proud that they didn't skulk across the border like thieves in the middle of the night, and i can assure you that many of them will be voting for a man that doesn't bow down to the criminal invasion.

    as for hypocrisy, that's just more of the pot calling the kettle black. perhaps i'm just a bit jaded, but hypocrisy abounds and i can't get as worked up about it as i used to. i look around and find that hypocrisy has become the norm. your posts are full of it, as are the posts of republican stooges and democratic drones. in this one contest alone we also have the hypocrisy of a woman who seeks the nation's highest office of enforcement but considers herself to be above the law and a man who, having never created anything in his life, demands that those who create things of value foot the bill for the luxury items of a nation of idlers. if we were to disqualify from public service every hypocrite, the nation would soon find itself leaderless. actually, that's not such a bad idea.
     
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    I think Trump should absolutely disclose his tax returns. I also think Hillary Clinton should face a trial for her crimes. Fair is fair.
     
  16. ChiCowboy

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    I don't care about tax returns. When did this become important, anyway? I don't remember it in the '70s and '80s.
     
  17. gophangover

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    Fair is calling both crimes when neither has yet been convicted. I would like to see both trails though....before the election. What a great country, when both candidates are suspected criminals. Wash the dirty laundry for the world to see....or just hang it as is.
     
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    Too bad that isn't what he said, which was something to the effect that his attorney has advised to not release those documents until the it's gets done with it's fishing expedition.
     
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    I was responding to a different post on this thread asserting it was none of anyone's business. Try reading a bit more before making yourself look foolish. It's plainly obvious why he doesn't want to release them, he has something to hide. Isn't that the logic the birther idiots led by drump used back when conspiracy theorists were looking for Obama's birth certificate? I guess turnabout isn't fair play.

    He's running for president, he shouldn't be surprised when people want to dig into every facet of his life. Your hypocrisy is noted.
     
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    It started with either Ford or Carter in 1976.
     
  21. Mike12

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    Trump just spoke the truth and you know folks, the truth hurts sometimes. Illegal immigrants aren't angry at Trump for saying something outrageous that's not true, they just hate that he spoke he truth about many illegal immigrants (not most) and it gives them a bad name.
     
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    quite frankly, as a person that supports Trump, i don't give a darn what's in his tax returns. The only thing i would be against is illegal activity but then Trump would be facing issues through the audit. If the audit goes smoothly, i simply don't give a s hit about how much money he makes, how much taxes he pays, if he contributes to charity, where his money comes from... I think the business of releasing tax returns is a bit silly...
     
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    Probably exactly what you'd find in Trumps tax returns, lol.
     
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    Maybe so. I don't remember it. I'm sure it wasn't as big a deal back then.
     
  25. gophangover

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    Trump said he could murder someone on 5th avenue and not lose any supporters. You have proved that no matter how big of a tax cheat his crimes are, you're still going to support him. Fact is, Trump calls his supporters stupid, and this proves he's correct about that.
     

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