I believe Sanders and every other politician hoping for a Democratic nomination

[pnwmom]

should submit a minimum of 5 years of full tax returns BEFORE they enter the first primary or caucus, so that the primary voters are fully informed.

Nobody who fails to do this will have any standing to argue that DT -- or any Republican -- should make his returns public.

I STILL don't understand why all the Democratic primary candidates didn't do this in 2015-16.

[still_one]

1. I believe that anyone who hopes to be a Democratic nominee should be a REGISTERED DEMOCRAT

not someone who uses the convenience of the Democratic party to further one's political ambitions

[NastyRiffraff]

5. +1,000 n/t

[EffieBlack]

10. Yeah, that, too.

[Gore1FL]

16. You'll need to get rid of the electoral college first.

Otherwise you are begging for third party candidates in the general election that will only hurt the Democrat.

[sandensea]

17. Absolutely - as our friend Al Gore knows so well.

I was at my local Trader Joe's parking lot when I heard Scaliar and his goons had given the election to Bush, and remember it like it just happened five minutes ago.

If the pain I felt at that moment taught me anything, is that vicious people like the GOP often win through divide-and-conquer - and that we can't let ourselves do anything that plays into that.

[NurseJackie]

20. You and I think alike.

[Maven]

27. YES. nt

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

28. TOTALLY CONCUR.

Is there an IU for "Independents? Maybe go there?
BS was bad mouthing folks the other day. Lost my vote right there. Yes in primary, but all HC after. Wish HC would take her rightful place and get us going again.

[TheSmarterDog]

30. Bingo

[Gothmog]

2. There will be ballot access laws in a number of blue states that will require such release

Maryland has a law already. New Jersey and California passed such laws but they were vetoed by the then current governors. New Jersey has a new governor and California will have a new governor in 2019

[mcar]

3. K&Rk

[Orsino]

4. Yes. No excuses. n/t

[Adrahil]

6. Careful! You might get a hide!

I got a hide for asking why Sanders won’t release his taxes.

[yardwork]

7. Why won't Bernie Sanders release his tax returns?

I won't support any candidate who doesn't release at least 5 years of full tax returns.

[Adrahil]

23. +1 NT

[backtoblue]

8. Should be mandatory for all parties running for presidency imo

Transparency

[JI7]

9. It should be more than 5 years

[EffieBlack]

11. True. But let's start there and see where it goes ...

[Lonestarblue]

12. Agree.

The most recent 10 years should work. Someone else mentioned that tax returns should be released before the first primary. Absolutely! If there is something in the tax returns that makes a person unelectable, we should know that before the person is chosen as the candidate. If more states had these laws, we would not have Trump, and there will no doubt be many who will try to follow his pattern now.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. I agree with you on this. n/t

[NCTraveler]

14. .

http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/web/presidentialtaxreturns

[Butterflylady]

15. And they should be vetted

all the way back to the womb if possible. Gotta make sure there are no daddy issues.

[George II]

18. I agree 100%. I believe there are a few states who are exploring legislation requiring...

....tax returns to be released in order to get on the ballot. Not sure if that would apply to primaries, but the Democratic Party should establish such a requirement.

[NurseJackie]

19. Sorry, I disagree.

It should be TEN years.

I STILL don't understand why all the Democratic primary candidates didn't do this in 2015-16.

I know why. But for obvious reasons, I'll keep my thoughts to myself.

[oasis]

21. Non release of income tax is ..... "BAGGAGE".

[joshcryer]

22. This should be an obvious federal requirement for all candidates.

I don't know why it isn't.

[lunamagica]

24. Agree, but it should be ten years

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. I agree. Sanders' should release returns for the period prior to his first run for POTUS.

Everything since his 2016 run is probably in cherry pie order, but a lot of us still have questions about the period of time before the 2016 election that he obviously didn't want us to see. Ten years or more should be adopted by the party for anyone choosing to run on the Dem party ticket.

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. Agreed. It gives the impression that there's something to hide. n/t

[NanceGreggs]

29. Hey, it's not Bernie's fault ...

... that he never coughed-up those tax returns. As he was so quick to point out, it was all Jane's fault that they weren't available.

She lost/misplaced them, and Bernie was too busy flying to Rome for a private meeting with the Pope (who never invited him) to contact the IRS for copies.

Bernie exposed a LOT more about himself in 2016 than he really meant to - and none of it good.

[Cha]

31. Yeah, of course they should.. we should have no

candidates pulling a trump.