How can we trust the IRS if Mnuchin won't comply? Did 45 pay?

[lindysalsagal]

Why should trump pay any taxes, if it can all remain hidden? We need yo uproot his entire admin.

[renate]

1. Did he pay? If that's not the reason, then what is?

We need to frame it like that.

Short and sweet.

Sure, we could go on and on about how Trump promised he would release his returns the second they weren’t under audit. We could go on and on about how that excuse was bullshit from day one. We could go on and on about how every other candidate since Eisenhower had done so. And about how it’s illegal for Mnuchin to refuse.

But we need to keep it bite sized.

If that’s not the reason he won’t release them, then what is?

[MurrayDelph]

3. Did he claim

different amounts (not covered by reasonable differences in regulations) in state and federal returns?

[renate]

5. name something illegal and deceitful and the answer is probably yes

I guess what I like about "if that's not the reason, what is?" is the way it makes the listener fill in the gaps for themselves.

Because we're not going to find out the real reason for quite a while, and because people are naturally curious and once a question has been posed and they've tried to figure it out for themselves, they're more interested in the answer than if they're simply told it.

But yeah, I would assume that he's done what you suggest if there was a way to save some money by doing so.

[mopinko]

2. it really disturbs me that he has not released them since in office, either.

how many red flags do we have in stock karen?

[abqtommy]

4. We don't have any reason

to trust anybody...