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Suggestion: If Mr Trump Does Not Show His Tax Returns (Original Post) bdamomma Jan 2017 OP
sounds like a plan Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #1
No oldtime dfl_er Jan 2017 #2
How does that work though? 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #3
Since I file taxes annually and pay if I owe anything, I am not sure how I could legally get out of Grammy23 Jan 2017 #4
I don't think his taxes matter yankeepants Jan 2017 #5
We have no say about how our taxes are spent other than voting for different congress critters MiniMe Jan 2017 #6

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
4. Since I file taxes annually and pay if I owe anything, I am not sure how I could legally get out of
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 05:48 PM
Jan 2017

paying for the wall. There is not a line on the 1040 where I can say "use my money for anything but the fooking wall". If that was the case, we could opt out of paying for wars or anything else we disagreed with. Somehow, appealing as it is, I don't see that as working out very well since, theoretically, we could opt out of anything we didn't like. So the Trumpsters could opt out of money for SNAP benefits or any other thing they deemed "welfare". Stingy bastards.

yankeepants

(1,979 posts)
5. I don't think his taxes matter
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 06:10 PM
Jan 2017

He is running out the clock until 4/15 at which time he will submit 2016 tax record that has been carefully "edited" for exposure. We need to focus elsewhere.

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