Bernie Sanders announced on The Daily Show: He will release 10 years of tax returns on April 15

[workinclasszero]

Link to tweet

[still_one]

1. good. It should stop this being an issue then

[workinclasszero]

2. Yes

Hopefully we can get back to the very serious situations facing this country.

[still_one]

3. I agree

[TexasTowelie]

26. Meanwhile, with the deadline looming at the Sanders' home...

[BlueFlorida]

55. lol nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. Yes, Bernie's release of his tax info soon, around April 15, is EXACTLY what I've been predicting...

everything will be released in one batch, once he files his 2018 return. Now, hopefully, the endless stream of "when is Bernie going to release his tax returns" threads will come to an end... though, of course, I highly doubt it.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Kentonio]

34. The next thing will be conspiracy theories about them being faked

Some people have already started that crap on here.

[Hortensis]

41. How about just ONE standard for all? If it's not okay for

another candidate, it's not okay for a favored candidate?

If it's okay for a favored candidate, it's okay for all?

[Kentonio]

45. I'd like that to be the standard.

Then maybe we could get back to being supportive of all our candidates.

[Hortensis]

49. Supportive, yes, and dropping support when each is appropriate.

For instance, none of us should support any candidate who would lie and claim that state Democratic Parties were so corrupt they were stealing elections for other candidates. Even once, much less repeatedly. We all really need to commit to behaviors that elect Democrat and NOT stand for behaviors that empower Republicans to reelect Trump.

[comradebillyboy]

67. Absolutly right ++++

[Tipperary]

47. You are in for a big disappointment.

Your “prediction” will be proven wrong (not that I remember you ever predicting such a thing before.)

[BlueFlorida]

56. He said April 15 but not the year

I am not holding my breath.

[WeekiWater]

82. You predicted he would release four years at some point. NT

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. Lol. No it won't

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. Yeah, you're probably right... but, here's hoping!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Autumn]

42. It will turn out he released the wrong ones, he's hiding something in the others.

Wait for it.

[treestar]

77. That's because he avoided it

So most people will look at them rather than ignore them as they might have. I know I've never looked at anyone else's and yet I'm interested in these. Same with Dotard's.

I have not looked at any of the Clintons' returns - one thing, I know someone will do it for me (extreme right wingers) and second, they never made a big deal about NOT releasing them.

[SFnomad]

25. Well, BS releasing them would no longer be an issue ... but what about the content? n/t

[Autumn]

43. Not to worry. If there is a pixel missing in any letter or any number on any page it will be found

and discussed. You can bet on that.

[hughee99]

87. What did he do 11 years ago? Hmmmm?

No, this won't stop being an issue, even if it should.

[WheelWalker]

4. I listened very closely. What he said in that clip was

'Look, um... April 15th is coming. That will be the 10th year and we make them all public very shortly. I believe "very shortly" has been his statement before. I hope he meant by "very shortly", April 15. What I heard implied quite clearly was that it would not be before April 15. He did not expressly say he would release them on or before April 15. He said, again, "very shortly". To be precise.

[highplainsdem]

6. Good point. He didn't really say he'd release them on the 15th.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

17. Someone should start a countdown clock that ends at midnight on April 15th...

Bernie should then be forced to withdraw from the race if he's even one second over the deadline... that only seems fair!!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[defacto7]

7. Words mean something. Ambiguity doesn't mean diddly squat.

[WheelWalker]

9. That's how I feel, actually.

Call me old-fashioned.

[IndianaDave]

31. Yes - I watched the Daily Show tonight

and, when given the opportunity to state when he would release his tax returns, he kind of talked around the issue and said he would release them "very shortly." Those were his exact words.

I was with a good friend, and she heard the same thing.

I sincerely don't understand why this is a problem for him, but it just seems strange that he's so reluctant to do this. I like Bernie, but this is a real issue for him.

[Hortensis]

38. Thanks for checking the wording. I swallowed the title.

Btw, April 15 is the date of the "town hall" Fox is holding for Sanders. So he's undoubtedly pushing people to remember that date for that reason, either also or alone.

[ecstatic]

44. That's not going to work at all. I watched the clip

and finally felt relief and closure because I took him at his word: April 15th. If he tries to wiggle out of it, he's done. Finished. Toast.

[LongtimeAZDem]

53. You're right, but if he comes back with "that's not what I said", he'll look really bad

[BlueFlorida]

57. He is probably hiding some deep, dark, ugly secret

I'd bet $50 that he won't release 10 years of tax returns by April 15, 2019.

It is more stalling and more appeasing the faithful.

[njhoneybadger]

62. Yup, perhaps he can get William Barr to write a summary of his taxes

[LongtimeAZDem]

74. What did he mean by "That will be the 10th year"?

[WheelWalker]

75. The same question occurred to me. n/t

[unc70]

5. What will half of DUers discuss after that?

Almost no one else cares yet.

[LongtimeAZDem]

14. How it took massive public shaming to get him to do what he promised years ago?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

16. Riiiiiiiiight, that's what it took... "massive public shaming"... that's good, really good!!

I get it... let's not give Bernie credit for ANYTHING!! It's okay... soon, it'll all be "water under the bridge" once he wins the nomination. Hopefully, we'll all then unite to elect President Sanders.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Hortensis]

40. You're kidding? YEARS too late for "credit." Releasing returns

is a decades-long tradition borne out of duty to the electorate.

Btw, don't hold your breath that he will. April 15 is the date of the "town hall" Fox is holding for Sanders. So he's undoubtedly pushing people to remember that particular date for that reason. And he'll say something else to distract the press from this issue. Trump's not the only one who can use distraction.

My guess all along has been that he'll repeat 2016 and not release until after he's out of the race and the issue of duty to America's voters becomes moot. He doesn't want people to see them and it worked before, so why not?

[treestar]

78. I know! That is what makes the interesting enough

to look at once they are finally out!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

15. Seriously!! The "Bernie's not a Democrat" argument is a dead issue, since he now IS a Democrat...

So, what's left?! Certainly, nothing of significance, though, I'm sure those who are scared of Bernie's ever increasing poll numbers will come up with something else over which to criticize Bernie.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[RandySF]

23. Sanders: I don't consider myself a Democrat

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday night that he still does not consider himself a Democrat despite taking part in a Democratic National Committee (DNC) unity tour with the party's new chairman, Tom Perez.

"No, I'm an Independent," Sanders said when asked by MSNBC's Chris Hayes whether he now identifies as a Democrat.

"If the Democratic Party is going to succeed — and I want to see it succeed — it's gonna have to open its door to independents," he continued. "There are probably more independents in this country than Democrats or Republicans. It's got to open its doors to working people and to young people, create a grassroots party. That's what we need."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329418-sanders-i-do-not-consider-myself-a-democrat

[unc70]

27. Article from two years ago

[RandySF]

28. Then why did just file for 2024 as an independent?

[Thekaspervote]

32. And when the primaries are over and Bernie goes back to VT will he still be a dem? Don't think so

[MrsCoffee]

54. No. He already filed paperwork to run for his next Senate run as an Independent.

[uponit7771]

76. That he hasn't released his full returns like the rest of dem candidates? Remember, Sanders released

... returns last time but didn't release the schedules that went along with them

[revmclaren]

8. Bookmarking thread...

I don't believe for a second that he will release the requested past and current tax returns on the 15 of April, but I for one WILL return to this thread on the evening of the 15th to 'discuss' this again.

Til the 15th...

ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

[Tipperary]

48. Same here.

Ain’t gonna happen.

[KitSileya]

70. Me too. And if Senator Sanders releases his full tax returns

and they're not amended* I'll let the matter rest and start asking it of the other candidates for their tax returns in the order which they've declared their run. That makes it Senator Harris' turn, I believe.



*By not amended I mean that they're not single filed if he obviously filed jointly the first time around, so that he isn't hiding the reason why he didn't disclose his tax returns in 2016 (or even five weeks ago) in his wife's now singly filed tax returns.

[SidDithers]

13. Bookmarking...nt

Sid

[highplainsdem]

18. Twitter thread discussing what Bernie actually said, how it was puzzling, starting here:

Link to tweet

The replies show a bit of skepticism...

[namahage]

19. Isn't April 15 the day of his Town Hall on Fox? n/t

[highplainsdem]

20. Bernie mentioned April 15 to CNN today, in another puzzling statement:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/politics/bernie-sanders-tax-returns/index.html

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders sidestepped questions Thursday about when he will release his tax returns, with the Vermont independent hinting he could fulfill his six-week old pledge to make public 10 years of tax returns on April 15 -- Tax Day.

Yet, as quickly as Sanders suggested that, he appeared to backtrack and wouldn't commit that he would release them then.

"Do you know what April 15th is? It's Tax Day," Sanders told CNN on Capitol Hill when asked if there was an issue to releasing his taxes. "So, I think we want to make sure we have all of them together and as I said, they will be released soon."

When asked if that meant he would not necessarily release his tax returns on April 15, Sanders responded, "That's it. Thank you very much."

An aide then stepped in front of CNN and said, "he answered your question" and referred CNN to follow up with a Sanders' spokesperson.

That exchange followed a news conference earlier Thursday on a the House passing a Yemen War Powers Resolution earlier. When asked about the tax returns at that news conference, Sanders declined to answer.

"Today let's worry about the starving children in Yemen," he said, before departing the room.

-snip-

[BlueFlorida]

58. This is called dancing around the question

without really answering it.

[highplainsdem]

65. Yep. CNN's Manu Raju called it evasive:

Link to tweet

[RandySF]

22. Doidn't he say something like this three years ago?

[blue cat]

24. He didn't say he would release them on 4-15...

He said that was tax day, and then he would turn in 10 years, which means even more stalling.

[Tiggeroshii]

29. i heard april 15

i will stop supporting him if he does not follow through

[BlueFlorida]

30. Which April 15? nt

[Thekaspervote]

33. Oh smile, laugh giggle!!

[MyNameGoesHere]

35. The Independent Senator from Vermont

Has finally found his abacus and slide rule. Now he can put this whole bizarre chapter behind.

[femmedem]

36. Can we refrain from making ageist jokes about our candidates?

I'm all for debating policy. But jabs like this would make more sense on a Republican message board.

[MyNameGoesHere]

39. Are you calling me old?

I used them. Maybe the Independent Senator from Vermont used a LE-120. Who knows. Whatever method used it sure took a long time. I can get those returns in hmm. 10 mouse clicks?

[LongtimeAZDem]

66. No way he could have afforded one; he was stealing electricity at that point

“The electricity was turned off a lot,” Barnett said. “I remember him running an extension cord down to the basement. He couldn’t pay his bills.”

[comradebillyboy]

51. I remember getting my first slide rule. I was excited.

[BlueFlorida]

60. I can still calculate faster on a slide-rule

than a calculator.

[LongtimeAZDem]

63. I can't; I can use one, but not that fast.

[comradebillyboy]

64. I had to get a calculator when I started grad school. Back then a good

scientific calculator cost more than a month's rent in my student ghetto apartment.

[LongtimeAZDem]

68. Now, a K&E Deci-Lon slide rule can go for $150 or more

[comradebillyboy]

69. My monthly rent in 1974 was $150 and my slide rule was obsolete.

I had just gotten out of the Air Force and returned to the States from Okinawa where basic four function calculators had just hit the market for like $70.

[BlueFlorida]

59. Wouldn't a stonehenge

or a Mayan pyramid be needed as well for precise calculations?

[yardwork]

37. Bookmarking

[Gothmog]

46. All Bernie is doing here is providing political cover for trump not releasing his tax returns

Link to tweet

[BlueFlorida]

61. Exactly this nt

[Recursion]

50. Yeah, yeah

I'll believe it when he does it

[MrsCoffee]

52. No he didn't.

Spin spin sugar.

[WeekiWater]

71. I'm very happy to see that is what his supporters think he said. NT

[LongtimeAZDem]

72. +1

[namahage]

80. No, they'll parse it exactly as we have

When he doesn’t release it.
“He never SAID he’d release on April 15, just that it was tax day! He said they’d be released very shortly, plus he had a town hall where he was able to convince some Fox viewers to vote for him that day! By the way, what’s Joe been up to?”

[uponit7771]

73. ****WILL HE RELEASE FULL TAX RETURNS !!! **** Sanders released "tax returns" last time with no

... schedules attached.

Please show full returns not just 1040's with no schedules like democratic candidates have done in the past.

That should be the standard

[Chemisse]

79. Finally! I don't know why he had to make such an issue of this.

(Unless he has something to hide, of course).

I really hope people will refuse to vote for him if he doesn't come through with the returns.

[Tipperary]

81. Listen carefully to what he said. He never says he is going to release them.

I do not believe he has any intention of doing so.

[BlueFlorida]

83. He thinks he will be able to skate like last time

This time, the tax returns will be brought up in every debate and not releasing them would become more and more detrimental.

[Chemisse]

84. Voters should pledge right now not to support him if he doesn't release them. n/t

[qazplm135]

85. he did not say

he would release his returns on April 15th. He said "April 15th is coming."

[MineralMan]

86. Shall we hold him to that?

If that date comes and goes, should we call him out for not releasing them. He actually didn't say he'd do it by then, though. Probably it would be a good idea not to lock him into a date, because what if he decides not to release them by then?

I think it would be better to let Senator Sanders speak for himself, and let his words tell the story, not yours.

[pnwmom]

88. He was cut off when he started to add the words, "very shortly." So we'll see.

I don't understand why he hasn't already released 9 years. There's no rule that says he has to wait till he has this year's done.