Why the heck won't Bernie release NINE years of tax returns, and if he's not done

[pnwmom]

with 2018, say he'll release that one when he's done?

He's known for the last 3 years that this was a major issue. And anyone running against Trump has to release their returns so they're not giving Trump cover.

The only reasonable conclusion is he's hiding something -- maybe Old Towne Media, maybe something else -- and trying to figure out how to position himself.

All the other candidates should release theirs, too, but Bernie's track record on this isn't very good. Thanks to the candidates who have already released theirs. (See the link below.)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/politics/bernie-sanders-tax-returns/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-04-04T20%3A59%3A08

(CNN)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."

SNIP



HERE ARE LINKS TO RELEASED TAX RETURNS:

https://www.taxnotes.com/presidential-tax-returns

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Maybe he had to file an amended return for some years & he just wants to wait until they're all done

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[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. I agree completely, Bernie SHOULD release his tax returns and I predict he WILL... very soon.

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[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. Yup, one BIG "nothing burger"!!

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[vsrazdem]

30. I hope so. I'm frankly getting sick of hearing about it. The sooner the better.

[WeekiWater]

21. If he filed them they are done.

Are you still predicting he will release four years of returns.

[redstateblues]

27. Another creative excuse! You've come up with some good ones

[demosincebirth]

55. Maybe he's being audited.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

57. It's possible... a sizable percentage of tax returns are randomly audited by the IRS every year.

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[demosincebirth]

62. Next time l'll use the

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

64. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Maybe next time I too will use the






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[guillaumeb]

2. A legitimate question.

It is a custom, not a law, that candidates release tax returns.

[pnwmom]

3. Right. A custom that all major party candidates have followed since Nixon

was impeached and VP Agnew admitted his tax evasion.

[guillaumeb]

4. An excellent example.

One might think that Sanders has financial interests that he does not wish to be publicized. And that is his right. But that does mean that some voters might speculate.

[Blue_true]

18. Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment. But I get your point.

Bernie's conduct raises suspicions about whether he is trying to hide something.

[Me.]

5. Let's Just Say It

This stinks, has a real whiff about it. Let's stop pretending. Yes, no, yes. no. maybe. NO BS.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

46. Why are we eating our own?!

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[Me.]

47. Yes, Why Are We?

the constant criticism about Dems continues and at the same time not being truthful with us about promises made.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

48. Yes, the constant criticism of Bernie continues day after day... the divisiveness needs to stop!!

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[Me.]

49. Spin It Any Way You Like

even the next time he/his team go after a Dem yet again as only one team is divisive. It will probably stop the same day he releases his taxes.

[Agschmid]

69. It's a primary, the whole point is we think our candidate is the best.

People advocate for their candidate... in a way they feel appropriate... and hopefully we all come together at the end.

That’s what happens during a primary, especially with 15+ people running.

🤷?♂️

[JI7]

7. trump got away without releasing it

so I think he was thinking the same would happen with him.

[SFnomad]

22. The tRump sycophants are hypocrites ... they hammered President Obama for many things they now look

the other way over today.

If BS were to somehow unfortunately win the nomination ... the tRumpanzees would cry about BS's missing tax returns, while at the same time, not caring about tRump's.

[redstateblues]

28. Hey it worked for Trump

[George II]

34. That's equating trump with our candidates and republicans with Democrats.

[GemDigger]

8. In response last week to Jake Tapper asking him why he didn't release them in 2016, he said

"I didn't end up doing it because I didn't win the nomination, if we had won the nomination we would have".

It's been a long standing (decades long) issue with Bernie and his taxes. He hasn't shown many, if any.

[Cha]

15. That's weak.. Because.. in the GE it's Too

LATE!

Don't tell me he's not smart enough to know that.

I know I keep saying this every time I read that.

[GemDigger]

17. And I am going to keep saying it.

[pnwmom]

24. I think he's planning on not releasing them on the grounds that Trump hasn't released his. n/t

[Cha]

25. That would compound that

he's hiding something like trump.

[GemDigger]

50. He knows exactly what he is doing.

[Cha]

51. Stalling the best

he knows how.

[NanceGreggs]

54. Maybe he'll produce them ...

... at the same time Trump is going to produce his totally fabulous healthcare plan.

[George II]

36. Joe Biden never won the nomination and he's released 18 years going back to 1998....

....the only ones "missing" are 2016 and 2017. Inasmuch has he voluntarily released those 18, the other two would be forthcoming shortly after becoming a candidate.

Biden is a great example to follow, in many ways.

[GemDigger]

52. He really needs to do it. This is no time to mess around

with him.

[George II]

45. He released one old incomplete return.

[mcar]

9. It's not a good look

One has to wonder why.

[Cha]

16. I read on here yesterday that

he said on TDS that he's going to release them on April 15th.

So, we shall see..

[Stuart G]

19. If he does indeed release them on April 15, then this issue will be gone.

We will talk about it for a while, then move on. And I will be very glad that this issue will be gone.

Therefore, I hope Bernie keeps his word on this. We will see on April 15.

[WeekiWater]

20. He wouldn't have to wait until the 15th to release....

2018. That argument itself doesn’t hold water.

[George II]

33. I do my income tax returns every year in early February, as soon as I get our last bank...

....documents.

But then again, my tax returns are boring!

[helpisontheway]

23. He is hiding something. Nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

63. Yes, isnt it obvious? Bernie's a billionaire who's hiding illegal tax havens in the Cayman Islands!

I expect him to withdraw from the race within days.


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[nycbos]

26. For the opposite reason of Trump.

They will show he has more money than people think. He got a lot of money from book deals.


The irony is that most people don't care. I am sure none of his supporters would mind if he made money from his books.

[stonecutter357]

29. bs does not want you to know, He/bs is one of the millionaires he/bs rages at all the time .

[George II]

32. Yes, he's now one of the dreaded 1%.

[George II]

31. Joe Biden has released 18 years of tax returns, and as we've been reminded....

....anytime polls are released showing him in first place, yeah but "he's not even a candidate"!

Here's a video of interest:

[Cha]

35. "Especially if hes the frontrunner running on purity politics."

Link to tweet

This is why it's said trump isn't releasing his..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211989874

[George II]

38. I wonder what "Chris "Subpoena Cannon" in California" thinks of:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who released 25, from 1913 through 1937
Harry S. Truman, who released 35, from 1935 through 1972, long after he left office in 1953

Were they part of "an unnecessary media show"?

[Cha]

41. Ikr.. And, thanks for that info, George!

this is why it's said trump isn't releasing his..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211989874

Lmao@"unecessary media show" the dude never heard of Full Transparency? Even for BS?!!

[pnwmom]

42. I don't think Biden's released any since 2015 but I'm sure he will. n/t

[George II]

44. He hasn't released 2016 or 2017, but wasn't running for anything those years. We'll see them.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

60. Applying the "Bernie standard," it begs the question: What's Joe hiding?!

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[JI7]

61. he released his when he ran before . Sanders didn't

[pnwmom]

67. Joe's routinely released tax returns whenever he's run. Bernie hasn't.

Since Joe hasn't announced yet, it makes sense that he hasn't released his returns since 2105.

Since Bernie HAS announced, it doesn't make sense that he's still resisting, after coughing up only a single 7 page return for 2014. Unless there's something he's trying to hide.

[NewJeffCT]

37. with several blue states having passed laws requiring tax return release to be on the ballot

would that apply to primaries as well ?

[George II]

39. I think the rules for being on a primary ballot are established by the State Democratic Party.

[NewJeffCT]

40. still

what happens if Bernie and Trump don't release taxes and both win their respective party nominations? Do states like NJ and MD go 3rd party because neither are on the ballot?

[George II]

43. That's a good point. But we'll never know because Sanders won't get the Democratic Party nomination.

[CentralMass]

53. Time to cough up the goods.

[dlk]

56. We Don't Know Why Sanders Won't Release His Tax Returns

Regardless, it makes him look bad.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

59. Yeah, Bernie could be leading in the polls by even more than he already is!!

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[CentralMass]

65. +1

[dlk]

70. It's Still Very Early-Time Will Tell

[stillcool]

58. he's awful prickly about it..

obviously something he does not want to do, and if the past is any indication, he won't.

[blue cat]

66. I was concerned about some of his responses

such as ~ I’ll produce them when I’m ready, not because someone told me too. His best response was on Colbert 🤨 so we’ll see what happens after the 15th.

[Gothmog]

68. I think that the reason is Old Towne Media

[Gothmog]

71. Bernie Sanders is "providing political cover" for Donald Trump not releasing his tax returns,

Link to tweet