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malaise

(269,187 posts)
4. Why is he hiding them
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 06:01 AM
Mar 2017

That's what folks want to know - release the fugging tax returns or they will be leaked drip drip drip style.

Why did he get such a great deal from the Russian for this one

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)
10. +1, I think after RM show last night more people are going to be asking what's in his returns ?
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 06:42 AM
Mar 2017

I meant to say net positive for her show in my response... edited

Orrex

(63,225 posts)
11. I think his strategy here resonates with his base
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 07:17 AM
Mar 2017

Trump is allowing this to appear like an invasion of privacy, which resonates with the lunatic fuckhead Rightwing assholes who make up his base. Further, he's using it to cast himself as a victim of gubmint persecution, just like the rich white male here Cliven Bundy.

All Trump wants is the right to earn an honest living and to be left along, just like his slack-jawed and frothing constituents. Why do you hate privacy?


And the more he shits on those idiots, the more passionately they'll worship and defend him.

pnwmom

(108,996 posts)
16. But his base is only about a third of the population. The rest of the voters want to see them. nt
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:26 AM
Mar 2017
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
2. That's not true
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:51 AM
Mar 2017

The same people who want to see more of his tax returns, still do, and the people who don't care still don't care.

JI7

(89,276 posts)
3. the ones who don't are the same ones who don't care if he knowing worked with russia
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:54 AM
Mar 2017

in the elections.

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
12. Yes, but our easily distracted media tends to forget the important things and move on the
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:10 AM
Mar 2017

what dick-head Trump tweeted about this morning.

Kudos to Rachel for reviving this demand!!!

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. Wish it weren't so, but I suspect most non-DUers don't really care. As far as many are concerned,
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 06:09 AM
Mar 2017

last night was an example of nothing damning being in his tax returns. Most probably don't know about all the schedules that someone like Trump has to file. Plus, I doubt his tax attorneys put anything like "Russian Bribes" as a source of income.

caroldansen

(725 posts)
9. The ones who don't want too see them are hiding something too. Maybe they didn't pay enough taxes
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 06:38 AM
Mar 2017

on their money. Or are hiding some of their money overseas to avoid paying taxes on it.

RobinA

(9,894 posts)
13. I Hate The Man
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:18 AM
Mar 2017

with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns, but I could not care less about his tax returns. I'm more concerned about his incompetence and sleazy connections going forward. Let some experts look at his taxes and determine if there's anything of real importance there. So far it's a bunch of sound and fury.

Catherine Vincent

(34,491 posts)
14. In my opinion...
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:21 AM
Mar 2017

People that were asking for his tax returns should have stated it different like "Trump should release his tax returns for the past 10 years"...or something like that. Releasing 2 pages of probably his best year was silly.

Vinca

(50,310 posts)
15. Everyone has wanted to see his tax returns since he entered the race.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:25 AM
Mar 2017

Trump knows this and is up to his normal Don the Con distraction techniques. There was nothing in those 2 pages worth much beyond a discussion of the Alternative Minimum Tax and the copies looked suspect to me. But now we're talking about them and not the healthcare bill they're trying to ram through.

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