Wyden Reintroduces Bill To Force Trump To Disclose Taxes

[pecosbob]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced a bill Thursday that would force sitting presidents to release their tax returns publicly.

Wyden first proposed the measure after Trump became the all-but-assured Republican nominee in May 2016.

The bill would require both sitting presidents and presidential nominees to disclose their tax returns. Wyden’s reintroduction of the bill follows on a House proposal to require presidential nominees to disclose the past 10 years of their tax returns.

At the same time, the battle over Trump’s tax returns is set to heat up. Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), the incoming chair of the Ways and Means Committee, is the only Democrat in Congress with the authority to request Trump’s returns from the Treasury Department, a move he is expected to take, though the timing remains unclear.

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[Cyrano]

1. Trump would eat rat shit before disclosing his income taxes

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My guess is that the IRS can put him in jail for life.

The only reason they haven't done so yet is because Mnuchin is the Secretary of the Treasury and the IRS is part of the Treasury Dept. Mnuchin, (a Trump submissive who would do anything to please his master) would rape a Yak before he'd let Trump's tax returns be disclosed.

However, at some point, these gangsters will be gone and Trump's taxes will become public. At that point, Trump will probably have to flee to Moscow and ask for asylum.

[flibbitygiblets]

3. Wouldn't it be ironic if he died from polonium in a Moscow McDonalds drive-thru?

The one thing he thought he could count on...

[flibbitygiblets]

2. The bill SHOULD require the IRS to release the taxes. Because Chump won't comply.

He won't resign over this either; I find it silly that anyone would suggest that. He will rage-tweet, obfuscate and distract, but he won't turn over the taxes.

The bill should require the IRS to do it for him so he can't get out of it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Nope. Taxpayer privacy is a fundamental principle of the IRS. NT

[pecosbob]

5. What I'd really like to see is a requirement that candidates for elected or appointed office

be automatically audited by the IRS. I don't know if the bill as introduced is even constitutional (I tend to think it is not). An enforced audit should be a pre-employment qualification just like any potential employer can ask me to to be drug-tested as a condition of employment. No need to release the information to the public, but it would screen out the most egregious criminals from government.