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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat things be different if Trump had been forced to show tax returns?
Before the election?
Should this be a requirement for all presidential candidates?
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What things be different if Trump had been forced to show tax returns? (Original Post)
kentuck
Dec 2016
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HassleCat
(6,409 posts)1. It's mandatory
Except for a candidate who's such an enormous jerk that he simply refuses and nobody cares. There is no way to make it an absolute requirement.
True Dough
(26,090 posts)2. It's become a tradition
but it's not the law.
Of course it looks awfully suspicious for the POTUS candidate who doesn't conform, but Drumpf was elected in spite of it. Sad, but true.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)3. Many voters admired him for it.
It's a kind of "shove it up your ass" thing that so many people admire now.
Tikki
(15,065 posts)4. Let them be the first to bend over and take it when he (and he will) fu**s up.
Tikki
