Bernie is one of the least transparent politicians when it comes to releasing tax return info

[Cali_Democrat]

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The following people are more transparent than Bernie Sanders:

Ted Cruz
George W Bush
Marco Rubio
Carly Fiorina
Dick Cheney
John Kasich
Jeb Bush
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
Ronald Reagan
Rick Santorum
John McCain
Sarah Palin

Bernie has released only one year of tax returns while the others have all released more than one year.

Pathetic.

http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/web/presidentialtaxreturns

[Autumn]

1. Did TRump release his? Transparency? I wanna see those trasnscripts. That she hasn't

released them proves to me she has something to hide in those speeches.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. OK...so Bernie is a tad more transparent than Trump

Now there's an achievement!

[Autumn]

3. And Hillary?

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Hillary released 15 years of tax returns

Bernie released 1.

[Vinca]

5. Bernie's tax returns make him look like a pauper compared to Hillary.

I'd think you'd be grateful the comparisons between their net worth and annual incomes isn't an issue.

[Autumn]

7. Still waiting on those transcripts.

We get it, Trump you give a pass to.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. How many politicians have been asked to release transcripts for speeches they've given as private

citizens?

I'll wait......

[Autumn]

14. Hillary. She's only one that matters. She's the one who made bank from those speeches

and she is the one running for president. Past actions done as a private citizen matter when as president you can have an impact on those people giving you obscene amounts of money.

[frylock]

18. How many past candidates have made millions from giving speeches to Wall St?

Then turned around and claimed that they would instate policy to regulate them? There's your answer.

[LoverOfLiberty]

9. The transcripts

Are the smoke being created by Sanders to avoid releasing his tax returns.

Not saying its not a valid issue, but it is absolutely separate. Clinton released hers and Sanders should release his.

[Sparkly]

17. Exactly.

[inchhigh]

6. This is Horse hockey

The reason we care about the tax returns of most politicians is because their finances are a labyrinth of side incomes from shady Shell corporations. Bernie has released information about his financial situation every year he has been in the House and Senate. They prove there just isn't any of that shady stuff going on. Those others are all massively wealthy from income they clearly did not earn in their official positions. So we want to know who is paying them, and why. The information he has released is far more transparent than the Clinton maze of LLC's and Charitable organizations.

We know who is paying him off and its us!

[basselope]

10. LOL

I love this issue.

Talk about the cries of a dying dinosaur. You take a guy with no significant assets and who self files and want to see his tax returns. It's very easy for Clinton to release theirs, b/c they don't even see them.. they just sign a page and are done and then ask their accountants to release them.

Much harder for someone who does their own taxes, b/c they don't have accountants keeping them in files.

[oasis]

11. Bernie has no intentions of releasing them. The MSM is letting

him slide on this issue.

[Bobbie Jo]

12. I think there's a reason behind this

Unlike TRANSCRIPTZ!!1' releasing tax returns is a minimum standard when running for POTUS.

Standard.

Whatever the reason, it just looks bad. Either there's something he's hiding or they're just too scattered and incompetent to pull it together.

Either way, looks really bad.

[egalitegirl]

13. He doesn't play dirty tricks with money

There is not much to release. He does not create tax shelters or run scams like other people. Clintons also partner with the Bushes and their wealth is due to their political activities. Bernie has been in politics for a long time and his net worth is really low. Honest politicians like him are rare.

Let us stop getting brainwashed by the media and stop worshiping regular politicians.

[NCTraveler]

15. He just recently became a dem. We can't expect much from his time as an Independent.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. Obviously, he and Janey are fabricating and spinning furiously--lots to hide.