NY Times editorial: By refusing to release returns, Trump "is disqualifying himself as a candidate"

[molova]

Excerpts:

All major party nominees for president going back nearly 40 years have released their tax returns except Donald Trump. That leads to a simple question: What is he hiding?

...

Mr. Trump has offered nothing but fallacious excuses for keeping his returns secret. Initially, he said he would not release returns until the Internal Revenue Service completed an ongoing audit; the agency said there’s no rule stopping disclosure during an audit. Recently, one of his sons said the returns are so long and complex that people would ask too many questions if they were allowed to see them. None of these claims make sense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/opinion/mr-trumps-stupid-excuses-on-taxes.html

[lillypaddle]

1. Kick for the morning crew nt

[Matthew28]

2. Sadly, his base doesnt care.

[anamandujano]

23. And we don't care about them. They are lost to the human race.

[trusty elf]

3. Everything about this clown disqualifies him as a candidate.

Of course, for the GOP, that doesn't matter.

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[oasis]

4. Trump has already weighed the costs of not releasing his taxes. He

knows he'll take a bigger hit if he does.

[riversedge]

13. Yes and Yes.

[UCmeNdc]

5. K&R

[KewlKat]

6. K&R

[LittleGirl]

7. Maybe that's the October surprise?

He's either not paid taxes for years and/or isn't worth what he spouts that he's worth. Either way, the trumpers don't care. And honestly, they are the problem more so than Trump. Seriously, if he wins, it will be the worst thing that could happen to America and if he loses, these trumpers will say it was rigged and will want to burn the house down. Damn if we do, damned if we don't.

[ehrnst]

9. If he's actually in the hole - that's the one thing that might shock his fans.

He's built this whole persona of "big winner," that his fans adore. Like the poor whites who looked at that plantation house on the hill, and thought that someday, that'll be them.

If he lied about being a "big winner" financially, that might be unforgivable.

[LittleGirl]

17. from your lips to...n/t

[NewJeffCT]

18. Would be nice if these returns were somehow leaked

My guess:

1) After subtracting his debts to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia, The Donald is worth less than $100 million. Possibly less than $50 million.
2) Trump owes hundreds of millions to Russia, China and Saudi Arabia
3) Trump's charitable donations are negligible.
4) His tax rate paid is well under 10%
5) He took advantage of a lot of tax breaks that should not have been allowed.

[LittleGirl]

20. +1 eom

[anamandujano]

24. There are policemen, FBI and courts to take care of any trumpers who try anything.

[ehrnst]

8. Indeed. If a candidate hides his financial records, that raises far, far too many red flags. (nt)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Trump is hiding crimes that would be revealed by studying his tax returns.

Not the kind of crimes that come out in IRS audits, but crimes that investigative journalists find by cross-correlating with other documents, including those from his foundation.

[bettyellen]

19. This is the biggest thing. What's Don hiding?

[mainstreetonce]

11. He should be required to release the audit letter

Immediately.

Is that letter so private that the IRS could confirm or deny that such a letter exists?


Here is what I hope. The October surprise is the IRS saying they never sent an audit letter for the past year.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I sometimes think he's offered himself

as quasi-satire, to show how casino values differ from
the alleged family values of Republicans

He's undermined everything they stood for, and trounced
the Clown Car occupants as the prigs they were, offering
bluster that outshone their fake moral fronts

Then I wake up and say "nah! He is what he says and it
ain't pretty or thoughtful."

[VWolf]

14. Don the Coward n/t

[NBachers]

15. "Show your taxes" is the demand that will bring trump down. It needs to be hammered relentlessly

every place he goes, every day and every night. We need to put this out in front of him constantly and inescapably.

This is the best way to provoke trump and drive him over the edge.

[world wide wally]

16. I think all have a pretty good idea why he is hiding his taxes. He's a cheat, a fraud,

and a liar.

[Euphoria]

21. That's the definitive campaign message -

He's a cheat, a fraud and a liar.

Thanks, WWWally.

[niyad]

22. on the other hand, nyt, you have been complicit every step of the way with this orange

hitler. if you had actually done your jobs as journalists, told the truth about this sick, twisted, perverted, lying, thieving, misogynistic, bigoted, hate-mongering pos, he would not be the nominee of the pukes.

not sure what it is going to take for you, and all the rest of the msm, to redeem yourselves. not sure you can.