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Reporters grilled Simon about his decision to make the documents available for such a limited time and asked for copies to be reviewed by accountants. Simon acknowledged there is "a lot of information there," but said he thinks there is sufficient time and told reporters to "take notes."

Did these reporters even spend that much time poring over or having accountants re-check Davis' tax returns? I have read nothing about the content of Davis' returns other than that he paid $55k tax for an income of $200k last year -- information that a reporter should be able to copy in fifteen seconds.

It would have been nice if Simon's tax returns could have been private. I hope this tax return issue can finally fade and Simon can concentrate on campaign issues, now that reporters find there's really nothing interesting in the returns; but, the liberal media may try to create an issue where none exists to distract from the state's other problems, in particular the state's own ~~spending spree~~ budget, the gigantic (and possibly illegal) bond sale, and Davis' failures to lead.

There probably is something interesting in the returns - class envy. Simon pays more in taxes in one year than Davis has paid in a lifetime.

The two hours isn't much time, but it's surely ample to check out the details of Simon's tax shelters, which seems to be the issue.

Has anyone outside of the press seen Davis' tax returns? How does one get to see them as a private individual? I'm curious because as far as I can tell, Davis' disclosure standards aren't that different from Simon's.

In the end, though, I'm rather nonplussed at the vapidity of this issue. Here we have the state going downhill fast, and all Davis can do to defend himself is say his opponent had tax shelters.

That's pretty pathetic, if anyone's really paying attention.