Posted on 01/03/2017 2:37:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Lawmakers in several deep-blue states want to require presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to appear on the ballot in those states, a sharp rebuke of President-elect Donald Trump's ongoing refusal to make his tax records public.
A pair of Maryland Democrats on Tuesday announced they would introduce a bill mandating the release of five years of tax returns, mirroring similar proposals in New York, Massachusetts, California and Maine.
If approved, the proposals could keep Trump from appearing on some ballots in 2020 if he continues breaking with the decades-long tradition of financial transparency and decides to seek a second term.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in May introduced a federal bill requiring major-party candidates to release their returns, but that legislation didn't advance in the Republican-controlled Congress....
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Unconstitutional.
The requirements for the job are laid out in the Constitution.
Nice try though....
Maybe every candidate for every public office
- starting with Congress in 2018
No problem. In 2020, he’ll have four years of tax returns while as President.
So the Red States should counter by excluding any Dem candidate from going on the ballot.
It’s illegal to release tax information without approval of the taxed party, I believe. I think the courts would take a dim view of mandating that someone relinquish their right to privacy so that they could run for office.
Thatd be great. Trump would win the same electoral states w 306 with 40,000,000 fewer votes than the communist running on the democrat ticket. Then youd see some heads a poppin’!
Maybe after four years, income tax return will be obsolete, replaced by some sort of consumption tax.
Well, there goes Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, California and Maine. .........oh wait, he didn’t need them anyway.................
Yeah that will fly
OK, return the favor: Hillary can’t run until she releases all he emails.
More distraction by the nonrelevant Libs.
Another Idea, anyone who has spent their entire adult life in politics and has a net worth of over 5 million dollars (2015 dollars) be excluded from the ballot.
better yet...when obama releases his records THEN DJT should consider it. SKI
How many state legislatures and governorships does the jackass party control these days? California, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Hawaii?
“In 2020, he’ll have four years of tax returns while as President.”
There may be four years of tax returns but none of them will be released.
“Unconstitutional”
Yep.
5.56mm
If leftists in RAT states can’t beat Trump they’ll pass laws to beat him.
I believe Maryland and Maine both have GOP governors likely to veto such an idiotic piece of legislation.
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