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Then we shouldn't even have elections. Just a committee of the 0.5% to appoint our leaders.
If you're concerned that a politician is funneling money to themselves or their family you can call the state AG or the FBI and have them investigate.
It's simply not your business and the idea that simply because someone is a public figure they no longer have the protection of the 4th Amendment is absurd.
They already speculate. The tax return would just be something else for them to speculate about.
The law protects privacy of every citizen's tax return. It's unconstitutional to revoke that protection for a select few.
Just as you CHOOSE to give up a certain amount of privacy when you leave your home, and just as you CHOOSE to give up privacy when applying for a truck driver job... both of which have been affirmed by the courts... you would be CHOOSING to run for office. If you want your privacy, don't run.
Just as you CHOOSE to give up a certain amount of privacy when you leave your home, and just as you CHOOSE to give up privacy when applying for a truck driver job... both of which have been affirmed by the courts... you would be CHOOSING to run for office. If you want your privacy, don't run.
By 'throwing in a tax return', since it seems to have escaped your notice, the public wouldn't have to wildly speculate any longer about conflicts of interest; they'd know
File under: duh.
Yes, you do. Somebody knows the information. It is no longer strictly private.Private by law, or private by right, whichever, laws are in place that make tax returns private. It's unconstitutional to apply that law to some while at the same time revoking that protection for others.
And, no, I don't give up my privacy as a truck driver. The implementation and result of drug screens is very private. Employers are even required to inform an employee that he has to submit to a drug screen, in private. No memos, mass emails, lists of names on the bulletin board, nor public addresses. No one outside a few authorized members of management know anything about it.
That's what the IRS is for. If the IRS finds anything shady, they can deal with it, or forward it to the appropriate agency.
Wrong. An elected official could have serious conflicts of interest that weren't necessarily violating any tax code.
Or, more rationally, one can demand to see their complete finances with tax returns and determine whether that individual is appropriate for the office in advance.
Yes, it simply is my business as a voting citizen and if someone refuses to disclose it, there's a reason, quite apart from any imaginary 4th Amendment issues.
You might not mind being made a sucker. I do.
Yes, you do. Somebody knows the information. It is no longer strictly private.
The Constitutional aspect has already been debunked. People are treated unequally for purposes of employment all the time, and it has been affirmed by the courts.Yes, you do. Somebody knows the information. It is no longer strictly private.
Yes, I know what you're talking about, and I pointed out how you're wrong. It is a fact that you CHOOSE give up a level of privacy when you apply for a truck driving job and submit to a drug test.Don't hurt your back moving the goal posts.
Post your checking account number. Somebody knows it, besides you and your spouse, anyway...right?
Don't be like this. When I say, "private", you know damn well what I'm talking about.
The Constitutional aspect has already been debunked. People are treated unequally for purposes of employment all the time, and it has been affirmed by the courts.
There is no right to privacy in the federal Constitution, though some states have it in varying forms.
As far as privacy laws, you act as if laws are sacrosanct and carved in stone once enacted. They're not. Laws are routinely repealed and/or superseded by new laws all the time.
Yes, I know what you're talking about, and I pointed out how you're wrong. It is a fact that you give up a level of privacy when you apply for a truck driving job and submit to a drug test.
Trump is the first presidential candidate in 40 years to refuse to release his tax returns. The first Republican candidate since Gerald Ford to refuse.
Candidate Trump said he would release his tax information once an IRS audit was complete. The IRS audit is complete, and the now President Trump has reneged on his campaign commitment.
A clean politician has nothing to fear from transparency and would be proud as a peacock to showcase their business acumen, generosity, and paying their fair share.
I can only conclude that Trump is engaging in purposeful concealment ... and the likelihood is high that Trumps tax returns contain potentially toxic [political] information such as gambling losses, loans from unsavory individuals, offshore accounts/tax havens, payments from a foreign government, overseas sweatshop ownership etc. etc.
Ok. So? It can't be changed or modified?
I take note that you are no longer claiming that the information is strictly private.You're moving the goal posts, bad. You're better than that.
Ok. So? It can't be changed or modified?
(Chances are it already has at some time or another.)
I take note that you are no longer claiming that the information is strictly private.
Already debunked.It can't be changed, nor modified so that it violates the equal protection clause. That would be unconstitutional.
Already debunked.
The tax return won't tell you that. But, again, the IRS can do a review and forward conflicts of interest to the necessary authorities.
It's the investigative arm of the government to investigate. It's the common citizen's job to vote.
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