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Political Incorrectness: Taking A Page From "The Donald's" Playbook
Donald Trump’s claim that “there’s nothing to learn” from his tax returns is ludicrous on its face. Here’s a guy running for president basically on the claim that he’s the richest and the savviest businessman ever to make a deal, and voters wouldn’t learn anything from his tax returns? Snort.
As the Washington Post’s fact checker points out, we’d learn how much money Trump actually makes (as opposed to his likely inflated claims), where his income comes from, how much he gives to charity, and how aggressively he games the tax system to his benefit. We’d also learn a little something about Trump’s willingness to live up to his years of promises that he’d totally be happy to release his tax returns eventually at some future point.
But while Trump says he won’t release his tax returns to mere voters—something every presidential candidate for 40 years has done—that doesn’t mean he’s never released them to anyone.
Trump has handed over tax returns in the midst of audits before -- to state gambling officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as part of the process of seeking casino licenses in those states.
That’s right. Donald Trump will release his tax returns to get a casino license, but not to be elected president.
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