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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 04:53 PM Apr 2016

More questions about Bernie's taxes.

Important caveat. Just because I ask the questions below doesn't mean I don't want to hector Bernie up the wazoo about releasing his returns. He doesn't get to claim "there's nothing wrong," without proof and still give Hillary grief about speeches and donations. He should just have to spend time, money and moral capital defending himself as Hillary has been forced to do.

But I am curious and want to avoid making false assumptions. It just damages our credibility when slamming him.

Here's the link to Bernie's 2014 1040 for reference.
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/presreturns.nsf/Returns/9900B87E8AE6AF0C85257EB4004E9F66/

1. I've seen in several places that Jane Sanders made $500,000 as president of a college. Did she quit before December, 2014? Because the combined income on the 2014 1040 is $205,617. This could easily be me not being able to understand taxes. "My husband does our tax returns."

2. Is this 1040 not sufficient to belie the notion that he's a secret millionaire?

Again, I don't CARE if there's nothing wrong with his returns. I just hope he keeps not releasing them so we can keep pounding on him.

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More questions about Bernie's taxes. (Original Post) LAS14 Apr 2016 OP
I do my own DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #1

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
1. I do my own
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 04:58 PM
Apr 2016

The lines that stand out to me immediately are line 20a, and line 12.

For line 12, that's the Schedule C for Self Employment, Profit and Loss. I'd like to see the gross numbers to get to the end result. Line 20a is Social Security Benefits. Is there not a cap on earning that one is able to take while collecting Social Security?

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