... Perhaps he has some unusual deductions, gave very little to charity, overpaid or underpaid, etc. If he has nothing to hide, he should release them. My guess is that he probably didn't do a very good job on his taxes, so has to have them reviewed by a professional before releasing them, just in case there are any mistakes.

This is the same game as with the Hillary transcripts. The opposition always wants stuff released so they can comb through is and find a sentence, a deduction, or something else to express horror about.

Fuck me to tears.

... Politicians for years have been expected to release their tax returns. It's a good expectation, and Bernie should release his. I don't care if he made mistakes, but if his wife (who I don't think is a tax professional) really did his taxes, it would probably be wise for him to have them reviewed by a professional first. If he released his taxes and there were mistakes, I'm sure the Hillary campaign would pounce on them, just as the Sanders campaign is pouncing on her emails -- practically adapting a law and order philosophy to challenge her in that regard.

I think the ACA covers that condition. Have you tried rubbing Vicks Vapor rub on your private bits...I hear that keeps Monkeys away.

He's perfect because his supporters say so, thus there is no reason to look beneath the surface of anything he says or does. And the very fact that you're even suggesting that he may be less than perfect means that you're a corporatist shilling sell-out.

Shame on you.

GOP made hay out of that for days....

Course if he doesn't win the nomination it is a moot point.

Of course that won't stop Republicans from spreading rumours and lying about him. That's how they roll.

He releases his taxes and she releases her transcripts - I support that one!!

Now I must go hunt for Hillary's taxes to see if she gave very little to charity or overpaid or something groovy.

If Clinton has to turn hers over and other candidates do too, why should Sanders not have to do it? I'm sick and tired of his entitled attitude.

When will she do it, iI am tired of her entitled attitude

I highly doubt that.

He has none to turn over as he does not take bribes for speeches

If he has, and Hillary has, and then Hillary released more, that's on her.

Prez candidates are expected to release their full returns, not a summary copy. She did what was required. Bernie? Not so much.

And I'd say if Bernie Sanders hasn't already, I think he should satisfy the letter of the law. Over that? I'd tell people to fuck off.

but customary.

He hasn't released what is customary.

As I posted earlier, Sanders has provided all of these financial disclosures from 2003-2015:
https://www.legistorm.com/memberdisclosure/460/Sen_Bernie_Sanders.html

He's also provided the key part of his 2014 tax return.

AND, he's said he'll release more when his wife, who prepares his tax returns, gets off the campaign trail to dig them up.

If I'm Bernie, I think I'd say "I'll release my tax returns when Hillary releases her transcripts because Goldman Sachs gives Hillary more money for one speech than I make in one year of giving speeches on the floor of the US Senate and Hillary made more money in one year as Secretary of State than I have in my lifetime."
link to HRC 2012 tax return

I think it's just something to yell about. I hope he releases them though just to get people to shut up over a non issue.

We know both candidates pretty well by now, there aren't any 'smoking guns' to uncover. Issues!
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What does Bernie have to hide? Can't Jane go home, pick up the tax records file and give the returns to his media spokesperson?

That sound too inconvenient?

If he has, I'd say eat shit.

You can't blow this one away. Won't wash.

Thought this fit fine with the discussion


Sander's Campaign finance violations. Refusal to release tax returns. There's a pattern here http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/3/22/bernie-sanders-campaign-conjob-follow-the-money … #ReleasetheRecords #p2

a prominent Clinton lackey here provides a link to Brock's little site with a rat-fucking smear by a nobody blogger.

Thanks for proving my point downstream.

every return of hers since 1992 (they were joint filers) has been released. Sanders not even one.

I'd appreciate it.

Hillary has been criticized for refusing to release those despite there never being such a release by any candidate at any time in history. Sanders is refusing to release what has been standard issue for decades. If you have called even one time for the release of those transcripts your refusal to call for these returns is nothing short of total, complete, and utter hypocrisy.

see the day!

but my point is that if you are calling for her to do that, but accepting Sanders not releasing taxes then you are a hypocrite of the highest order.

I see her point that only she has been asked despite several people who ran after giving such speeches but she may as well release them.

Without looking I knew this would have to be coming from a more than likely hillary supporter




Shore'nuf

If he had to live on only that it would be not enough, as it is not enough for many of our senior citizens.

Losers and those about to lose.

We don't care about the tax records of someone who isn't going to be nominated.

Hillary's transcripts and her personal LLC tax records. Let's see everyone's records: speeches, taxes, supposedly federal email records, everything.

I for one am done with politicians telling us how honest they are, how dishonest their opponent is, and having the chutzpah not to walk the talk.

I support Bernie, and hope he releases tax records soon.

She said whatever the people waving dollar bills in her direction wanted to hear. It's what she does. She'll even affect a phony accent if she thinks it's needed.

I don't know if some people are inferring that he has refused,

but if they are, that is a big fat lie !!!!

I'm with you.

Let's see it all.

I wonder if 'they' think I'm a bad person too

And I think he will. I haven't heard him say he will not release them, only that they are a somewhat busy, you know, running a national campaign and all.

I expect he will release them.

I believe that Bernie doesn't have anything to hide.

Quelle surprise.

... because he is so honest he would jump at the chance to deny these allegations.


When the President ran for reelection he released many years of Tax returns. Sanders should do the same.



And I think Republicans are POS It's wouldn't surprise me if the GOP is embellishing the truth. But this will come up if Sanders is the nominee and if this is BS I hope that the campaign has a plan to prove i.

Repug Victoria Toensing, who is married to that other disgusting Repug Joseph Di Genova?

Why would you link to a right wing smear?

Those hearings are BS. And Hillary answered questions for 11 hours.


It wouldn't surprise me if these allegations are BS.

The Sanders campaign should come out and say so. And for the record not all criticism of Sanders is a smear.

I am saying if it is BS he needs to come out and say so.


The President took too long to learn that.

I keep posting this link to all of his financial disclosures going back to 1990 but they refuse to look at them.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/reports.php?year=2013&cid=N00000528

It's just another smear to deflect from their candidate's record.

If there was anything in his records Brock would have found it already.

I've seen this link all day and I keep posting it too. But I keep seeing more ops asking to see his returns.

Money Nation published a thorough article on Bernie's finances, if there was something suspicious they would have found it.

Yawn.

What does it take to "trend" on twitter? For someone to say it?

I think it's stupid people are making this a thing and if they wanna have a debate over his finances vs Hillary's? Bring. It. On.

It includes all of his sources of Income. It shows that his main source of Income is his job as a US Senator. I wonder if any other US Senator can say the same.

Look at how many thousands of pages Hillary released compared to what 2 pages?

But now parity has been achieved and both sides are digging for dirt instead of talking about issues. DU is like Bartertown from Beyond Thunderdome, a bright spot in the desert on the outside but inside it's powered by pig shit.

Unless some national emergency occurs, I'm out of here for a while. For what it's worth, neither side is contributing anything of substance, IMO, and both are doing more damage to our candidates than helping.

Peace, everyone.
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Bring it, Donald.

I like this new argument that the transcripts and the tax returns are equivalent. Let's go ahead and accept that premise.

They can release both at the same time.

And we can see if they are in fact politcally equivalent.

No one really expects anything more than that he has a decent retirement account (I hope...given his age). It's just fun as Hillary supporters to have something to hound him on. I hope he doesn't release them for a while, it's a good way to focus negative attention on him.

I don't give a fuck. You don't give a fuck. Most people really don't give a fuck. His senate financial disclosures are out there as well as his 1040's. Those paint a pretty clear picture of his financial situation.

But one reporter does give a fuck. He gives a really, really big fuck! He wants to hold Sanders to a 'high standard'. It is a game that we have seen for most of this campaign.

The Clinton Machine and their supporters are trying to take this 'really big fuck' and make into an intimation of financial impropriety. Oh, there are no facts. There are a few crackpot GOP operatives that they quote. But it is a delicious way for them to avoid the true reality of the Clinton Machine's improprieties and to deflect from the constant corruption and scandals that haunt this narcissistic family.

Now, just like with the health records, Sanders will release them. He will release them all. And they will reveal nothing, nada, zip, zilch, etc.

But some damage will be done yet again. Maybe Sanders really wasn't involved in the civil rights movement? Maybe Sanders really does support the militiamen? Maybe Sanders is too old and unhealthy? Maybe Sanders isn't ethical since Brock's PAC filed a bogus complaint with the FEC? Maybe, maybe, maybe...on and fucking on.

It is just more Atwater/Rove rat-fucking. Brock is getting paid amply for all of this.

My only hope is that enough Americans are angry enough and not stupid enough to fall for the lies, distortions, and smears. I am not holding my breath.

What is he so afraid of? Did he just not know that presidential candidates are required to release their tax records?

Seriously, did he not know, why is he dragging his feet? You were all going on with your countdown clock indignantly droning on about how we must all know what the candidates are beholden too.

Have you changed your mind, or do you have special rules that Bernie doesn't need to follow because of how special he and Jane are? Seriously, what frightens you and Bernie so about transparency from elected officials? A simple matter that we require of all candidates?

He's filed full financial disclosures going back to 1990, plenty of transparency.

this? What link are you asking for? Or were you reminding yourself to provide the link for these tax records that go back to 1990 to back up your claims of complete transparency?

He made other statements on the SOTU to Jake Tapper, do you need a link to what he actually said so that you can square it with your claims and your forthcoming links?

Do you need me to google that for you? It's been trending on twitter and there are clips all over ...

I look forward to your links of the full transparency back to 1990 which Bernie and Jane have forgotten about, perhaps we can send it to them?

I would Google it for you but I want to see if you can do it on your own.

Here's the link to his FULL financial disclosures, get busy. I'm sure Brock missed something.



http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/reports.php?year=2013&cid=N00000528

You really require a link to the 2012 election cycle to understand why? Or to explain why after throwing several fits and dramatic arm throwing about his opponents failure to release transcripts (a demand never made of any candidate ever before), he somehow isn't required to MATCH HER TRANSPARENCY on the matter of tax records?

Oh, sweetie, you said FULL transparency, and he needs to match what she's done, just like he insisted she did.

It would seem that you missed a little something, since your link isn't full transparency at all, or even comparable transparency.

So, did you figure out why Bernie couldn't remember your link when he was asked, did he forget, did he not know it was already out, or are you mistaken about what was required?

Which is it? A "senior moment", incompetence and ignorance on his part, or confusion on yours? Which of you missed something? And if this has already been filed, then why does Jane need extra time to produce it?

So little transparency, and so much double talk! Whatever could he and Jane be hiding, or covering up??

I'm not your sweetie, darlin, how about you address what I actually posted and quit stalling?

while running for leader of the free world makes me more nervous than the fact that he is not releasing them. If everything is as simple and hunky dory as he claims, then this is a VERY easy fix.

It bothered me when Romney didn't release his tax records, so yeah, it bothers me that Sanders isn't doing it now. Why are you so defensive? It is a reasonable and very foreseeable request when someone is running for president. If he has nothing to hide, then there should be no problem. He just needs to get it done