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Oh Bernie.....
Four pinocchios for Bernie's "false claim" about his tax returns.
Excerpts from the Washington Post Fact Checker:
That’s about all the details available of Sanders’s federal income tax records. A 1996 article in the Vermont publication “Seven Days” detailed Sanders’s 1995 tax return, when he was mayor of Burlington. Sanders reported $125,843 in total income, according to the article, but it’s unclear how the outlet obtained this information. (It may have been released by Sanders’s mayoral campaign, but the current presidential campaign did not clarify when we asked.)
The publication’s scathing article notes that Sanders had dismissed the idea of charities in his early days as mayor — and that view was confirmed in his 1995 tax return, which showed Sanders donated just 1 percent of his income ($1,369) to charity. “Over the years, Bill Clinton’s taken bigger deductions for dropping his pre-owned Jockey shorts off at the Salvation Army. Can you say ‘Scrooge’?” wrote Peter Freyne, a legendary chronicler of Vermont politics.
While Sanders rejected Tapper’s assertion that the public has no access to all of Sanders’s tax returns, we have no evidence he has released any other federal income tax return than the Form 1040 from 2014. The campaign confirmed to The Washington Post that it did not release other tax returns prior to 2014.
But the campaign did not respond to further questions about this topic, including our questions about his decision to release only a Form 1040 rather than a full tax return — and why Sanders claimed he released other tax returns in the past.
Plainly put, Sanders has not released his full federal tax return. The little he has released was the Form 1040 in 2014, which is a summary of his tax filing that gives a snapshot of his finances — not what is considered a full tax return. The Sanders campaign confirmed to The Washington Post that it has not released other tax returns prior to 2014, which is a sharp contrast to Clinton’s voluminous release of her complete tax returns.
Tapper correctly questioned Sanders, asking why “nobody has seen them [federal tax returns] at all.” Yet Sanders interrupted Tapper to reject the notion, insisting: “That is not true. Of course, we have released them in the past.” But this answer is nothing remotely close to the little federal tax records he has released to the public.
Sanders is not required to release his tax filings, and he clearly decided to keep them confidential. That’s his choice. But it doesn’t excuse him from misleading the public to believe otherwise with this false claim.
The publication’s scathing article notes that Sanders had dismissed the idea of charities in his early days as mayor — and that view was confirmed in his 1995 tax return, which showed Sanders donated just 1 percent of his income ($1,369) to charity. “Over the years, Bill Clinton’s taken bigger deductions for dropping his pre-owned Jockey shorts off at the Salvation Army. Can you say ‘Scrooge’?” wrote Peter Freyne, a legendary chronicler of Vermont politics.
While Sanders rejected Tapper’s assertion that the public has no access to all of Sanders’s tax returns, we have no evidence he has released any other federal income tax return than the Form 1040 from 2014. The campaign confirmed to The Washington Post that it did not release other tax returns prior to 2014.
But the campaign did not respond to further questions about this topic, including our questions about his decision to release only a Form 1040 rather than a full tax return — and why Sanders claimed he released other tax returns in the past.
Plainly put, Sanders has not released his full federal tax return. The little he has released was the Form 1040 in 2014, which is a summary of his tax filing that gives a snapshot of his finances — not what is considered a full tax return. The Sanders campaign confirmed to The Washington Post that it has not released other tax returns prior to 2014, which is a sharp contrast to Clinton’s voluminous release of her complete tax returns.
Tapper correctly questioned Sanders, asking why “nobody has seen them [federal tax returns] at all.” Yet Sanders interrupted Tapper to reject the notion, insisting: “That is not true. Of course, we have released them in the past.” But this answer is nothing remotely close to the little federal tax records he has released to the public.
Sanders is not required to release his tax filings, and he clearly decided to keep them confidential. That’s his choice. But it doesn’t excuse him from misleading the public to believe otherwise with this false claim.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/05/bernie-sanderss-false-claim-that-he-has-released-his-full-federal-tax-returns/
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He seems to have little conscience.
Lots of them.
https://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/assets.php?year=2014&cid=N00000528
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt)
Assets
Year: 2014
Found 30 assets totaling $188,027 to $774,000 in 2014
Organization Value
CREF Bond Market Account $1,001 to $15,000
CREF Global Equities Fund $15,001 to $50,000
CREF Growth Account $15,001 to $50,000
CREF Inflation-Linked Bond Account $0 to $1,000
CREF Social Choice Account $1,001 to $15,000
CREF Stock Account $15,001 to $50,000
Defined Contribution Plan $0 to $1,000
TIAA Access Mid-Cap Growth $1,001 to $15,000
TIAA Real Estate Account $15,001 to $50,000
TIAA Traditional Annuity $50,001 to $100,000
Valic Aggressive Growth Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Asset Alloc Fund $15,001 to $50,000
Valic Core Equity Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Div Value Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Govt Securities Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic International Equities Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic International Govt Bond Fund $0 to $1,000
Valic Mid Cap Index Fund $15,001 to $50,000
Valic Mod Growth Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Money Market Fund $0 to $1,000
Valic Science & Tech Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Small Cap Fund $16,002 to $65,000
Valic Social Awareness Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Socially Resp Fund $15,001 to $50,000
Valic Stock Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Strategic Bond Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Li Fgro $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Li Fmod $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Lt Inv Grade $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Lt Trsry $1,001 to $15,000
If he released the tax filings, he's have no platform for his stump speech. What broadbrushed false narratives would he blanket his fans with against Hillary?
And we haven't even gotten to Jane's "charitable family trust fund" tucked away in the Caribbean.
How would that look when his mantra stump speech is beating up Hillary for Wall St, Goldman, & those darned Big Banks.
OOPS!
Look at this list..my my my.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt)
Assets
Year: 2014
Found 30 assets totaling $188,027 to $774,000 in 2014
Organization Value
CREF Bond Market Account $1,001 to $15,000
CREF Global Equities Fund $15,001 to $50,000
CREF Growth Account $15,001 to $50,000
CREF Inflation-Linked Bond Account $0 to $1,000
CREF Social Choice Account $1,001 to $15,000
CREF Stock Account $15,001 to $50,000
Defined Contribution Plan $0 to $1,000
TIAA Access Mid-Cap Growth $1,001 to $15,000
TIAA Real Estate Account $15,001 to $50,000
TIAA Traditional Annuity $50,001 to $100,000
Valic Aggressive Growth Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Asset Alloc Fund $15,001 to $50,000
Valic Core Equity Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Div Value Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Govt Securities Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic International Equities Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic International Govt Bond Fund $0 to $1,000
Valic Mid Cap Index Fund $15,001 to $50,000
Valic Mod Growth Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Money Market Fund $0 to $1,000
Valic Science & Tech Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Small Cap Fund $16,002 to $65,000
Valic Social Awareness Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Socially Resp Fund $15,001 to $50,000
Valic Stock Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Valic Strategic Bond Fund $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Li Fgro $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Li Fmod $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Lt Inv Grade $1,001 to $15,000
Vanguard Lt Trsry $1,001 to $15,000
If he released the tax filings, he's have no platform for his stump speech. What broadbrushed false narratives would he blanket his fans with against Hillary?
And we haven't even gotten to Jane's "charitable family trust fund" tucked away in the Caribbean.
How would that look when his mantra stump speech is beating up Hillary for Wall St, Goldman, & those darned Big Banks.
OOPS!
Look at this list..my my my.
Now why on earth would anyone open an offshore charitable trust in the Caribbean, oh..say..compared to supporting your local Credit Union?
(Google it)
Why?
So many curious questions still unanswered.
