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Well done Senator Warren!

object to releasing less than 5 years Min.

How many has Kamala released? 10?

Might turn off his loyal idealistic supporters.

but this investigation is closed and and no charges will be filed.

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/vermonts-us-attorney-clears-jane-sanders-of-burlington-college-wrongdoing/25055185

BURLINGTON, Vt. —

Sen. Bernie Sanders' wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders, will face no criminal charges related to a controversial land deal at Burlington College.

Vermont's U.S. Attorney, Christina Nolan has informed Sanders the investigation into alleged wrongdoing has concluded and no charges will be filed, a Sanders spokesman said Tuesday.

will.

There are so many other excellent choices.

… he did not, already. Get it out of the way. I always figured he and/or his wife have wealth or money issues they did not want out there.. just like we knew Hillary said nice thing to the people who paid her to speak... I'm not stupid. I can compare them to Trump and easily vote for the more honorable candidate. There is no comparison, really... I never expected Bernie and Hillary to be perfect. They were so much better than the opposition... Bernie should get this tax issue out of the way ASAP. I don't think whatever it there will be worse than having it drag on...

if he doesn't as there would obviously be something he's trying to hide.

Add to the list if I'm wrong.

She believes it should happen for lower office as well, so she does it.

"As Senator, I am proud to lead by example as the first member of Congress ever to post my official daily meetings, earmarks, and personal financial disclosures online."

https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/sunlight-report

Taxes

https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/tax-returns

Why hold just Bernie Sanders to that standard?

That's my question

I'm not entirely interested in the tax returns as much as I am interested in his policy proposals which are much more attractive and more on the issues.

Just to let you know, there are several reasons why I won't be voting for Kamala Harris, and none of them has anything to do with her issues at hand, it's just the way she is handling her campaign. Incorrectly. Her own father has to rebuke her for mischaracterization of his Jamaican heritage and identity politics.

Identity politics does not belong in an American democracy, ever.

I am getting really angry

The double standard is amazing.

The phrase is a racist dog whistle.

and Manafort like Sander’s Tad Devine. This is a serious issue.

So far, none of THEM promised to release their taxes, then delayed and delayed, and finally without almost all the information.

I can tell this primary season will be another shit show. Thanks Bernie!

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releasing All their Tax Returns Except BS. It's About Transparency!

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...Joe Biden, who hasn't even announced his candidacy, has almost two decades worth of tax returns that you can view online and Elizabeth Warren has already released 10 years worth of returns: https://www.taxnotes.com/presidential-tax-returns

And then you bring up """identity politics?""" You sure have some, let's call them "interesting," takes on our Democrats.

I will not vote for any candidate in the primary who hasn't released his/her tax return info. Period.

while we let Sanders slide.

Double standard to be sure.

he doesn't get to skate on that

At least five years and the complete return.

Tad Devine association with Kilimnik and Manafort have not been explained, and really bother me. I never hear Sanders speak outrage about Trump Russia. He voted against sanctions and now avoiding releasing his tax returns. He is not who I thought he was in 2016. I feel duped.

pass legislation making release of taxes mandatory to be on the ballot.

compete in the Democratic primaries and caucuses.

No, "caucusing with Democrats in the Senate" will not do.

And that goes to General as well.

He faced no penalty for not releasing them last time.

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Whatever his reason for not doing in the last election, that reason probably still exists. He must be hiding something.

If Bernie somehow won the nomination, I’d vote for him, but I’d be holding my nose when I did it. I don’t trust politicians who aren’t transparent.

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... if he's the nominee. But by then it'll be too late and there will be ZERO motivation to do so. I don't trust him.

I think he will eventually.

Still waiting. And still hearing the same lame excuses about him being too busy. What is he hiding?

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RiotWomenn makes an excellent points.

That's my prediction.

problem why hasn't he released them already?

If only to avoid all these awkward and embarrassing questions about.. "why haven't you released 10 years of your Tax Return, Senator Sanders?"

I mean we are fighting right now to get Trump’s taxes in the name of transparency and he plays these stupid ass games. If you got nothing to hide, put your cards on the table. It’s like waiting for something to fall off your credit report.

"When?" he was asked.
"Soon," he said.

"Before the Iowa caucus?" he was asked.
"Sooner rather than later," he said.

So, who knows when he'll release them. Maybe, if he doesn't do all that well in the caucuses and primaries, never.

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What do you expect to find?

Personally, I doubt there's anything there, which makes his decision to stall on the issue perplexing.

It's also a poor choice, strategically. It opens the left up to charges of hypocrisy by the right when we demand that Trump's taxes be released. We see how that's a false comparison, but a lot of voters may not.

and he doesn't?

It’s been years now. Show us the taxes!

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He is a millionaire, as we've glimpsed from his one page 2016 release. And why not? Many who have held a steady job for over 30 years, with above average salary, with no major medical or financial setbaxks is now a millionaire. And, I suspect, he is several times over.

So take your lumps and come clean.

hounded throughout the primary until he releases his 'boring' tax returns. The word 'Soon' won't cut it. Not this time.

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The more time that goes by, the less credible the eventual release will be.


I hope there isn't a devious plot to release newly prepared fake returns -- since no one can really verify if they are authentic except the IRS and IRS is barred from releasing them or commenting.

I hope Bernie has enough sense to not do something like fooling the American people.

No.

He's had 3 years to fudge with those things and he was still defensive and unprepared when asked about them.

So no.

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This is great news https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/434412-washington-senate-passes-bill-that-would-keep-trump-off-2020-ballot

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I don't see the point of holding them back. I wonder if there's anything he doesn't want people to see until after the primary?

Champion of the 99%, hero at railing against the 1%, giant for advocating for the poor, progressive extraordinaire, and icon of the oppressed, cannot be bothered with such trivial things as tax returns.
Is he embarrassed that he doesn't have an income, or is it something more sinister? It seems common amongst the fanatic supporters that Senator Sanders Independent-VT is just an average wage earner like them. Release the returns and be vindicated, or come clean and admit you're just another politician.

However, once we are told they will be made public, it is about integrity and follow-through.

Beyond that, once there is high-risk behavior shown (parsing words, delays, avoidance), it sets off alarm bells that extend deeper than issues of character.

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and smears be a weapon for only the people who don’t release them. That’s what it amounts to. Railing about corporations while not being transparent yourself is not sustainable or believable.

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and there has been no action on his part after he promised to do so what, six weeks ago??


Hillary released hers because she actually had a sense of honor and playing by the rules, and Trump/Sanders/Greenwald/Assange along with the rest of the Kremlin Left had a field day playing with their free oppo...