LOD says if a candidate can release fund-raising reports,

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

which they're all doing, they should be able to release their tax returns which are much less complicated than FEC fund-raising reports. He leaned on Bernie especially hard, since Bernie is demanding Trump release his but hasn't done it himself.

[rufus dog]

1. Did Bernie release his returns last cycle?

Should be easy to add a few more years.

In not, shame on him for not releasing them, and shame on me for giving him a primary vote if he didn't release his returns.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He has not, except for his 1040 for 2014.

[rufus dog]

6. Saw Gems response

His choice I guess. Seems to add fuel to the fire that he is in it more to disrupt than anything else.

Since tRump is such a liar on this subject and others, I would expect Dems to lead and be more proactive. (And yes I know he is not a Dem)

[GemDigger]

2. I don't think he intends to unless he gets nominated. From his mouth to your ears.

Pay particular attention to the last 10 seconds or so.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=7221

[Cha]

4. No, BS needs to be vetted in the Primary..

Not when it's too late in the GE.. God forbid.

[GemDigger]

12. Agreed. It's a pretty shitty situation he is putting us in. nt

[Cha]

13. And,

arrogant. If that is the case.. there must be something to hide.

Wth.. does he think the voting public is stupid?

Hoping when and If Biden enters he will release his full returns Stat! Not "soon".

[GemDigger]

14. And arrogant.

Maybe he is hoping his base will be as loyal as our current ones base and that they will forgive or look away from such insignificant details.

[Cha]

16. I'm sure he is.

But, he needs more than that.

[rufus dog]

5. Fair enough

although he seemed to state that he was going to release them five weeks ago.

The CA primary is early this year, although I am undecided, Bernie will not get me vote. (I did vote for him in the last CA Primary)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. The whole point of primary elections is to sort out the candidates

in order to select the strongest one for the general election. If a candidate won't release their tax returns, gets nominated, and then some financial dirt is discovered, what do we do? Now we have a weakened candidate who has to explain or justify something in order to survive.

[GemDigger]

11. After the fact is way to late. There is a trustfactor involved and I don't have much faith in

his word.

[spooky3]

17. ITA. And the longer the delay, the more suspicion is aroused that there are important

facts in there that we need to see and that the candidate does NOT have a legitimate reason to hide OR

there is unreported income that someone will point out, upon seeing the returns, which could put him in legal jeopardy.

[JI7]

23. And he wont release it if he did win the Nomination either because he will just say Trump hasn't

done it.

[Bradshaw3]

8. ALL Democratic candidates should release their returns

Bernie has taken way too long, especially considering how long he has been running, and it is fast becoming a big issue for him the longer he waits. But now all the others running should follow the lead of the four who have done so and release their returns for 10 years. As others have pointed out, it is not that hard. Most everyone keeps their returns for a long time and you would expect long-serving public officials to be able to produce them. If they can't then that raises questions about them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Absolutely. And as soon as possible.

[Bradshaw3]

10. Yes

I'm not a tax expert but can't think of a legitimate reason why someone can't put out past returns. Like you said, and soon.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Even if you're so disorganized that you can't find them,

or if your house burned down or something, you can get copies from the IRS. If an accountant does your taxes they will have copies as well, for at least six or seven years. There's just no excuse at all. Bernie, get your butt to Kinko's and take care of it, FFS.

[spooky3]

18. :-) Kinko's is out of business, so maybe THAT'S why Sanders hasn't gotten the returns out yet. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. They were taken over by FedEx Office. No excuse!

[spooky3]

21. yeah, but he may still be looking for a Kinko's sign! :-)

[sheshe2]

20. I am the most disorganized paperwork person ever.

However, they are in my file cabinet and can get you 14 years in 30 seconds.

[CentralMass]

22. Its not a big worry of mine but it looks like Beto and Julian Castro are doing the same.

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/02/beto-orourke-julian-castro-release-tax-returns-timing-unclear/

I trust that if it is a requirement yhey will have to meet it.

[KitSileya]

24. If the Dem party can restrict access to debates based on number of donors,

They can restrict access to the debate stage based on whether you've released at least 10 years of tax returns. If you haven't released your taxes, you don't get to participate in the debates. Period.