Bernie Sanders Pledges to Release Tax Returns by Monday

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, whose $18 million fund-raising haul has solidified his status as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Tuesday that he would release 10 years of tax returns by Tax Day on Monday and acknowledged that he has joined the ranks of the millionaires he has denounced for years.

“April 15 is coming,” Mr. Sanders, whose refusal to release his full past returns has become an issue in the campaign, said in an interview in his office. “We wanted to release 10 years of tax returns. April 15, 2019, will be the 10th year, so I think you will see them.”

Told that he was being compared to President Trump, who has refused to release his tax returns, Mr. Sanders got more specific: “On the day in the very immediate future, certainly before April 15, we release ours, I hope that Donald Trump will do exactly the same. We are going to release 10 years of our tax returns, and we hope that on that day Donald Trump will do the same.”

Mr. Sanders’s refusal to release his full tax returns was a relatively minor issue in the 2016 Democratic primaries, when Hillary Clinton goaded him to be more transparent. But Mr. Trump’s refusal to release his — and the subsequent effort by House Democrats to force the release — have raised the issue’s profile. Mr. Sanders has bristled at comparisons between his behavior and the president’s.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-now-a-millionaire-pledges-to-release-tax-returns-by-monday/ar-BBVM6dj

[TCJ70]

1. I wonder how much the growth of some posters post counts...

...will slow if he actually releases them...

[Cha]

4. That's something you don't need to worry

about.

BS brought this on himself.. he said "soon" in February.

Bernie Sanders Still Dragging His Feet on Releasing His Tax Returns

In February, Sanders said he’d release a decade of past returns “sooner rather than later.” More recently, he somewhat vaguely pointed to the April 15 federal tax filing deadline and said he’d release the old returns “very shortly” after that.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/sanders-still-dragging-his-feet-on-releasing-his-tax-returns.html

[George II]

14. He actually said "soon" in April 2016, not February 2019.

[Cha]

16. Yeah, it's been awhile.. and I see all the pressure from

everywhere is having an effect.

[George II]

17. CNN has been having fun all afternoon about this.

[we can do it]

52. Yep.

Not holding my breath.

[Decoy of Fenris]

5. Please. They'll just post nonsense, smilies, and reply to each other incessantly.

How else do you think some rack up 90, 100k posts in a few years? 140 posts a day every day? Must be paid by the post. I saw one that was created only last week and is sitting on over 1k posts already.

Professional trolls are -very- prolific everywhere on the net, and if one topic fails them, they'll just move on to the next talking point they're paid to spew.

[George II]

15. What are you trying to say? Who are you calling "professional trolls"? Who has 1k posts in 1 week?

Lots of stuff thrown out there, please explain!

[Cha]

18. Who are you calling "paid posters", Decoy of Fenris?

[mcar]

32. I'm on MIRT

There is no poster who joined last week and is now up to 1k.

You also are making some serious allegations against long time DUers. Care to show your evidence that they are paid trolls?

[sheshe2]

33. +1000

I would like to see an answer to that myself, mcar.

[sheshe2]

36. Me too.

I never saw one.

[Cha]

38. Mahalo for calling out those disgusting, gaslit

accusations, mcar

[oasis]

34. Add a post for me while I wait for the crickets to gather.

[sheshe2]

35. DUers are being paid to post?

Seriously?

[Cha]

39. Look in the mirror before you accuse

anyone of "spew", Decoy of Fenris.

[BlueFlorida]

45. Sounds like a projection to me nt

[BlueFlorida]

46. I am adding one more post here

I need the money for my coffee and have to finish today's quota.

[ehrnst]

47. You seem to know a lot about this process. An awful lot. (nt)

[workinclasszero]

48. I predict after Bernie releases his tax info there will be lots of this on DU

[LongtimeAZDem]

51. Not really; there are three possibilities IF he actually releases them:

One, if there is something embarrassing in them, he will look like he's been deliberately hiding them,
Two, if there is nothing embarrassing in them, but they are incomplete, he will look like he's been deliberately hiding them, and
Three, if there is nothing embarrassing in them, and they are complete, he will look foolish for not doing it sooner.

And, as has been repeatedly pointed out, the actual substance of the returns has nothing to do with the fact that he didn't keep his word, until shamed into it by comparisons to Trump.

IF he actually releases them.

[workinclasszero]

53. You proved my point

Thanks.

[LongtimeAZDem]

54. Nope, because those have been the "goalposts" all along. Nothing has moved in that regard.

The only one moving the goalposts in this situation is BS himself, by continually coming up with one excuse after another for not living up to his word.

[Cha]

55. I predict you don't know what you're talking about..

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. LMFAO!!! Seriously!!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

26. Why are you concerned about "post counts"?

[TCJ70]

37. Who says I am? N/t

[kstewart33]

2. Yippee. nt

[LongtimeAZDem]

3. If you have to be compared to Trump to do what you promised, it doesn't speak well for you

[dogman]

6. He's doing the comparing.

In other words, he's calling out t-Rump. But I would expect there are a few who will never speak well of Bernie.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. Not ONE kind word from some... amazing isn't it?!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[dogman]

9. Yep, using the Tax Day optics to attack t-Rump instead of fellow candidates is still not enough.

At least Bernie has a plan.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. Bernie sure does... why he keeps gaining in the polls, while others are declining!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

19. What exactly is that "plan"?

[LongtimeAZDem]

13. "Told that he was being compared to President Trump, who has refused to release his tax returns"

Tell yourself whatever you want.

[dogman]

21. His response took their anonymous charge and gave the real comparison.

“On the day in the very immediate future, certainly before April 15, we release ours, I hope that Donald Trump will do exactly the same. We are going to release 10 years of our tax returns, and we hope that on that day Donald Trump will do the same.”
But keep spinning his taxes while the world moves on.

[LongtimeAZDem]

23. I've said repeatedly; his taxes don't matter anymore. He's lost all

Credibility on the matter.

[dogman]

25. With you.

Fortunately there are other voters without your concern.

[Mike Nelson]

10. Yay!

… Bernie took my advice, albeit a little late! All Democratic candidates need to do this...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. Yup, and just as I predicted... he waited to release all 10 years together with his 2018 tax return.

Makes perfect sense!! But, of course, that won't be good enough.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

20. Even though he promised to release his 2015 return in 2016. What is today's date?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

22. See what I mean?!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

24. No I don't. What DO you mean?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Can someone please explain... thought it was obvious.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

28. Why are you asking others to explain what YOU said, wouldn't it be best from you? And....

....no, it wasn't obvious.

TIA

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Someone I'm sure will have the patience to point out the obvious.

I don't see the point in repeating myself.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

30. Sorry, one would expect that the one who said something "obvious" would "point out the obvious".....

....I guess it isn't quite so obvious.

Thanks!

[still_one]

31. Good. He said he would, and was specific when.

[BlueFlorida]

40. Which Monday? nt

[sprinkleeninow]

42. Mb the Monday of 2019. Or mb not. 🤔

Regarding B's announcement for the umpteenth time: Wa. Hoo.

[sprinkleeninow]

41. Yo_Mama!

My favorite from the get-go.

We shall see...

[Blue_Tires]

44. Three years too late...

[Eliot Rosewater]

49. There has to be a standard as to what is considered a return, also. If you dont know what

I mean, stay tuned.

They have to be able to be confirmed as the ENTIRE return and UNREDACTED or unchanged in ANYWAY.

Apply this standard to all candidates who CLAIM to be running from the left.

[ehrnst]

50. I'll believe it when it happens. Until then, I'll go on how past statements have panned out. (nt)