Trump must turn over his taxes according to federal appeals court ruling today

The IRS accepts tax forms; it only audits them or makes legal action when it chooses to do so, and it has publicly stated not have the resources to go after wealthy tax cheats.

HOWEVER, a third party – a court, congress, etc – could a) use those returns to demonstrate if Trump is, in fact, a billionaire, b) determine Trump’s lenders, esp., foreign lenders, who would not be legally suspect (even if they should be) but could move the court of public opinion and c) demonstrate Trump to be as much of a weaselly, slippery swamp creature as the ‘elites’ he claims to despise. Again, the point is not to have the IRS expose illegal activity; rather, by asking for Mr. Trump’s taxes, we can answer the question of where the president of this country’s loyalties lie and why he must lie about everything. The fact you can be President without releasing your taxes is something to fix another day, but, hells, yes, if you want the key to the nukes, I want to see your taxes.

In related news: If you think there’s no there there in regards to Mr. Trump’s criminality, see a good doctor. Because the man is corruption incarnate, and to defend him suggests you have a slippery grasp on facts a doctor could help with. .

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