Dan T. Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Good article this morning about the petition. One Million People Demand Trump’s Tax Return, Smashing Petition Record We The People (not just the reporters) really do want to see those tax returns By Allee Manning and Kaitlyn Kelly Vocativ It was President Donald Trump himself who famously said that “the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters” and that “they’re the only [people] who ask.” To use one of Trump’s own favorite expressions, a simple way to describe that assertion: “Wrong.” Dead wrong. In the 27 days since the petition was first created on We The People, the White House petition platform, over one million people have signed a petition calling for the immediate lease of his full tax returns. That’s more than twice as many people who signed the second-most popular petition in We The People’s 5.5 year history. Tech entrepreneur Anil Dash of Fog Creek Software created the petition immediately following Trump’s inauguration, making it the first of his administration. Though there was a significant number of reported user errors as the Trump transition team overhauled the White House website, it still reached 100,000 signatures in just one day and was among the most frequented government pages that day. “I wrote this petition because it’s nice for other people to see that they are not alone,” Dash told Tech Crunch. “Basic compliance with the Constitution is a bare minimum for our elected officials… But if we can’t get the information to verify that, we have no assurance that our President is following the law.” http://www.vocativ.com/403165/we-the-people-petition-white-house-trump-taxes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Are any big news agencies covering this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Deport Justin Beiber? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1,028,369 The Washington Post editorial Friday called for Trump to release his taxes. Trump Can Help Americans Trust Him By Releasing His Taxes In a 28-day tenure already marred by many blunders — both by his staff and by himself — President Trump’s rambling news conference Thursday, riddled with misstatements of fact and attacks on reporters, stands out mainly for its consistency with what came before. It was seemingly meant to counteract growing concerns, including among Republicans on Capitol Hill, that the ouster of a national security adviser for lying to the vice president was indicative of administration competence generally, or of a sinister association with the regime of Vladimir Putin. If so, Mr. Trump’s stream-of-consciousness performance — “I’m not ranting and raving,” he said at one point — may not have done the trick. . . . Mr. Trump ran as the least transparent major-party candidate in modern U.S. history, and he has done little since his victory in November to change that. Bucking decades of practice, he refused to release his tax returns, after promising he would do so. His excuses did not wash. Though his recent returns may be under audit, nothing is stopping him from releasing the documents he swore were true when he sent them to the Internal Revenue Service. There is certainly nothing preventing him from releasing returns from earlier years. If Mr. Trump wants Americans to take his assurances about his international business arrangements seriously, releasing his tax information is the starting point. Full editorial here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/help-americans-trust-you-mr-trump-release-your-taxes/2017/02/16/bffc15ec-f487-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html?utm_term=.b6c2b3c04986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 As much as I would like to see it happen, I expect the response to be: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 So the general train of thought regarding Trump not releasing his taxes goes one of two way. 1. Trump has business ties to Russia or has been skipping on his taxes a bit. 2. Trump isn't worth as much as we think he is or makes himself out to be. I present to everyone a third line of thought. Trunp doesn't want the public to know exactly where his investments lie because he's about to massively defraud the American people. All events happen at Trump properties, a habit that will surely cost the taxpayer. The push to sell Ivonka's clothes. The fact that the only people who have access to him have paid a fortune to do so. He is going to use the presidency to enrich himself and doesn't want the America. People to have a "base line" before this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerbee99 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 No no no, he is a billionaire, with no history of ever fighting for good causes, now fighting for the common man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The signature number is now 1,047,860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Per MSNBC this morning, the British version has 1,850,000+ digital signatures opposing Trump's state visit to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Gonna try not to get too hyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 ^^^^No way. That would be insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 It's the big man's himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Count me in for: I'll believe it when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm skeptical, but will watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Are they finally ready to come out of the oven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 What we've got is from 2005... the President's 1040 form... details to come tonight 9PM ET, MSNBC. it will probably take the first 55 mins of BS and they end the show on a cliffhanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 And here I was thinking that Trump called up and said, " Hey Rachel, I'm sending over my 13-15 returns so we can put this issue to bed...for the good of the country." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 2005? That seems weak. I'm looking for 2014, 2015, 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Bluffed 'em. Well done, Ms. Maddow. Also, I thought they were still being audited? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 FYI....CNN just said they received tax info from white house. I don't know if it's related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Trumps going to look great in all of this. Total cluster **** already. Way to go NBC. They're going to cry wolf about nothing and the whole tax return issue is going to disappear. Just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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