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I've never understood why we demand a candidate's tax return. Canadians, is this a thing?

Posted by spamlet Feb 29 '16, 08:23

Irrespective of the candidate in question, I don't see a whole lot of worth (beyond prurient interest) to confirming that yes, candidates are richer than you or I.

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I think the idea that it's going to reveal meaningful info is low. I think it was useful in Romney's case highlighting the low effective tax rate - pmb Feb 29, 08:51
it started with George Romney: "what mattered in personal finance was how a man conducted himself over the long haul.” -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 29, 08:32 2
- Oh, I knew that but it's become a thing. -- nm - spamlet Feb 29, 08:40 1
  - It became a thing with George Romney. It was an issue with Nixon in the 1950s (the Checkers speech) but became regular in the 70s - Roger More Feb 29, 08:49
#taxshaming -- nm - oblique Feb 29, 08:29
more like "are you a big fat tax cheat?" -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 29, 08:24 4
- If someone is dumb enough to commit tax fraud while trying to run for President they're not getting elected anyway. -- nm - spamlet Feb 29, 08:25 3
  - not even fraud, just how far are they trying to push the envelope of reducing their effective rate. which is presumably why Mittens resisted so hard - sweet baboo Feb 29, 08:28 1
    - Or who they are doing business with, etc. - TWuG Feb 29, 08:32
  - Challange Accepted! -- nm - Drumpf Feb 29, 08:26
not that I can ever recall. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 08:24 2
- yeah, i can't think of a time it's been brought up. -- nm - Andie Feb 29, 08:27 1
  - Without a presidential system, there's less incentive to do so. -- nm - Roger More Feb 29, 08:30

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I've never understood why we demand a candidate's tax return. Canadians, is this a thing?

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