I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
I think most of us can have our taxes looked at if the court thinks so. Same as pretty much anything private like texts, emails and laptops.
That Trump broke with tradition and said no to releasing his is fine with me and said so when we talked about it ad nauseum at the time.
I don't think all these years later with his history there's still political motivation for looking into his taxes. There's probably good reason given his tendency to lie.
Yes, I believe a court can rule that relevant parties can review them.
And that is how the Ways and Means Committee got them.
What we all should be concerned with now is that committee thinks they can take it upon themselves to release them to the public.
Going back to President Nixon, he was found to have committed tax fraud, paid back taxes owed -- considered an embarrassment Thusly, since 1977 the IRS developed a Mandatory Presidential Audit Policy for the President and Vice President that their taxes be audited yearly and released to the public. This occurred EVERY YEAR since then -except for years 2016-2020 during Trumps presidency; many suspected at direction of Trump to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to hide how little he paid in taxes and financial monies owed to foreign banks and entities, possibly influenced by them.
Examining taxes and releasing ti the public are two different things. And no it does not require 10 years of tax statements to run for President. The requirements are spelled out in the Constitution and tax releases are not part of it.
Yes. And that is why the proposed law won't pass or hold up in court.
And, even proposed law was in place as some misinformed folks thought, it would be up to the candidate to release them. Not a Congressional committee or other third party.
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41 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:
Examining taxes and releasing ti the public are two different things. And no it does not require 10 years of tax statements to run for President. The requirements are spelled out in the Constitution and tax releases are not part of it.
You missed the part where I clarified that the bill had not passed requiring that transparency...
Tax disclosure is relevant for a host of reasons, with national security running hard for top priority. We are currently in an era where it is increasingly obvious that an honor system is useless when powerful people have no honor.
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10 minutes ago, Beerman said:
Yes. And that is why the proposed law won't pass or hold up in court.
And, even proposed law was in place as some misinformed folks thought, it would be up to the candidate to release them. Not a Congressional committee or other third party.
I quoted the summary of the proposed legislation a couple comments back. In my view, that summary is in conflict with your assessment of how the tax information might be made public.
You missed the part where I clarified that the bill had not passed requiring that transparency...
Tax disclosure is relevant for a host of reasons, with national security running hard for top priority. We are currently in an era where it is increasingly obvious that an honor system is useless when powerful people have no honor.
You’re grasping at straws to justify this. Medical records are more important than taxes which are the purview of the IRS. Should everyone running for office be required to release medical records? Due to early voting Eggplant Fetterman was elected before people had a chance to see how messed up this guy is. Besides character doesn’t matter. That was decided by the Press when Bill Clinton ran.
I quoted the summary of the proposed legislation a couple comments back. In my view, that summary is in conflict with your assessment of how the tax information might be made public.
So, it would be the FEC requesting them, then publicly releasing them.
Thats still quite a difference from Congressional committee getting them by way of a court order, and then without any authority to do so, releasing them the public.
The legislation you speak of was first proposed 4 years ago, then reintroduced two years ago and has been dormant since. A Republican House is now coming in. And, sure seems like it may be unconstitutional, anyway.
So, doesn't much matter what it says.
22 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:
You missed the part where I clarified that the bill had not passed requiring that transparency...
Oh, you were the one who clarified that for us? LOL
Easy viewing! Can see Ford, Carters, Clintons etc ... Candidates Mitt Romney, Sara Palin, John McCain, Tim Kaine and Paul Ryans too.
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Easy viewing indeed, but has nothing to do with your previous statement:
"Thusly, since 1977 the IRS developed a Mandatory Presidential Audit Policy for the President and Vice President that their taxes be audited yearly and released to the public. "
The candidates in the past of chosen to release their tax records themselves. The audit is mandatory per IRS regulations, but releasing tax records to the public is not.
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54 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:
You’re grasping at straws to justify this. Medical records are more important than taxes which are the purview of the IRS. Should everyone running for office be required to release medical records? Due to early voting Eggplant Fetterman was elected before people had a chance to see how messed up this guy is. Besides character doesn’t matter. That was decided by the Press when Bill Clinton ran.
Why are you deflecting to medical records? Trump was dishonest about those also.
Character does matter... at least that's what Republicans said when they were so publicly appalled by Clinton's sexual indiscretions, right? So much has changed since then, I wonder if maybe you meant to say that character doesn't matter to Republicans who continue to defend the morally and ethically bankrupt Trump and a host of other bad actors.
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55 minutes ago, Beerman said:
So, it would be the FEC requesting them, then publicly releasing them.
Thats still quite a difference from Congressional committee getting them by way of a court order, and then without any authority to do so, releasing them the public.
The legislation you speak of was first proposed 4 years ago, then reintroduced two years ago and has been dormant since. A Republican House is now coming in. And, sure seems like it may be unconstitutional, anyway.
So, doesn't much matter what it says.
Oh, you were the one who clarified that for us? LOL
Yep...I admitted that I was mistaken... that the legislation was not passed into law. Regardless of what has been claimed about me, I'm willing to correct my mistakes and admit error... even when members laugh about it and try to turn it into a point of mockery.
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Yes, I believe a court can rule that relevant parties can review them.
And that is how the Ways and Means Committee got them.
What we all should be concerned with now is that committee thinks they can take it upon themselves to release them to the public.