Sign the petition re: Trump's tax returns

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is refusing to release his tax returns, claiming that "there's nothing to learn from them." But we think that's up to the voters to decide. Add your name if you agree.

Dear MoveOn member,

I'm Aaron Scherb from Common Cause, and I started a petition to Donald Trump, which says:

Voters have a right to know, and anyone seeking to lead our country should be fully transparent with voters. Like the other two candidates, Donald Trump must immediately release his tax returns, so voters can make an informed choice for president.

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is refusing to release his tax returns, claiming that "there's nothing to learn from them."¹ But we think that's up to the voters to decide.

Before we pick our next president, voters should have a clear picture of every candidate's background, experience, and business interests—and if there are any potential conflicts of interest, we have a right to know.

Click here to sign the petition to Donald Trump demanding that he release his tax returns, dating back at least five years, for public scrutiny. He wants to conduct the people's business from the highest office in the land—so we deserve to see how he's conducted his private business too.

Trump says he can't release his returns because the IRS is currently auditing them—but he didn't have a problem doing that when his private business interests were at stake. And the commissioner of the IRS gave him the go-ahead too, saying, "if you're being audited, and you want to do something else, share that information with your returns, you can do that."²

Even Trump's predecessor as Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, thinks that Trump needs to come clean, saying, "It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service."³

The other two candidates still in the race, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have already released their tax returns. In the interest of transparency and a fully informed electorate, Donald Trump ought to join them.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Aaron Scherb, Common Cause

Sources:

1. "'Nothing to Learn': Trump Says He Likely Won't Release Taxes Until After November," NBC News, May 12, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/3715?t=5&akid=165141.10220574.c2Qf6h

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

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