Waco: "easy for you to ask someone else to go to jail yeah?"
I'm not asking or suggesting anyone go to jail. Where you acquired that idea I haven't a clue.
Re-read the post.
I am surprised someone in the IRS with access to records has not risked being punished in order to expose President Trump's taxes. Considering the level of anger circulating throughout our country it is surprising someone inside the IRS has not done this. I find it refreshingly honorable. Originally Posted by agrarian
I am surprised someone in the IRS with access to records has not risked being punished in order to expose President Trump's taxes. Considering the level of anger circulating throughout our country it is surprising someone inside the IRS has not done this. I find it refreshingly honorable. Originally Posted by agrarianYes, it is honorable. And, that said, maybe no one within that organization feels 63 months behind bars (or even longer) is worth it. Think leaker, *Reality Winner, would like a do over....?
Waco wrote: "your surprise is your proof of bias."
I confess. I do possess bias. Yes, it's true.
I might be the only one on this board with bias.
Waco, you're groping for something, but I'm not sure what it is. Are you saying a man who possesses bias can't ask a fair, reasonable question or make a reasonable, thoughtful, unbiased comment? If you cannot accept this premise than you cannot understand that my intent with this post was to express my disbelief that President Trump's taxes have not been leaked. Leaks abound in this government. This White House is as leaky as any agency or department or any branch of government has been. Don't you think it is surprising that someone in the IRS, some scum bag who doesn't care about the value of confidentiality, leaks the President's taxes? As much as I believe the President should reveal his taxes, I also think it's a good mark for the IRS and its staff that this hasn't happened. Originally Posted by agrarian
Waco said: ...once again to suit your goals you forgive the criminal aspect of such leaks under the "higher" morality of "the truth".
You're not getting my point, sir. I would not forgive criminal wrong-doing. If some one in the IRS leaked the President's taxes they should be fired and punished. What amazes me is that someone hasn't risked this punishment in order to reveal the President's taxes. Look at all the lawbreaking now happening as people try to promote their political points of view. Examples abound. Leakers everywhere, by every political stripe. The truth is that the truth is abused every day at the highest levels of government. Honesty has never been a common characteristic in the highest levels of government, but I have never seen more of this in my lifetime than now. The level of hate, the level of anger, the level of divisiveness --raging, spreading. Read this board. With that as a backdrop it amazes me that somebody in the IRS hasn't violated agency standards and leaked the President's taxes. Originally Posted by agrarian
Thanks, Oeb for explaining that. I'm more than a little dense sometimes, and, yes, the word "surprised" can be viewed in differing ways. That said, I remain "surprised" that in this day and age Trump's taxes haven't been leaked. Originally Posted by agrarianAbout 20 years ago, my business was audited for the one and only time.