Tuesday, July 24, 2012
"Most members of Congress keep their tax returns secret"
Unfortunately, elected officials have carefully created rules that "imply" transparency, but fall far short of "true" disclosure.
Even so, they seem always quick to criticize those that won't do exactly what they themselves won't do...
Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman report on the issue on the McClatchy Newspapers website:
"The two Democratic leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives are among hundreds of senators and representatives from both parties who refused to release their tax records. Just 17 out of the 535 members of Congress released their most recent tax forms or provided some similar documentation of their tax liabilities in response to requests from McClatchy over the last three months. Another 19 replied that they wouldn’t release the information, and the remainder never responded to the query."
