Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns
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WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.
"You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" on Thursday.
Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: "No."
The Arizona senator released his tax return last month, reporting he had a total income of $405,409 in 2007 and paid $84,460 in federal income taxes. He files his return separately from his wife, an heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range.
Sen. McCain routinely is ranked among the richest lawmakers in Congress, but he and his wife have kept their finances separate throughout their marriage. A prenuptial agreement left much of the family's assets in Cindy McCain's name.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Cindy McCain's refusal to release her tax returns gives the appearance of a double standard on the part of her husband.
"What is John McCain trying to hide?" Dean said in a statement. "Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness and accountability apply to everyone but himself. Now he thinks he can bring that same double standard to the White House."
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton filed joint tax returns with their spouses and publicly released those returns.
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WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.
"You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" on Thursday.
Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: "No."
The Arizona senator released his tax return last month, reporting he had a total income of $405,409 in 2007 and paid $84,460 in federal income taxes. He files his return separately from his wife, an heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range.
Sen. McCain routinely is ranked among the richest lawmakers in Congress, but he and his wife have kept their finances separate throughout their marriage. A prenuptial agreement left much of the family's assets in Cindy McCain's name.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Cindy McCain's refusal to release her tax returns gives the appearance of a double standard on the part of her husband.
"What is John McCain trying to hide?" Dean said in a statement. "Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness and accountability apply to everyone but himself. Now he thinks he can bring that same double standard to the White House."
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton filed joint tax returns with their spouses and publicly released those returns.
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Why? I'm not running for president.
it kinda makes a difference...especially if I get to directly impact and call shots on many aspects of your daily life for years afterwards..
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Technically, she isn't running for president either. If you think she's going to have an impact on McCain's decisions, that's fine, but she's still entitled her privacy.
Shes running for first lady by default.
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Which is, officially, a powerless position, right?
Wife of the president? You think?
hmm naive?
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Oh, I don't doubt there's influence there. But officially, there's no call for her to prove anything.
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I'm all for transparency in government, but if Cindy McCain is pressured into releasing her tax returns, where does it end? What if I'm John McCain's best friend of 120 years, and he trusts me with all his major decisions? Do I show my tax returns, so you'll know who you're electing into office?
Do you actually remember that or did you just read that on wikipedia after you saw her on Leno. Its nobodies business what she makes, and i am fine with her not making that public.
It ends outside the term of spouse or legalized union through marriage.
It would be wise to ascertain the validity of whomever has 24/7 access to leverage the president's thoughts and opinions through sexual means...amongst others.
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I'm not exactly sure where I stand on this, but I would like to see as much transparency as possible for the president and his wife. They could be making A LOT of money off of how he governs, or making decisions to help investors out, and no one would know.
Is it much different than if his brother did or his best friend got rich off? Not really, but I do think that we should be able to see if they (McCain and his wife) have any conflicts of interest.
The good news thought with her company, is that we will never be endangered of going through prohibition if he is in office
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I'd say if you need to see a candidate's spouse's tax returns to know that you can trust them... you probably shouldn't vote for them in the first place.
normally yes.....in light of circumstances it would be VERY good to scrutinize everything...and very highly.
I say why not... were being spied on all the time.
Maybe she has terrorist affiliations...just saying. There's a nice fat patriot act looking up everyone skirts and it's sounding a like a double standard to me.
"we only scan the peasants..."
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I'm sure they're looking at her just as much as anyone else. Either way, I'm sure it would be best for John McCain, and the voting public, if she released the tax returns. I'm just saying that she's well within her rights not to, and that if you need to see them to trust McCain... you shouldn't vote McCain.
I wouldn't vote for anyone I don't feel I could trust obviously. Nor should anyone, however if a potential public servant at this level feels they need to hide stuff (or perhaps has no alternative) before they get elected can you imagine the stuff that flies around after they get elected?
yikes...
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The point is, she's not a potential public servant - she's the wife of a public servant.
fine line...one could say near invisible...
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By ignoring that line, do we become as bad as the government that created the Patriot Act?
For wanting to protect OUR (the peoples) best interests?
Isn't that what our govt's are supposed to be doing in the first place?
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By ignoring the rights of a private citizen. She's First Lady - it's a title, nothing more. Any influence you assign to her could be assigned to any number of people around McCain.
It's a lot more than a title. This is a person that has intimate access to the heart mind, libido, and overall thoughts of a US president.
It could be assigned to someone, but at the end of the day they aren't married to him.
Right now all the focus is on bad or shady citizens not bad and shady politicians.
180 deg out of phase...ass backwards..
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Exactly the point in the opposite direction.
Individuals (politicians) in the gov't work for the people, not he other way around..
They are not kings and queens...
Lots of other avenues in life offer far greater privacy.
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