As it turns out, his financials actually ARE under audit… just instead of the IRS, it’s by various parts of the justice system
And even so… he’s still not prevented from releasing them.
It needs to be law that all public officials release their tax records…Also no stock holdings.
I think it’s ok for them to have stocks, they just should be put into a blind trust to manage, and they shouldn’t be able to make any transactions outside of that for the duration of their term in office.
And the potential conflicts of interest should be described so their decisions can be analyzed against them if necessary.
Or, ya know, you could just make everyones publicly available by request along with earnings. Like they do in Finland.
Strangely, this seems to lower the amount of corruption in government and non-government organisations.
America is weirdly fucking puritanical about disclosing income. One of the many anti-union cultural legacies.
It would be one of the most impactful pro worker thing the government could do right now. So it won’t happen:(
I was not prepared to learn the White House Phrase for Kamala’s husband is Second Gentleman.
I like it. It’s cute.
Being required to disclose tax records could potentially violate a candidate’s Fifth Amendment rights. At the very least such a requirement would require a Constitutional amendment.
