Archive: October 7, 2016 - Gary Borders

Except Mushrooms, Little Good Occurs in Darkness

Donald Trump’s tax returns, his refusal to release them, and the publication last weekend of pages from his 1995 returns, have become a key campaign issue — as they should. The pages leaked to the New York Times indicate he took an $891 million loss that year, which could have erased 18 years’ worth of tax liability. The operative phrase here is “could have.” We voters do not know because Trump uses an ongoing audit as an excuse not to release his returns — the first candidate in four decades to not do so. This is patently absurd. If you are running for any federal or state position,...

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