I don't like the idea of requiring an elected person to publicly release their tax forms. As long as the IRS certifies that there is nothing wrong with it, that is all that should be required.
I doubt the average person will even understand the tax forms of someone with a complicated business and family background, so we would be back where we are now with political commentators just spinning it as they like it.
It is nice that politicians voluntarily release personal data, but I don't want it a requirement. Of course, the voters are free to make their own inferences based on the activity of the politician.
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abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.
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