There's no real conspiracy.  Most politicians have never held a real job or run a real business.  Still, they hesitate to release tax returns because this is essentially private information.  

 

Now imagine the personal tax return of a guy who runs several giant corporations.  His return would be 400 pages and incomprehensible even to tax experts.  The IRS cannot calculate a simple family return the same way twice. 

 

I got a check from Treasury last week.  Spent 2 hours on the phone trying to find out why.  Nobody could tell me anything other than "an adjustment" was made.  I asked what I could do to avoid overpaying next year.  They couldn't tell me. 

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