Showing posts with label openness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label openness. Show all posts

Monday, May 23, 2016

All presidential candidates, release to the public your income tax records

As much as regulations are sometimes needed in government, the will of the election day voter trumps everything.  Releasing to the public the candidates' tax returns may offer critical information for their decisions.

Ultimately, the voters on election day would like to be as prepared as possible.  Before they make their decisions, they want to find out how the candidates manage their personal finances.

This is also a matter of how open to the people each candidate is.  Their honesty and integrity of showing their records will go a long way for voters making their choices.


Thursday, May 12, 2016

US Senate candidates still manually file their campaigns' finance reports

There is an unmet abuse of our campaign finance system.  It has gone on since the capitol has started electronic filing to the Federal Election Commission.

It is common practice for senate candidates to manually file their campaigns' forms to the FEC, instead of filing electronically.  The idea behind this management practice is to delay their finances' openness.

Hey, US senators, Washington watchdogs have known about this FEC abuse for years.  And there are no excuses for not filing electronically from your offices' computers.