Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns

[dbackjon]

WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.


"You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" on Thursday.

Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: "No."

The Arizona senator released his tax return last month, reporting he had a total income of $405,409 in 2007 and paid $84,460 in federal income taxes. He files his return separately from his wife, an heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range.

Sen. McCain is routinely is ranked among the richest lawmakers in Congress, but he and his wife have kept their finances separate throughout their marriage. A prenuptial agreement left much of the family's assets in Cindy McCain's name.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_ ... cain_taxes

Issue, or not? Republicans squawked when Teresa Heinz Kerry only released summary information in 2004 - will they squawk now?

[Col Hogan]

WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.


"You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" on Thursday.

Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: "No."

The Arizona senator released his tax return last month, reporting he had a total income of $405,409 in 2007 and paid $84,460 in federal income taxes. He files his return separately from his wife, an heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range.

Sen. McCain is routinely is ranked among the richest lawmakers in Congress, but he and his wife have kept their finances separate throughout their marriage. A prenuptial agreement left much of the family's assets in Cindy McCain's name.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_ ... cain_taxes

Issue, or not? Republicans squawked when Teresa Heinz Kerry only released summary information in 2004 - will they squawk now?

Questions (because I don't know, and the answer will influence my position)...

Did the Kerry's file seperate returns as the McCains do???

Is the Heinz money kept seperate by a pre-nup as the McCain money apprently is?

If the situations are equal...then yes, it's a issue since it was made an issue for the Kerry's...

If situations are different, then no issue...

I want to compare them equally...

[coastal89]

Nothing to see here, move along.

[SuperHornet]

You don't need to see her ID.

These aren't the returns you're looking for.

Move along.