And we all know why. The wife's finances is a great place for a
politician husband to hide cor****ate bribes.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90HJ5SO1&show_article=1
Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns
May 8 01:02 PM US/Eastern
WA****NGTON (AP) - 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, re****ting 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.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Cindy McCain's
refusal to release her tax returns gives the appearance of a double
standard on the part of her husband.
"What is John McCain trying to hide?" Dean said in a statement.
"Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness
and accountability apply to everyone but himself. Now he thinks he can
bring that same double standard to the White House."
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton filed joint tax returns
with their spouses and publicly released those returns.
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