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Cindy McCain Would Never
Release Her Tax Returns
by The Associated Press
Posted: May 9, 2008 - 8:00 am ET
(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".
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.
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."
In response, Republican National Committee spokesman Danny
Diaz said, "Howard Dean continues to lower the bar in this election."
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton filed
joint tax returns with their spouses and publicly released those returns.
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