Why We Ask to See Candidates’ Tax Returns; New York Times, 8/5/16

Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times; Why We Ask to See Candidates’ Tax Returns:

"Until Donald Trump, every major-party presidential nominee since then had released his or her tax returns (except Gerald Ford, who released a summary in 1976). The simple reason is that, on at least one subject, Nixon got it right: The American people need to know if their president is a crook."