10. He's really isn't "that rich". His tax returns could reveal that he has less money now than what he inherited from his KKK supporting father.
9. Dictators don't pay taxes. Trump has no respect for democratically elected leaders including President Obama and German Chancellor Merkel. Trump admires North Korea's Kim Jong-un and Russia's Vladimir Putin. Trump's finances are so shaky, no American bank will lend him money. He owes millions to Putin-backed oligarchs and other adversaries of the United States.
8. Perhaps Trump's taxes could show that he was audited for a dubious attempt to claim a "medical deduction" for treatment for a small body part.
7. Trump has questioned whether women can be journalists; Hispanics and Muslims can be judges. In Trump's mind, only white men can hold top jobs and judge him, and the IRS also employs women and minorities.
6. Trump's taxes would likely show that he gives very little to charity. He uses other people's money for his foundation, and spends that money for personal purchases (for which he is now being investigated for).
5. Trump is the ultimate welfare queen, and his returns could uncover that he was connected to Chris Christie's scheme to give $261 million of taxpayer money to fund bankrupt casinos, diverting it from schools, bridges and other infrastructure. His tax returns would also reveal how Christie "forgave" 83% of Trump's Atlantic City tax debt.
4. Donald Trump's taxes could expose financial connections to his most loyal followers, white supremacists.
3. It would show that Trump took 9/11 money, which was intended to go to businesses which helped victims (something Trump didn't do with the money).
2. His taxes could expose further attempts to hinder investigations into the illegal business practices of Trump University such as the $25,000 donation to the Attorney General of Florida who subsequently dropped her investigation into Trump's so-called school. It was an organization that was described by its own employees as a "fraudulent scheme that preyed on the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money."
1. It may show that Trump earned less money that a woman, Hillary Clinton (who has released her tax returns).
Of course, Donald Trump still refuses to let the public see his tax returns, so we can only speculate about what he is hiding.
Before you vote, ask yourself this question:
If Donald Trump is so afraid of releasing his taxes because it would show that his finances completely contradict American interests and values, why would he care about the well being of American citizens if he was elected president?
-Dan Rosenberg
Dan Rosenberg is a journalist and music producer. He has travelled to over 40 countries across the globe reporting on news, music and culture for various publications and media outlets, including The Times (London), The Huffington Post, Islands, The Rough Guides, Afropop Worldwide, NPR, the CBC, and PRI's "The World", and is currently producing the recording, "Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II".
Editor's note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.