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None of your business: Teresa won?t give up tax records
Do you fight the issue and let it linger as a campaign issue, or disclose the information??
WASHINGTON - Teresa Heinz Kerry's vast wealth is no secret on the presidential campaign trail - but when it comes to her tax returns, it's a different story.
"As she is not a candidate for any office, she will not be making additional disclosures,'' said Jeff Lewis, Heinz Kerry's chief of staff.
Unlike her candidate-husband, Sen. John F. Kerry, Heinz Kerry said yesterday she won't make public her income tax returns, Lewis said.
Heinz Kerry's personal wealth has been an issue in Kerry's campaign - with opponents suggesting repeatedly the Bay State senator is likely to dip into his wife's wealth if he falters against President Bush.
By most estimates, he'd have a lot of dipping to do.
Heinz Kerry, heiress to the Heinz ketchup millions, has an estimated worth of about $550 million - including primary ownership of four family homes in Idaho, on Nantucket, in rural Pennsylvania and in the Georgetown section of Washington.
Do you fight the issue and let it linger as a campaign issue, or disclose the information??