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The Trump implosion thread!
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| October 3rd, 2018 at 4:10:19 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
He bought Ivanka a set of Russian Nesting Dolls for her 8th birthday. It's over! The President is a fink. |
| October 3rd, 2018 at 4:34:46 PM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | This morning the New York Times published a 15,000 word article on Fred Trump & Donald Trump's tax evasion schemes. I have to admit that I'm a bit amused that in the years before his death, Fred Trump made up a sham company that didn't exist ("All County Building Supply And Maintenance") that would charge exorbitantly overpriced rates to Fred himself for procuring stuff (pipes, wiring, furnaces, boilers, etc) for Fred's own apartment buildings. The scheme was intended to transfer tens of millions of dollars in wealth from Fred to his adult children without paying 55% in gift taxes. Dan Shaviro is a Professor of Taxation at New York University.
Is Trump in legal trouble after he steps down from his wildly successful second term in 2024? Probably not. But keep this in mind: rapper Ja Rule served 22 months in prison for failing to pay $1.1 million in taxes. |
| October 3rd, 2018 at 5:16:32 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
That's usually for failing to report income and committing fraud. Trump, like every other billionaire, is under an almost constant IRS audit. People who audit for a living and know every trick in the book. What Fred Trump did is very common, if it was illegal, uh oh, he be dead.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 3rd, 2018 at 5:24:22 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
I say good for him. Tax was already paid on that wealth. Feds taking over half of someone's inheritance is criminal. The President is a fink. |
| October 3rd, 2018 at 5:50:02 PM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
So you'd be rooting for Keith Olbermann or Michael Moore or George Soros or Barack Obama if the IRS audited one of them? |
| October 3rd, 2018 at 6:22:13 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
IF? They've been audited. And audited. You must have never owned a business, you get audited all the time. The bigger you are the more they audit. I knew a guy who had a TV repair shop. He said in the 50's and 60's, 2-3 times a year the IRS would be waiting in the morning and spend all day going thru his books. Of course he kept two sets of books and never claimed most of the cash he was paid. He had two receipt books. They never got him on anything, but in those days the IRS was ruthless. They could pick a number out of the air make you prove you didn't take in that amount last year. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 3rd, 2018 at 7:18:22 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I think you are right. It makes no sense to me, but I guess the idea is to remain fair. It had occurred to me that the news on the investigation went dark. Not hearing anything lately about the collusion investigation [if there still is one], I then wondered why the msm hadn't followed up on the locked up immigrants? The news media seem so one topic. I just realized my direct tv has an RT channel. Lots of different topics of info, way more interesting than the 15 minute news feed loop that plays for hours on end. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| October 4th, 2018 at 2:37:35 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Have been for years. Limbaugh points it out all the time, montage of clips of 10 sources, all saying the same thing the same way. Why haven't they followed up on locked up illegal aliens? Because they never really cared about them. They cared about making noise for a week. Every week is a new crisis, and the public gets into a lather. Then the media moves on and six weeks later the public cannot even remember the story. The President is a fink. |
| October 4th, 2018 at 2:39:39 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 | Looks like the snowflakes are now all upset over the alert test yesterday. Some are saying Trump "violated" them. One tweet says someone went to the safe space their employer provides for an hour. I would assume much of it is a joke, but TDS is now so advanced anything is possible with that crowd. The President is a fink. |
| October 4th, 2018 at 7:07:17 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 |
Article from The Hill says FBI knew the collusion scheme was a DNC tactic to hurt Trump; https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/409817-russia-collusion-bombshell-dnc-lawyers-met-with-fbi-on-dossier-before The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |