Even if he didn’t pay any taxes, his companies employ thousands of people, who do pay taxes.
Better that companies pay no taxes and use that money to employ people, where the taxes are likely to have multiplies many times over. Take the money directly from the employers, and there will be a lot less people employed.
Not that I believe Trump paid no income taxes directly, but, redistributing that corporate taxes via employment of people is far better for the overall economy, and keeps big government in check.
The only people who give a hoot what tax’s Trump paid or not are those wanting to destroy his Presidency.
COMPANIES PAY TAXES!!!!!
I’m so sick of this mantra. What he (maybe) hasn’t done - ala Amazon and thousands of other companies, is to not pay Corporate INCOME taxes... But companies still pay...
Franchise Tax
Excise Tax
Commercial Activity Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
VAT
Sales
Use
Property Tax
Personal Property Tax
Payroll Withholding Taxes
REGARDLESS of whether they are earning income or not.
To claim these businesses do not pay “tax” is simply uninformed and thrown out there by the media to foment anger from the “little guy”....
He cannot win. If he shows losses then he is lambasted for being a terrible businessman. If he shows profits he is lambasted for not paying enough taxes. There is no winning.