Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

John Oliver uses Trump-created tax exemption to cut taxes on $9.5 Million Manhattan penthouse
Canada Free Press ^ | 05/11/17 | Robert Laurie

Posted on 05/11/2017 10:40:16 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

No wonder Oliver wanted Trump to run for President

I have a confession to make. I think John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” is funny. It’s wrong about virtually everything, but it’s wrong in an amusing way.

That said, I doubt the host has too much to do with the amount of entertainment I’m getting. He probably just shows up, reads the DNC talking points he’s handed, mugs, and leans on his British accent to sell his arrogant attitde. That’s, OK, though. Like I said, I think it’s done well and ends up being pretty funny. He’s certainly better than the seven or eight other people currently doing the same thing.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: johnoliver; manhattanpenthouse; seananthonysucks; taxexemption; trump

1 posted on 05/11/2017 10:40:16 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

I look at his Trump announcement video and laugh at that moron.


2 posted on 05/11/2017 10:44:55 AM PDT by Fido969 (IN!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

What a BS headline — Trump “created” the tax break by winning a lawsuit decades ago. It’s not something that he’s done since the inauguration.


3 posted on 05/11/2017 10:47:29 AM PDT by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

I just looked him up. One estimate I saw online is that he has a $ 2,000,000 a year salary with a net worth of $ 5,000,000.

I think budgeting isn’t his strong suit. I don’t think he can afford a $ 9,500,000 home on that salary & net worth, given that he’s in showbiz and his income is as likely to suddenly go south as it is to suddenly go north (or remain the same).


4 posted on 05/11/2017 10:51:34 AM PDT by Ted Grant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

Blog pimpin’ again I see.

Click bait people. Just skip it


5 posted on 05/11/2017 10:58:23 AM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

John Oliver’s show on publicly funded sports stadiums was BRILLIANT!


6 posted on 05/11/2017 11:00:14 AM PDT by Hildy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dayglored

Blog pimp at it again.


7 posted on 05/11/2017 11:00:20 AM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Fido969

SO WHAT????

A lot of people voted for the candidate they thought would give them FREE STUFF - millions - tens of millions - Hillary voters - obama voters - and yeah maybe some business owners and capitalists too

SO WHAT?

(Not to mention it’s a slanted laded bogus news headline)


8 posted on 05/11/2017 11:02:23 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

He’s not funny but few are these days.


9 posted on 05/11/2017 11:02:31 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: subterfuge

The original article is even better.

http://observer.com/2017/05/john-oliver-property-tax-scam-trump/


10 posted on 05/11/2017 11:03:24 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

“John Oliver will be able to save on taxes, yack-yack-yack.” NEWS FLASH! So will Warren Buffet and Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obloviate and Bill Clinton and Mitt Romney and “Dingy” Harry Reid, et al. Get the picture? A rising tide lifts ALL boats; be it Joe Sixpack’s 12’ johnboat, or the USS Reagan. MAGA for everyone.


11 posted on 05/11/2017 11:08:02 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Known as the Father of modern agriculture)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sean_Anthony

Clickbait


12 posted on 05/11/2017 11:16:47 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: subterfuge
> Blog pimp at it again.

Yep, look at his posting history. He throws up a handful of new blogpimp threads every day. Sickening.

13 posted on 05/11/2017 1:39:50 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: silverleaf
There is a difference in tax avoidance and getting free stuff. The first is keeping the rewards of his labor; the second receiving the rewards of another's labor.

"Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes." - Judge Learned Hand, Helvering v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 809, 810-11 (2d Cir. 1934).

14 posted on 05/11/2017 1:47:44 PM PDT by kosciusko51
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson