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To: Rustybucket
"guilty of following the rules". I assume you are being ironic. Look, for over a hundred years, the politicians have been writing the rules with regard to taxes. People take the voluminous tax laws and structure their finances, their business, indeed their lives to stay within the rules and minimize their liabilities. Clinton criticizes Trump for staying within the rules? The funny thing is, for twenty five years, I have been reading about "the Clintons quietly amending their tax returns in response to something that comes out in the news.

To give but one example, before Bill Clinton ran for president, he sold his interest in Whitewater back to the MacDougals for a dollar. But, because their partnership was severely in debt at the time, this 'sale' amounted to a forgiveness of debt, which any stalwart accountant would tell you, is a taxable event. When their shady deals became common knowledge, they, oh yeah, ponied up the money. This has continued to this very day.

5 posted on 10/05/2016 5:07:20 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: fhayek

Sarcastic, not ironic.


11 posted on 10/05/2016 7:52:38 PM PDT by Rustybucket
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