Posted on 10/05/2020 6:31:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Finally Trump’s tax returns have been made public. Here are the 10 big things you need to know about them:
1. Did he break the law? Almost surely. Details of tax practices suggest fraud on a massive scale. As Michael Bromwich, a former inspector general at the Justice Department, said yesterday, based on the Times’s story, Trump faces federal and state prosecution for bank fraud, tax fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud, as does his entire family.
2. How little has he paid in taxes? In 11 of the 18 years examined, Trump paid no taxes at all. In his first year in office he paid the most income tax he had paid in a decade: $750. He has deducted taxes for almost everything imaginable, including $70,000 for hairstyling.
3. But he paid taxes in other nations where he did business? Yes, in 2017, when he paid $750 to the U.S., he paid $15,598 in Panama —$145,400 in India —$156,824 in the Philippines. So much for America first.
4. Why did Trump run for president? He was deeply in debt in 2015, and was, as his former fixer Michael Cohen said, eager to rebuild his brand by running for president. The presidency has injected cash into Trump’s businesses, as lobbyists and foreign governments have invested in them. But he’s still losing money.
5. How broke is he? He owes more than $300 million in loans and can’t repay them. His businesses are constantly losing money. He’s fighting with the IRS and could owe another $100 million to the government. So much for the “successful businessman” image.
6. Who does he owe money to? We don’t know. And that’s part of the problem. Because whoever he does has huge leverage over him.
7. Does this make Trump a national security risk? You bet. Note that a bipartisan group of nearly 500 national security officials, past and present, last week endorsed Biden for president. The list includes retired General Paul Selva, who served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the first two and a half years of Trump’s presidency.
8. Why is he so desperate to stay in power? Presumably because a sitting president cannot be indicted, and he won’t have to face federal and state prosecution.
9. What’s Trump’s reaction to this bombshell? Not surprisingly, he claims it’s “totally fake news.” But the easiest way to refute it would be to make his tax returns public, which he refuses to do.
10. Will this bombshell affect the election? Probably not. His followers live in a Fox News bubble that this news won’t permeate. It will only confirm what the rest of us already knew. Trump is a conman and a crook.
Looking back the Dragon should have gotten Tyrion too!
The deep state handed Robert his script.
He must be tickled pink they didn’t forget him.
Now Robert gets to sell it on TV.
Time to get the phone books out and stack them on Robert’s chair.
Unobstructed view?
Did he bring a booster seat?
Clinton avoided millions in taxes by claiming deductions for donating his underwear. Yuck, as if anyone would want his very soiled undies.
Reich has always looked up to Fauci. How many people other than Danny DeVito can say that?
LOL!
I chuckle when I see Robert use words like ‘little’.
Joins? Robert Reich is a founding member.
here are top ten things you need to know about robert reich
1. of all things this guy is an economist, about equally credible on any given subject as a MSM journalist these days.
2. more cowbell
3. more cowbell
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and finally
10. more cowbell
that about covers it. thank you!
The Peter Principle at work again. The little d!cks rise to the top.
Many dems that I talk you bring up this debt they say President Trump has.they say russians have leverage order him
I don’t know if he does or doesn’t have debt but the russians haven’t gained anything from Trump being President.
Now, can the any of the democrats say that about the russians/ Ukrainians?
That’s just hilarious. Well done sir. Normally a joke centered around a physical characteristic is in bad taste but every rule has exceptions.
“””””””Reich has always looked up to Fauci. “””””””””
He has to look up to everyone.
The practice has obviously damaged little Bobby's brain...
The little runt is still around?
I thought he went back to the Lollipop Guild by now.
Now there’s an unbiased source for you. LOL.
Hey, Micky is a giant among men
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