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| Even the Daily News felt compelled to play the story |
Because the New York real estate developer who has made a big production out of refusing to play by the political rule that he willingly disclose his income through public release of his tax returns now has that very information publicly known.
THE
TIMES MANAGED to get a copy of the joint return filed by Trump and then-spouse
Marla for 1995. The return showed that Trump’s business losses were so
extensive that they enabled him to take advantage of tax write-offs so large
that he wound up owing the federal government nothing in the way of taxes.
Literally,
the Trumps lost some $912 million that one year – which was far more than most
of us have managed to earn during the course of our whole lives.
The
newspaper also speculates – without knowing for sure if this is true – that Trump
may have used similar tax tactics to cancel an equal amount of money off his
tax bill in future years.
Donald
Trump, the newspaper tells us, may not have paid federal taxes for nearly the
past two decades! Wow!!!!!!
ACTUALLY,
THIS SHOULD not be at all surprising to anybody in the know. For the very
wealthy often get that way by taking advantage of tax laws and exemptions meant
to benefit them.
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| Trump-loving Post thought Mets were more important |
Trump
himself told ABC News earlier this year, “I fight very hard to pay as little
tax as possible.” Then elaborated to a question about his actual tax rate, “It’s
none of your business.”
Besides,
I’m sure that someone who is as much of a control freak as is Trump views this
as a matter of having a right to determine who ought to get information about
himself.
Even
though most people seeking government office go out of their way to make the
information public because they think it somehow enhances the image that they’re
(sort of) regular people.
AS
IN SOMEONE who actually needs the money from their bi-weekly paycheck in order
to cover their daily expenses of life.
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| Sun-Times relegated Trump tax return to lower right corner |
Which
is how Trump would like to think of his tax return being. I’m sure he’s anxious
to have people think in terms of someone prosecuting New York Times editors
with criminal charges for actions that made it worth someone’s while to steal
the Trump return.
In
fact, by the time you read this, the conservative ideologues who back Trump so
vehemently because they think Trump is just like themselves will be spewing
that rhetoric so intensely you’ll already have a headache.
THE
PROBLEM IS that Trump really is nothing like anyone else – and thank goodness
for that. It would be excruciatingly nauseating if there were more than one
person with the overbearing gaucheness of Donald Trump!
Not
that I expect the people backing Trump will see the tax return to suddenly see
these figures and experience an epiphany. Those people have made up their minds
long ago, plus the fact that they are so hard-core opposed to the notion of
Hillary Clinton. Nothing will change their minds!
But
for the real masses who might feel a touch of apathy and believe that there’s
no real difference between the two, we should keep this in mind. Trump is
someone whose significant wealth has come from being able to use the business
establishment rules in his favor.
Regardless
of what you think of Hillary, anybody who thinks Donald is any different is
being foolish. Then again, Trump has been counting on the masses being foolish
all these years to make up with our tax payments what he has been able to avoid
paying out of his income.
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