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Locked. No further comments permitted.Trump Tax Returns...
Mar 14 2017 06:20PM more by SoCalSpidey
Tags: Orange County, Current Events (All tags)

So, his 2005 tax returns have gotten out... interesting story being built here....

Discuss.

      
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Mar 14 2017 06:24PM     link to this

Lot of information to digest there, let me get back to you.
bwana
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Mar 14 2017 06:41PM     link to this

But how many BKs, compared to Trump's?
SoCalSpidey

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Mar 14 2017 07:14PM     link to this

There sure is a lot of smoke.....

SoCalSpidey

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Mar 14 2017 07:39PM     link to this

Not necessarily.... if you actually take a step back, not everything one disagrees with is "fake news."

lol
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Mar 14 2017 07:58PM     link to this

Raises more questions... if nothing there, why didn't he just release them during the campaign? And what happened since 2005, where are the new returns? Did he release them or was he pressured?
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Mar 14 2017 08:08PM     link to this

Can't wait for Kellyanne Conways spin on this....She is the funniest thing in the Whitehouse since Billy Carter... (for the young ones, he was a beer drinking peanut farmer who was the brother of the President)... what's even funnier is he was more honest.
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Mar 14 2017 08:12PM     link to this

So, glad I'm not a bookie.
SoCalSpidey

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Mar 14 2017 09:15PM     link to this

That may be true, but it is also a deflection tactic....
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Mar 14 2017 09:38PM     link to this

Why is trump so scared
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Mar 14 2017 09:41PM     link to this

Not to worry , they're "alternative" facts and numbers.
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Mar 14 2017 09:43PM     link to this

I'm learning how to be more assertive.
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Mar 14 2017 09:46PM     link to this

Why so scared?
He knows the more the truth comes out, the more that the Republican establishment that allows him to stay in office so they can push through their agenda, will be forced to demand answers to all the questions being raised. They will have no choice in order to save themselves.... Besides they will be more than happy to have Pence lead them the rest of the way.....
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Mar 14 2017 09:46PM     link to this

Trumpet is hiding behind his wall street buddies who he appointed to protect him.

The truth will come out someday, and when it does.....
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Mar 14 2017 09:57PM     link to this

^^^
Seriously?
SoCalSpidey

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Mar 14 2017 10:01PM     link to this

So funguy used one of those deflection tactics that I referred to... its a complete falacy of logic, but regardless, it is effective unfortunately.

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Mar 14 2017 10:22PM     link to this

Made $158 million
Paid $36.5 million in taxes
Roughly 23% tax rate

Just so everyone has the numbers
artnjazz
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Mar 14 2017 10:30PM     link to this

Here we go with the name calling...go on
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Mar 14 2017 10:42PM     link to this

23% tax rate in 2005?
He really needs a better CPA.
In the mean time Mr. Tax the rich free college for all, Bernie Sanders paid a 13% tax rate on his 2014/2015 taxes.
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Mar 14 2017 10:54PM     link to this

WalterKurtz - 62 years old and blogging past 10:30 pm?

You should be hiking the mountains and shit, trying to get your life together again.


Dude, you know you are a shill not to be taken seriously. Go to sleep.
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Mar 14 2017 11:14PM     link to this

Does your wife know you are here?

Dude, I can run a circus around you with all the stupidity you say.


Nighty night.....
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Mar 15 2017 07:34AM     link to this

Personally I don't care what someone pays in taxes considering that everyone try's to pay the least amount. He gets out of paying good for him. The GOV Always creates loopholes for themselves and the rich that pay them. Income tax is a slave tax anyway. Why do u need to pay for the privilege of working. We should only have property tax, sales tax, luxury tax that's it. That's how you get the rich to pay. Think of all the money we could all save by not having to do taxes no accountants less IRS employees. More money to give the ladies on this site. Can wait to see who gets mad at me lmao
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Mar 15 2017 07:47AM     link to this

So back to the tax nonsense, since the other nonsense is getting away from the topic.
The 2005 return was him paying taxes in the last year the realestate bubble held up, the following year it came crashing down. What were his write offs then? Don't think that it was lucky to get these tax forms from 2005. It was strategic. It was the last time he paid a fair amount of taxes. He wrote down the value of everything, including his fucking dog house every year after that and while millions of Americans lost their homes and really went broke, he wrote off losses on loans using financial acrobatics (all legal but still fucked up because that kind of opportunity is not afforded to Uncle Jim's farm) and maintained his fortune.
That is the story that should be coming out of this story.
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Mar 15 2017 07:47AM     link to this

You do understand that the real interest in Trumps tax returns is not how much he pays... that is a deflection tactic.

The real reason is that people want to be able to follow the money if you will, to determine if Trump has questionable business ties with Russia and other countries. It is relevant.

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Mar 15 2017 07:50AM     link to this

@82DABN yep... that tax code would make hella sense.
But since we run a democratic social welfare system, we do need to pay taxes on wages. How else are we going to keep our roads kept and our military severely underpaid?
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Mar 15 2017 07:55AM     link to this

its just a distraction. I usually don't put any comments on these blogs, but he's about to screw a lot of people either out of insurance or to the point they are spending ridiculous premiums. Seniors should have to worry about this. They need to enjoy their retirement without being screwed royally by the government.

have a great day everyone
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Mar 15 2017 08:02AM     link to this

Maddow.... an embarrassment to her network and her career.

She let down her viewers and killed her career.

A sad way to draw attention to yourself.

Classic TV ... watching MSNBC this morning... comedy watching everyone spinning this story to minimize the damage.
loucfirr1
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Mar 15 2017 08:02AM     link to this

Trump didn't want this information outed because he is embarrassed he paid too much taxes.

Good work spidy!
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Mar 15 2017 08:13AM     link to this

spend a few hours reading about the old plan...where we were before it was put in...what it is now and where it's headed without bailing out or changing. its not going to be an easy fix...not every one is going to be happy.

last twenty years i worked with people getting ready to retire and having to deal with health cost before they can get on medicare typically 5-8 years....its not easy and its always been really expensive. these people plan years in advance of this.

hopefully they can work on medical cost and transparency...something all parties have talked about for years and hasn't happened...probably not with this administration either.
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Mar 15 2017 08:15AM     link to this

Hey Star dumb fuck.... the blog is about tax returns

Idiot
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Mar 15 2017 08:22AM     link to this

It doesn't matter what he paid or didn't pay, as long as he followed the tax law and didn't cheat on his returns.

If he paid more taxes that he was legally required to do, that would prove he is the idiot some think he is.

I'm sure he was more honest with his reporting than some of you criticizing him are.
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Mar 15 2017 08:25AM     link to this

elite i was responding to a post...dick head

btw...who gives a shit...look where the fuck we are
eliteviews
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Mar 15 2017 08:28AM     link to this

Where are we?

Did something change?

Love to know or do you require a safe space?
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Mar 15 2017 09:00AM     link to this

dimviews has trumpy's language down spot on..."sad and embarrassment" for Maddow? You are as far off as your dim witted leader. And he got his tax rate down because he posted 100 million in losses! Yo people, this info was mailed to someone, not stolen, sort of like Hillary's emails? So yes if you are wealthy this is your prez. Cut medicaid, which he said he wouldn't do, charge more for senior citizens, and give breaks to the well off.
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