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| Ilana Mercer: Trump Taxes |
| 2016-10-11 |
| [TownHall] Almost every penny left in the grubby hands of federal officials is squandered, wasted, misused or misallocated. Every penny kept from the federal behemoth is private property conserved and saved. One of Donald Trump's virtues is that he appears smart enough to instinctively know what I just said. It benefits business and everyone else if as much private property remains in private hands, so that it’s put to the best use possible. I’m talking Trump taxes. It’s alleged that over two decades, Trump had the good sense to pay almost no taxes by declaring close on a billion dollars in losses, before 1995. This, at least, is my understanding of this particular trumped-up case against the candidate. At the risk of offending the crass utilitarians who make up the liberal commentariat, I’ll talk natural rights. It has become anathema to float the outrageous idea that a man owns the proceeds from his labor, completely, and that whatever government takes from him or her amounts to private property stolen. Con't. Both Ginsburg and Mercer are beginning to make sense. The end... is it near ? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Excepting real estate, no wealth (as opposed to income) tax has ever worked well. The reason you can tax real estate wealth, is you can't move real estate somewhere else. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-10-11 19:12 |
| #6 I'm shocked nobody (Trump/Johnson) is using the Trump taxes issue as a teaching moment to push a flat tax or something. Why 'raise taxes on the wealthy' when the wealthy know all the loopholes and pay well to keep those loopholes open. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-11 14:21 |
| #5 What #4 VRWC said. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-10-11 13:02 |
| #4 If DJT had not paid taxes due to the Feds, he would have been required to answer to a "Higher Power" regarding. Have seen no evidence of this. The Buffett ("Progressive") BS about "fair share" derives from Buffett's aggressive use of the tax code (sound familiar?) as well as how he structures his incomes. His squawking about his secretary being in a higher bracket than he could be addressed by either (1) Re-structuring his businesses and how they derive income (riiiiiiiight); or (2) Stapling a contribution check to his 1040 with directions to apply it to the general fund or whatever (ditto). Effing hypocrite. |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-10-11 13:00 |
| #3 As I explained to my wife. Trump was merely following both the letter and intent of the law passed by lawmakers like Hillary Clinton. If you have a problem with the result, blame the lawmakers. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-10-11 10:03 |
| #2 Every penny kept from the federal behemoth is private property conserved and saved. Or spent on guns and ammo. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-11 08:28 |
| #1 I don't care about Trump's taxes. What he has done is what we all do--try to keep as much of our hard earned money as we can. I am more concerned that we get someone in office who is willing to try to save the Republic before it is stolen/destroyed by leftists; otherwise tear it down and start over. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-11 08:27 |