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Trump's tax returns
- Thread starter kookbreaker
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"Things that cost more / I pay more than the President paid in taxes" is going to THE talking point for a few days.
TragicMonkey
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Yeah, but then he's calling his own voters, most of whom pay more than $750 in taxes, stupid. He's called them stupid before, of course, but this time there's a dollar figure attached, and it's about an expense that infuriates them for having at all. This may turn out to be different.
AnonyMoose
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I wish that to be true but will not hold my breath.
I gather that many, if not most, people in the US resent paying taxes (whereas in many other countries it's considered a civic duty), so the leader paying little tax may not be an issue for a lot of voters.
Safe-Keeper
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I wonder how much his financial troubles will affect his campaign, which is already rumoured to have run out of money. How much money can he throw at it?
Trebuchet
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It's an article of faith among the Republican faithful that all taxes are theft, and that they all go directly to welfare queens.
The net effect of this on the election will be bugger all.
The net effect of this on the election will be bugger all.
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thaiboxerken
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His supporters would be explaining to us that the Trump killings were not nearly as deadly as the common flu....
fromdownunder
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Why do I feel that this will not cause the slightest ripple in his core support base (40%)?
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thaiboxerken
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His base won't budge, they don't care. Hell, they are literally placing their lives in danger just to see the man on stage.
I think they'll just see his tax returns as evidence of his savvy business skills.
I think they'll just see his tax returns as evidence of his savvy business skills.
AnonyMoose
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Tax returns? Meh.
If the New York Times can find out and provide proof of how much Trump has paid for
The Great Zaganza
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This should make it possible for Dems to have the IRS leadship investigated.
Safe-Keeper
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The fact that they are releasing this now tells me that they're sitting on even juicier stuff to release in the coming weeks. As, I'm sure, are other people.
Media focus will stay on Trump, and it won't be good.
Beelzebuddy
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Two words. "He's broke."
I think this will have a significant effect on Trump's perception, even among his supporters. So does Trump: this is one of the few things he's fought this hard to keep from getting out. It's one thing to try to explain to Cletus Dipstick that although the leopards are eating other people's faces now, eventually they'll turn on him. But Cletus knows what "broke" means. He's broke. Spent his whole life living on credit cards and getting his daddy to foot the bill.
For a con man, perception is EVERYTHING.
I think this will have a significant effect on Trump's perception, even among his supporters. So does Trump: this is one of the few things he's fought this hard to keep from getting out. It's one thing to try to explain to Cletus Dipstick that although the leopards are eating other people's faces now, eventually they'll turn on him. But Cletus knows what "broke" means. He's broke. Spent his whole life living on credit cards and getting his daddy to foot the bill.
For a con man, perception is EVERYTHING.
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Segnosaur
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I hope they are but there is no guarantee.
Remember, the NYT is a news source in competition with other newspapers, cable news, etc. It helps their bottom line to be "first" with a news story. It would be risky to sit on a story just because it might make a big impact, because someone else investigating the same story might beat you to it.
Segnosaur
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It may not affect his hardcore voters. But he needs more than just them to win the election. Maybe the revelations will cause a few fence sitters to vote against him (either directly because they see his business failures or because it causes trump to go further off the rails)
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