I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
I don't think it's actually about what on the tax returns (I know MY questions won't be answered by his tax returns) but rather as 1. an indictment of the IRS who didn't do the required audit and 2. an indictment of our tax code that it would be so regressive that millionaires and billionaires can pay 0 income taxes. That part, of course, isn't Trump's fault. However, it's possible that the IRS was pressured by the Trump administration to drag their feet on his audit. No one should be allowed to be president without releasing their taxes returns. It's too fraught with danger.
Well, I think "fraught with danger" is a bit dramatic. But if standard operating procedure was broken that can be dealt with by congress or whatever governing body without releasing the actual tax returns.
If those tax returns show any kind of irregular or illegal activity then sure people might have a right to know since he's running for office again. If not, like I said in 2016, there's no law that says he has to release his tax returns to run for office.
But all these years later, it's well known because he has said so that he didn't pay any taxes, you even say this. He said it's because he's so smart.
Sure people will take notice, and maybe some will make a big deal of it, but I'd venture a guess it's met with a "yeah tell us something we didn't already know".
You would think, but that's still the reason. And to attempt to embarrass him, as well, which I forgot to mention earlier.
Here is from 2020 when the NYT got a hold of his tax information (the ethics and legality of publishing it is a whole other discussion). Big, bold headline. "Tax Avoidance" used as if he did something wrong.
You would think, but that's still the reason. And to attempt to embarrass him, as well, which I forgot to mention earlier.
Here is from 2020 when the NYT got a hold of his tax information (the ethics and legality of publishing it is a whole other discussion). Big, bold headline. "Tax Avoidance" used as if he did something wrong.
All the headlines this week have also been about how little he paid at times and his losses he incurred.
When you told me about the story that was not in a single headline of the many sources I looked up the story on. So I will disagree with you on that point.
Democrats have long bemoaned the rich "not paying their fair share", that Trump might be doing it too is just another notch in that equation.
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Surprise number one is that Trump paid some federal income taxes. No, not the $750 he paid in 2016 or 2017. That is not surprising, given the prior New York Times reporting on this point, even if it is a little odd. The surprise, rather, is that Trump actually did pay significant income taxes in 2018 and 2019.
The main question is about the IRS not doing their job. In my opinion.
When you told me about the story that was not in a single headline of the many sources I looked up the story on. So I will disagree with you on that point.
Democrats have long bemoaned the rich "not paying their fair share", that Trump might be doing it too is just another notch in that equation.
The main question is about the IRS not doing their job. In my opinion.
I would agree that the IRS not doing their job is a bigger story. But, in the interview I linked to earlier, the committee Chairman acknowledged he doesn't even know of its always been done in the past. You'd think think that'd might have been something to find out.
Well, I think "fraught with danger" is a bit dramatic. But if standard operating procedure was broken that can be dealt with by congress or whatever governing body without releasing the actual tax returns.
If those tax returns show any kind of irregular or illegal activity then sure people might have a right to know since he's running for office again. If not, like I said in 2016, there's no law that says he has to release his tax returns to run for office.
I would think that his desire to expand his hotel "empire"to Russia (specifically Moscow) is dangerous for America's interests. His bromance with Putin hasn't hurt us? Remember, he doesn't do anything that isn't a transaction. If that hotel were ever built there, what favor would he have done for Vlad?
When you told me about the story that was not in a single headline of the many sources I looked up the story on. So I will disagree with you on that point.
Democrats have long bemoaned the rich "not paying their fair share", that Trump might be doing it too is just another notch in that equation.
The main question is about the IRS not doing their job. In my opinion.
He didn't pay taxes because he lies on his returns. Did you miss the Trump Org trial? He was incapable of honesty- in his personal life or in his business. The state of NY wants their money he defrauded from them. We still don't know why DeutscheBank gave him so much money when no one else would (he declares bankruptcy to avoid paying his lenders). What was he willing to do for them to return the favor?
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8 minutes ago, subee said:
He didn't pay taxes because he lies on his returns. Did you miss the Trump Org trial? He was incapable of honesty- in his personal life or in his business. The state of NY wants their money he defrauded from them. We still don't know why DeutscheBank gave him so much money when no one else would (he declares bankruptcy to avoid paying his lenders). What was he willing to do for them to return the favor?
What was he willing to do?
Maybe he was willing to take government secrets to trade...
He didn't pay taxes because he lies on his returns. Did you miss the Trump Org trial? He was incapable of honesty- in his personal life or in his business. The state of NY wants their money he defrauded from them. We still don't know why DeutscheBank gave him so much money when no one else would (he declares bankruptcy to avoid paying his lenders). What was he willing to do for them to return the favor?
These are questions for the investigators. Why do you need to see his tax returns for them to answer this?
I would think that his desire to expand his hotel "empire"to Russia (specifically Moscow) is dangerous for America's interests. His bromance with Putin hasn't hurt us? Remember, he doesn't do anything that isn't a transaction. If that hotel were ever built there, what favor would he have done for Vlad?
McDonald's had restaurants in Russia. Hilton and Marriott kept their hotels running in Moscow despite the war. I'm not sure opening a business in Russia involves favors to Putin. Most likely many of them don't even get close to him.
Trump broke with tradition and decided to stay a businessman and make a lot of money while he was President. Do I think such a man would be on the up and up. I'm not not naive.
2 hours ago, Beerman said:
And Trump's supporters are the conspiracy theorists.....rofl
Yep, they are. They think he's the legitimate president. Trump himself is a conspiracy theorist.
LOL. Is that what you believed was the focus of the article or were you just cherry picking quotes in case we didn't already know that there are foolish people of all political persuasion?
It is interesting to read about and observe people trying to justify supporting a liar and conman. Supporting Trump has conditioned millions of Americans to make excuses for obvious lies. Millions of Americans have seemingly lost their ability to discern between fact and fiction... and maybe between right and wrong when it comes to politics. This is what the phenomenon of a slippery slope looks like in politics.
I wonder if things would be different had we held Nixon accountable.
Sure... you have a tendency to say quite a number of untrue and extreme things in these threads so that would be expected.
So Biden doesn’t lie? Is that what your saying? And he also doesn’t practice what he preaches on taxes either, to the tune of $500k.
I would think that his desire to expand his hotel "empire"to Russia (specifically Moscow) is dangerous for America's interests. His bromance with Putin hasn't hurt us? Remember, he doesn't do anything that isn't a transaction. If that hotel were ever built there, what favor would he have done for Vlad?
So why didn’t Putin invade under Trump? Why did he invade under Obama and Biden? Where is this evidence of this Bromance you talk about? It wasn’t Trump that kept Missiles out of Poland. It wasn’t Trump who gave Ukraine blankets instead of weapons. It wasn’t Trump caught on a hot mic telling the Russian President he’d have more flexibility after the election. Trump wasn’t the one laughing when Romney said Russia was a threat.
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Well, I think "fraught with danger" is a bit dramatic. But if standard operating procedure was broken that can be dealt with by congress or whatever governing body without releasing the actual tax returns.
If those tax returns show any kind of irregular or illegal activity then sure people might have a right to know since he's running for office again. If not, like I said in 2016, there's no law that says he has to release his tax returns to run for office.