I’m kind of amazed Trump’s tax returns, or at least parts of them, haven’t already been leaked. I guess Trump must treat his tax lawyers a lot better then he treats the subcontractors and others who he has stiffed. Either that, or someone’s just biding their time, waiting to drop the bomb a few weeks before the election, if no one else has sooner.
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OK, cool. Now, what did we learn from Donald Trump’s Tax returns? We learned… um… oh yeah. That’s right, never mind.
It’s because, as we know from the IRS scandal, the agency is controlled by flaming lawless liberals who know that leaking the returns would let everyone know what a wonderful, incredibly charitable job creator Trump is. So they’re following the letter of the law because of their loyalty to Hillary Clinton.
Erm.
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Actually no it cannot be said that way. The IRS frown heavily on family foundations that do not do as advertised and the penalties are steep if the money is not given away.
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Trump Spox Confused By Forward Flow of Time (Again)
“Hillary Clinton has turned over the only records nobody wants to see from her - the American public wants to see the 33,000 emails she deleted to obstruct an FBI investigation,” said Trump spokesman Jason Miller.
She deleted the emails by March 2015; the FBI started in August.
We also know that Trump and his minions have a poor command of the English language. (Undesirable for a President, and ironic given his xenophobia.) When he says that he “can’t” release his tax returns while under audit, what that means is that it would be damaging. Once the returns are made public, more people can enumerate all his fraudulent activity. It will also expose his shockingly low income and its embarrassing sources; and prove that he is a liar, a loser, and a cheat.
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In total, the Clintons earned than $139 million between 2007 and 2014, according to eight years of federal income tax returns released by her campaign last July.
Yikes! I must be a millionaire. I, too, “earned than $139 million between 2007 and 2014”. I’m sure that should have said “earned [other] than $139 million between 2007 and 2014”.
Journalists don’t have to study writing, anymore, do they?
Actually, it’s the editor’s job to catch crap like this. Everyone makes mistakes. Even for my kid, having another student read the work before it’s turned in is part of the process and they even get a grade deduction for not doing it (tests excepted). No teacher enjoys puzzling out stupid mistakes. No TPM reader does either.
I don’t care if Josh wants his editorial blog proofread or edited. He’s always been clear about his philosophy on that. These news stories, on the other hand, really need a quick second look before publication. I’d take a ten minute delay for that, and if a story needs more than a couple of minute’s attention, it shouldn’t be public yet anyway.
No, that is not how private foundations & donor advised funds work. They provide a means to take a large charitable deduction in a windfall year, then spread the distributions over a longer period.
It is also alot easier for personal tax reporting to have a lump sum than to track dozens of small donations.