Discussion: White House Releases Tax Info Ahead of Maddow Exclusive

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Geeez, you guys are picky tonight :slight_smile:

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Supposedly, the two pages are stamped “client copy,” Did anyone notice this?

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I think Maddow was set up, not the returns.

And it may cost her some credibility, which is unfortunate.

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And now we’re talking about this, and this story has knocked the CBO score of the ACA repeal/replace bill right out of the spotlight.

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Only for the evening. Tomorrow’s another day.

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I agree. This is a horrible tease, IMO. With no real substance.

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This is a distraction people! A shiny object, purposely released so we don’t see the deep $#!+ he’s in with Trumpcare and Russia

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Maybe, but only for an evening. Trump/GOP misdeeds are not going away like they used to. It’s distraction without traction. (Wordplay alert.)

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I’m just curious whose decision it was to do that segment. Hers? Or the producers?

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I hope everyone goes back to talking about the AHCA. That’s what needs to be talked about right now.

@radicalcentrist (below) You’re exactly right.

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This deserved a segment on the show discussing Trump’s proposal to eliminate the AMT and how self-serving that would be, but beyond that it was waaayy over-hyped. This wasn’t Tump’s tax return it was a tiny portion of one year’s return with very little information.

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I probably won’t remember this when I wake up tomorrow morning lol.

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You have a bad tax accountant, or you sold a very expensive house. For an individual the first 250K of gains on a house sale is tax free, for a couple it’s 500K.

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A-that piece of shit bill is not going to pass. B-Health care concerns are NOT going away, ever.

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This is some weapons-grade speculation here … how is it ever in Trump’s interest to put a spotlight on his tax issues?

His taxes help him only if they all come out and he’s squeaky clean. And if that was true, we wouldn’t be here. Let’s not let tonight’s left jab hide the promise of tomorrow’s knockout.

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4/15/17 will force the issue since that return won’t be under audit… yet. So, not excuses.

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Or the producers?

If it was a producer’s decision, he/she deserves to be sent down to the MSNBC mail room for a year.

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Wow, go out for a few hours for a meeting; come home and the Donnie shit is hitting the MSNBC fan.

Commence shit-eating grin…

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Yeah, that’s why I’m interested in the decision process for that segment. It was simply a bad decision and there is no sugarcoating it.

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You always seem to have such a positive attitude …

Thank you –

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