Exactly
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But wait! They can have hugely successful garage sales at all their properties. Imagine the faux crystal chandeliers glistening in the sun on the plastic picnic tables set up all around. /s
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Do you think they realize by now that they’d all have been better off as well?
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Yuuuuck!
He insists that sneakers worn with suits are all right.
rascal_crone
OhDearLordNO.
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So is Thomas…
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Trump wilfully and intentionally …systematically avoided taxes through what appears to be illegal behavior…an investigative newspaper published findings that should have disqualified him from holding office years ago…the news paper or Biden had NOTHING to do with Trumps behavior…what’s the issue beyond whining about being exposed?
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I think that if someone gave me that line about it being his duty to report all income, etc., that I would have replied with something to the effect of, “There is a time-value-of-money calculation that should be baked into your pricing. I’m offering you cash on the nail, now. Whether you report that income is between you, your bookkeeper, and the IRS.”
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I think that, just as there were plenty of people who wouldn’t admit they supported Trump in '16, there are plenty of folks who voted for him the first time and won’t admit they’ll be voting for Biden this time.
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I do love how Lil’ Donny over there seem to imply there would have been nothing else for Biden to raise against Daddy at the debates if it wasn’t for those darn New York Times kids.
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Very nicely stated, wintermoon and I’m sorry to say this is an obvious–though apparently not obvious enough for too many Americans–comment that we’ve too long allowed the Republican’ts and the so-called liberal media (SCLM) to overlook/ignore/downplay/rewrite at our, and our nation’s, peril.
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I agree w/ the other commenter–she surely didn’t have a lot of (even semi-non-shitty) choices, now did she?
[Hmmmm, OK, I’ll play, too…“I admire his ability to inspire unwavering, actionable loyalty in his followers, despite justifying it with–demonstrably false–100% weapons grade bullshit.” Howszat?!]
I never listened to him, so I can’t posit my own opinion, but someone whose judgment I do admire once said that Howard Stern could interview someone and ask questions in such a way that they got answered.
My impression was that rather than have Joe state his answer (as though he knew it for certain and had the evidence he could provide) as you’ve laid out, Stern would simply answer a non-answer w/ something like, “then I’ll just assume it’s Russia” and gauge the reaction to press again or add another assumption, “or China”.
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On the other hand, for a business that doesn’t commonly do large cash transactions, the cost of dealing with that money could be substantial. Have to count it, secure it, get it deposited, hope not to get hit with a structuring investigation… And it raises suspicions.
(Oddly, in real estate transactions, checks are considered cash – essentially anything that doesn’t mean there’s a representative of the bank hanging around at closing.)
@eddycollins Oliver Wendell Holmes said it first, but he must have been a chump: taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. (OK, that explains why trump and his ilk aren’t willing to pay)
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True. Any business that deals with a lot of cash is a potential money-launderer and draws scrutiny. I’ve made similar offers to contractors (will you cut a little off if I don’t use a credit card?) usually meaning, “I’ll write you a check (or have a cashier’s check for you),” rather than, “I’ll have a large stack of hundred dollar bills for you when you’re done.”
Verb sap. Don’t show up to a real estate closing with a suitcase full of hundreds.
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Oh, yeah. Credit card companies are the baby vampire squids.
He sounds well versed in money laundering. The real family business?
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About his “Buick”!
Old prosecutor’s trick.
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Remember how his daddy said how Obama could put to rest all the birther theories by releasing his ‘real birth certificate’ (yeah, the one Trump’s people are still working on - for how many years now?- to find and release to the public)? Well, his daddy could have followed his own advice in regards to the tax returns! But then the ‘youngun’ is as stup[id as his daddy!
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