No. Like I already stated, if this is the article that makes it clear to you that he is a chronic over exaggerator and consistently contradicts himself you're slow to the party.

You think it's tribalism when I have zero interest in Trump leading the US. All i'm saying is this article offers nothing to incriminate him (no fraud), and its a re-hash of displaying the same negative characteristics of him that have already been on display.

If you're trying to hail the article as "look he contradicts himself you should be concerned" i'd say your a fucking idiot, everyone who remotely cares about such things already knows that since he's constantly done it for 4 years.

The idea that the only standard for incriminating a politician is information that reveals a crime is factually untrue. That's an absurd claim. The article revealed a bunch of new information that is concerning.

The news worthiness of an article isn't solely determined by political fallout. Trump is President... just because you don't care about any of the information doesn't mean it's not news worthy. And just because it confirms what Trump critics already know about him doesn't mean it's not an important and concerning article.

I'm not even referring to you in my posts... I have no idea who you are, besides a guy spamming "nothing matters lulz" over and over.

This post was edited by IceMage on Sep 28 2020 04:41pm

One month from election. With sources that can't be disclosed
No fraud claim.
Tax on wealthy has been discussed since before I was born and has been near the forefront of taxation without legislators doing much (some on the Canadian front).
Articles claim would confirm trump has exaggerated business results (of which has been discussed nearly since day one)

I'd say it's about as newsworthy as Tuckers one on one sessions are.

I'd say the most concerning thing about the article is that IRS has a potential leak that is driven by political motivation. But we wont know because sources cant be disclosed of course. Naturally to protect those who are actually breaking the law.

This post was edited by SBD on Sep 28 2020 04:53pm

"I don't care about it therefore it's not newsworthy and will have zero influence on the election" is certainly a hot take.

so per NYT’s own reporting, President Trump paid $1M in federal income taxes in 2016 and $4.2M in 2017. the $750 per year figure being touted are additional payments (ie - what you fork over on April 15 or October 15 if you do an extension, as you have been ‘making payments’ each time funds are withheld from your paychecks for taxes)



now these tax liabilities were offset by taking deductions and tax credits, but there were no refunds claimed for either year, and the $5.2M total paid was rolled forward to cover future potential tax obligations

https://mobile.twitter.com/alexthechick/status/1310558049858400256

so $5.2M in taxes paid over two years the NYT has uncovered. now as for not paying federal personal income taxes some years well uh..yeah quite the unknown bombshell! wait nvm lets look back to 2016

https://mobile.twitter.com/nytimes/status/785337783149797376

couple other items of note: NYT doesn’t actually have any of Trump’s returns, they just have other returns, cash movements, and employee compensation information (huh????)

oh and the best little tidbit is highlighted

Whatever blame or criticism voters are more than capable of figuring out on their own tbh. The fact that so much of the media dick rides him 24/7 pushes people like me to him because i'm against those in power trying to mold what to think and how to think about it.

That's right. As a staunch Democrat, I don't care what Biden does as long as his steel toe boot is on your throat. I am the most democratic Democrat to ever democracy.

Yeah, I was listening to some information on this as well. Ridiculous.

I think even the NYT article discloses it but the wording they use is weird, and they start the article with the mention of the $750 . With the probable obvious intention of misleading the reader.

I did see some outlets point out that Trump did a write-off paying his own daughter Ivanka as a business expense by utilizing her as a 'contractor'.

Also, I do think it is kind of funny how many Democrats are lambasting Trump over this and making this an issue about Trump, when really the story here is that our tax system seriously fucks over the average American at the expense of benefiting the very wealthy. This includes many Democrats whose own tax returns probably utilize many similar legal 'tax loopholes', etc. I don't really care to see so many Democrats and left-wing people bemoan Trump's taxes while also not acknowledging the bigger picture. I suppose I just wish less people were concerned with scoring points in the Orange Man Bad game and instead focused on making tangible, real-world change.

Ok that sig is pretty funny