Social Dems Formally Demand Trump Taxes

[CrazyN8]

....because Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. Also, Democrats didn't launch the Russia investigation....because, once again, they didn't control either house of Congress.

Fair enough, thank you

 

[Patrick Carey]

In response to the "don't you even care that he lied to you?" sentiment:
Not really. I'm not a trump supporter, but I don't really care about his taxes. I never thought he would release them and I don't think most of his supporters did either. I pretty much just assume that all politicians are corrupt and are using things like NPOs and campaigns to evade taxes and accept bribes. I'm cynical enough not to really care about his financial corruption one way or the other

Isn't it funny when leftists try and tell us what we care about? I never gave a shit about his tax returns since the IRS probably went through them with a fine comb.

The whole "he's not as rich and successful and he pretends to be" angle only would have worked before his first term since he obviously has helped America's economy

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Get ready for this to happen again

This. Didn't we already do the big reveal on Trump's taxes?

Perhaps someone can clarify the basis for this new political attack? Not the technicality of how they are making the request to the IRS, but what are the specific allegations being made that they want to investigate? Or is this is just another fishing expedition, like the Mueller probe?

 

[Prutfis]

Jesus. I have a life outside of here.

When have you spanked anything other than your monkey. PETA probably wants a word with you.

What is it you think you have?

Yeah right. Sure you have a life, when you can´t respond to actual information that you requested. lol. Run along and live out your masturbation fantasies little boy.

 

[MikeMcMann]

If only there was a government agency tasked with making sure your taxes were filed correctly...

Oh, wait...

Yes because if only such an agency existed that would end tax fraud.

Once you have such an agency tax fraud will never happen again.

 

[WTF2008]

Isn't it funny when leftists try and tell us what we care about? I never gave a shit about his tax returns since the IRS probably went through them with a fine comb.

The whole "he's not as rich and successful and he pretends to be" angle only would have worked before his first term since he obviously has helped America's economy

But he's also racist. Even though he's provided more jobs for black people than Obama ever did.

Also got more black people out of jail.
Wish there were more racists like him.

 

[WTF2008]

Yeah right. Sure you have a life, when you can´t respond to actual information that you requested. lol. Run along and live out your masturbation fantasies little boy.

Who the fuck are you?
Give me some information and I'll respond to it.

 

[andnowweknow]

This. Didn't we already do the big reveal on Trump's taxes?

Perhaps someone can clarify the basis for this new political attack? Not the technicality of how they are making the request to the IRS, but what are the specific allegations being made that they want to investigate? Or is this is just another fishing expedition, like the Mueller probe?

Succinctly, no. And there are a litany of reasons to want to see a president's tax returns who is hell bent on not letting people see them. Generally, and all the reasoning they need, is that is a public servant of the highest order and when he ran for and became president, the country has a RIGHT to know whether he is compromised or a criminal. I'm not sure how one defends the notion we don't have a right to see his returns other than they suspect it wont look good for team Trump (of course it won't).

And this new tack of "I don't care about his taxes" from the right is rich...literally all of his supporters seem to "not care" about all the shit he got elected based on and that he blatantly lied about.

And the law to do this isn't some obscure technicality...it's just a law and it has precedent for being in place.

 

[RoosterHucklebuck]

You would think that after Rachel Maddow got embarrassed with the 2005 returns that seeing any more of Trump's tax returns is the last thing that Dems would want to see.

They should concentrate on grooming a legitimate candidate to beat Trump in 2020 rather than look for desperate loopholes to try and nail him now.

I even posted here that once the Mueller report fell apart they were going to go back to his taxes. So predictable.

 

[andnowweknow]

You would think that after Rachel Maddow got embarrassed with the 2005 returns that seeing any more of Trump's tax returns is the last thing that Dems would want to see.

They should concentrate on grooming a legitimate candidate to beat Trump in 2020 rather than look for desperate loopholes to try and nail him now.

I laughed...

This is now the distraction. I hate to break it to you, but this stuff about being probed by the House is only going to get worse because Trump is going to fight them, inflaming the "what's he hiding" notion.

 

[Falsedawn]

But he's also racist. Even though he's provided more jobs for black people than Obama ever did.

Also got more black people out of jail.
Wish there were more racists like him.

Trends, how the fuck do they work?

You clearly don't know.

 

[cincymma79]

This. Didn't we already do the big reveal on Trump's taxes?

Perhaps someone can clarify the basis for this new political attack? Not the technicality of how they are making the request to the IRS, but what are the specific allegations being made that they want to investigate? Or is this is just another fishing expedition, like the Mueller probe?

Basically this, with the raccoon being any hope of getting trump
Collusion
Ok obstruction
Ok taxes
Ok change the rules of voting

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Succinctly, no. And there are a litany of reasons to want to see a president's tax returns who is hell bent on not letting people see them. Generally, and all the reasoning they need, is that is a public servant of the highest order and when he ran for and became president, the country has a RIGHT to know whether he is compromised or a criminal. I'm not sure how one defends the notion we don't have a right to see his returns other than they suspect it wont look good for team Trump (of course it won't).

And this new tack of "I don't care about his taxes" from the right is rich...literally all of his supporters seem to "not care" about all the shit he got elected based on and that he blatantly lied about.

And the law to do this isn't some obscure technicality...it's just a law and it has precedent for being in place.

1. So we haven't seen any of his taxes before, and there was never a moment in the last few years in which major media figures made a big deal about having Trump's taxes? I think you are misremembering.
2. I agree that there are a lot of reasons Trump's political enemies, allies, and the public at large would like to see his taxes. Not sure that means a subpoena is justified.
3. I'm not sure I'm persuaded that there is a right to know in this case I think the public has a right to know a lot of government information, but these are a government official's personal taxes, no? Where do we draw the line?
4. I certainly care about things like fraud and.or government corruption, which I find quite plausible in a case like Trump's. However, the constant political fishing expeditions based on little or no evidence, or worse, based on manufactured evidence, have their own political price. Part of that price imo is a public inured to new baseless accusations.
5. We've just finished two years of exhaustive investigation into the president and his cohorts. Is lack of transparency really a key problem right now?

 

[Damien Karras]

And after reading a superb analysis, I'm left worrying you will have it erased in the minds of the Trump troglodytes as you referenced Adolf Hitler. You did so correctly.

Your characterization of the IRS ability to spot financial crimes is off though, they would have nowhere near the context for Trump's returns that Congress now has.

yeah I'm more confident in my anlaysis of his psychological pathology than I am in the ability for the IRS to sort through his finances.

but the comparison to Hitler should remain, though the context needs to be considered. Hitler made some strategic mistakes against the advice of his generals to continue eastward thus spreading his army too thin. Narcissists live to build empires and they are overcome by an illusion of grandeur. They usually embark in near impossible projects without consideration of resources to attain them. Hitler thought he could invade all of Europe in a matter of a few years, but didn't consider the possibility that he didn't yet have the army to do so. Trump wants a wall on the Mexican border with his name on it, he wants to reform health care and remove Obama's name from what they currently have so it can be replaced by something with his name (remember the interview where he said he could provide free health care and when the interviewer asked how they would pay for it he simply stated "we'll save so much on all the other stuff" ?) He wants the largest military in U.S history, he wanted military parades... it won't stop. Thank god congress has been taken over by the Dems so they can put a halt to his ridiculous ego-driven desires before he causes serious damage to the economy. His Republican acolytes will be judged in history as being the enablers of the damage caused to the country.

 

[RoosterHucklebuck]

So what is next after they finally get his tax returns and it turns out to be Rachel Maddow's "Big Blockbuster Reveal" all over again?

Are we then moving back to kids in cages at the border? Stormy Daniels? Puerto Rico? WW3 with North Korea? Shithole countries?

 

[Jack V Savage]

ASSumption.
Gonna need to qualify those accusations Jack.

Dude is the only President in our generation not profiting from being President.
But he's the corrupt one.

This is the opposite of reality. He's the first president to use the job to personally enrich himself (and the fact that he broke the tradition of presidents providing their tax forms makes it impossible to see all the possible conflicts of interest he has).

 

[Dacoda]

It's about fucking time.

What will it take to prove to the retards this piece of shit is corrupt?

Your hatred for trump consumes you lol

 

[Seano]

Trump is way less rich than he says, spoilers. No one cares about the obvious conflicts of interests so far, why care now?

The guy owns massive amounts of desirable real estate, Casinos and motels as well as stake in shit we haven't even heard of.

The fantasy that he's some poor person in disguise is silly.

 

[kpt018]

I'm not sure if the tax returns will reveal anything that we don't know already. We know that he is very likely a tax cheat (we know his father was), that he has business interests all over the world (creating massive conflicts of interests), he's not as rich as he claims (tax returns won't reveal this anyway), that he tried to do a business deal with Russia while in office (and while running), etc..

I totally support getting the returns for transparency and getting them into the hands of Congress to investigate wrong doing. But I have doubts we'll learn anything we don't already know. Am I missing something?

 

[Jack V Savage]

The guy owns massive amounts of desirable real estate, Casinos and motels as well as stake in shit we haven't even heard of.

The fantasy that he's some poor person in disguise is silly.

You're misunderstanding the point. No one thinks he's poor, but it appears that his net worth (at least before becoming president) is in the hundred millions rather than the $9B he claimed.