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Old 04-03-2017, 02:59 PM
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He's doing what every politician has been doing for years - taking money from one to subsidize another.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:07 PM
 
Location: DFW
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He may need some.

He just today gave the National Parks Service a check for $78,000 which is his salary to date.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:16 PM
 
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Just another way this greedy fool can take advantage of his position as President. But maybe he needs it for his legal fees since buying off those that sue him, is what he does best.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:37 PM
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Looking for a distraction from Trumps soon to be very successful week.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:41 PM
 
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Still haven't heard from the OP what the issue might be.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:45 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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Still haven't heard from the OP what the issue might be.

Especially since his predecessors all received income outside the Presidential salary from investments, or in President Obama's case book royalties, while in office.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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This is supposed to be a blind trust, remember? He decided to change the rules after that presser he had where he claimed he'd divested from everything.

“For tax purposes, it’s as if the trust doesn’t exist at all,” said Steven Rosenthal, a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. “It’s just an entity on paper, nothing more.”

Spicer was asked about it and shook it off, stating it came from a "left-wing blog". Really, ProPublica, a left-wing blog?
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:52 PM
 
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This is supposed to be a blind trust, remember?
So?

Are you saying that a President can't receive income from an investment that he does not control?
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:53 PM
 
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This is supposed to be a blind trust, remember? He decided to change the rules after that presser he had where he claimed he'd divested from everything.

“For tax purposes, it’s as if the trust doesn’t exist at all,” said Steven Rosenthal, a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. “It’s just an entity on paper, nothing more.”

Spicer was asked about it and shook it off, stating it came from a "left-wing blog". Really, ProPublica, a left-wing blog?
There is no such things as a "blind trust". That is just B.S. political speak to fool the masses. All politicians that claim to have a "blind trust" know what they are holding.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Houston
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When he shorts defense stocks and then proposes cutting military spending I will express concern.
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