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Old 04-16-2019, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Richmond,VA
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Originally Posted by Enigma777 View Post
I agree that Bernie is a hypocrite, but he gave more than Trump did. In fact, Trump makes money off of charities--he does not give donations.

Does Bernie collect his salary for being a US Senator? Yeah, that's what I thought.
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Old 04-16-2019, 08:35 AM
 
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Does Bernie collect his salary for being a US Senator? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Does the tax payer subsidize Bernie's vacations by paying tens of millions to the resorts he owns? Yeah, that's what I thought.
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Old 04-16-2019, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Does the tax payer subsidize Bernie's vacations by paying tens of millions to the resorts he owns? Yeah, that's what I thought.
proof of the "tens of millions" please.
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Old 04-16-2019, 08:53 AM
 
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Burnie just can't walk the walk. He's all talk and no action. The same as he has been in congress for years.
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Old 04-16-2019, 09:03 AM
 
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Burnie just can't walk the walk. He's all talk and no action. The same as he has been in congress for years.
Bernie doesn't advocate for charity (having to beg) to pay for things. How is this hypocritical out of him? Did he vote for the tax cuts?
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Old 04-16-2019, 09:10 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Did he vote for the tax cuts?
Per his tax returns, Bernie happily took 'em (the tax cuts) and those tax cuts he didn't vote for reduced his taxes.

The Democratic socialist from Vermont, a man who rages against high earners paying a lower effective tax rate than blue-collar workers, saved himself thousands using many of the deductions and the tax rate that would be substantially higher under his own tax plan.
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Old 04-16-2019, 09:23 AM
 
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Well, that's 3.4 % more than we know of Trump giving so there's that.
We know Trump donates his presidential salary. That's a start.
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Old 04-16-2019, 09:26 AM
 
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Bernie and his wife gave 3.4% out of their income to charity. I didn't make their income and contributed more to charity percentage of income and dollar wise than this hypocrite and his wife. He talks about caring for the poor and needy, but doesn't follow his own espoused principles of charity.

Let's call it like it is, you would have complained regardless of how much he donated. The fact that he gave that much speaks volumes about how good of a man he is. I bet his 3.4 was a heck of a lot more than you or I put in together, so why complain ?
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Old 04-16-2019, 09:31 AM
 
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Per his tax returns, Bernie happily took 'em (the tax cuts) and those tax cuts he didn't vote for reduced his taxes.

The Democratic socialist from Vermont, a man who rages against high earners paying a lower effective tax rate than blue-collar workers, saved himself thousands using many of the deductions and the tax rate that would be substantially higher under his own tax plan.
That's the way it works. You have no argument. He voted against the cuts.
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Old 04-16-2019, 09:35 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, La. USA
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Your Forbes link is invalid and I wouldn't trust your other link, the smoking gun, which has extremely biased and likely fake news written all over it.
What news groups have sources that are valid, trustworthy, unbiased, and not fake news?

Or should news simply be judged by the following criteria, if a source says good things about Trump its trustworthy, and if a source says bad things about Trump its fake news?

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Trump does give to charities and has given more money away than loudmouth Bernie has earned in his entire life.
According to Foxbusiness Donald Trump has given little to none of his own money to charity.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...n-donald-trump

And according to Foxbusiness "the Trump foundation has admitted to violating the legal ban on “self-dealing,” meaning the charity’s funds were improperly used by an insider, their friends or family members."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...actually-going

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With that said, Trump is not the one ranting about wealth redistribution, socialists like Bernie are.
The term "wealth redistribution" is used by republicans to describe democrat policies, and its republicans who rant about "wealth redistribution."

Here's Rush Limbaugh in 2005 ranting about "wealth redistribution."
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2...sm_not_wealth/

Here's several search pages of Fox news ranting about "wealth redistribution."
https://www.google.com/search?q=weal...&bih=625&dpr=1

Here's the conservative Cato Institute ranting about "wealth redistribution."
https://www.cato.org/publications/co...redistribution
https://www.cato.org/publications/co...redistribution

Here's the conservative Heritage Foundation ranting about "wealth redistribution."
https://www.heritage.org/welfare/rep...-how-reform-it


Democrats rant about "wealth inequality, its republicans who rant about "wealth redistribution."
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