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View Poll Results: What were you expecting Trump's tax returns might show?
Vastly understating income to avoid taxes, but hiding it for his public image of a super-rich person. 6 20.69%
Questionable payments to or from other countries, such as Russia. 0 0%
Political donations to him that were folded into his personal money. 2 6.90%
Fraud in his businesses. 0 0%
Stinginess in charitable giving or illegal self-dealing with charities. 1 3.45%
Huge amounts spent on vanity/personal expenditures - cosmetic surgery, escorts, lawyers, etc. 0 0%
Little or no improprieties, because most illegalities were prior to the presidency; while president, Trump was more careful. 1 3.45%
Nothing much improper; Trump was withholding them just out of stubborn arrogance. 19 65.52%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-30-2022, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Retired in VT; previously MD & NJ
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I am sure the are perfectly legal. Despite what Trump haters will say. The very wealthy use armies of accountants to make sure everything is done legally. Which doesn't mean he hasn't taken advantage of every tax loophole and strategy that the accountants/lawyers can get away with. Which is what every American should do and I am sure even those who hate him the most do to the best of their ability. Or perhaps left or right there is somebody out there who wants to give the Government more money. And if so that person should have a mental examination
All of a sudden we have people (you and others) assuming that accountants and lawyers are all fine upstanding people who would never do wrong.

Ask Weisselberg and Cohen how that works.

 
Old 12-30-2022, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Cape Cod
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What did Bernie once say about Hillary "Enough with the Damn Emails!" I think we all could be saying the same about Trump's taxes "ENOUGH with the Damn Taxes" already.



WHO CARES? The Dems were hoping for a smoking gun to finally get him on something but what is really there is what intelligent people already knew. Trump has a team of accountants to ensure that he takes advantage of every tax law and loop hole so he pays as little as possible. Has there ever been anyone that willingly pays the IRS more than they are required??



I think the poll choices were anti Trump so I didn't click on any of them.



Trump is probably the most investigated person in the History of America and the Dems are trying to tell us that somehow he avoided the IRS? The IRS is out to get him and any Conservative that makes too much noise. It is ridiculous to think that they would give him a pass.



The Taxes are a BIG Nothing Burger and now that they are out can we finally move on and get to more important tax dodging issues such as what Biden did with the 10% kickbacks he was getting from his son...... (Mouse drop)
 
Old 12-30-2022, 02:51 PM
 
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I find it funny that every choice paints him in a negative light, especially the stubborn arrogance. Could have said 'Because he was being stubborn'

How about a choice that says 'I don't care'?

How about a choice that says trump was under no obligation to ever provide them.
 
Old 12-30-2022, 02:55 PM
 
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What did Bernie once say about Hillary "Enough with the Damn Emails!" I think we all could be saying the same about Trump's taxes "ENOUGH with the Damn Taxes" already.



WHO CARES? The Dems were hoping for a smoking gun to finally get him on something but what is really there is what intelligent people already knew. Trump has a team of accountants to ensure that he takes advantage of every tax law and loop hole so he pays as little as possible. Has there ever been anyone that willingly pays the IRS more than they are required??



I think the poll choices were anti Trump so I didn't click on any of them.



Trump is probably the most investigated person in the History of America and the Dems are trying to tell us that somehow he avoided the IRS? The IRS is out to get him and any Conservative that makes too much noise. It is ridiculous to think that they would give him a pass.



The Taxes are a BIG Nothing Burger and now that they are out can we finally move on and get to more important tax dodging issues such as what Biden did with the 10% kickbacks he was getting from his son...... (Mouse drop)
To the bold only. We could also say "What difference at this point does it make?"
 
Old 12-30-2022, 02:56 PM
 
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I don't expect to see anything improper. Now, if one of his accounting teams did file something wrong, I have no doubt that Trump would fire them and hire someone more competent.

Some act like he's sitting at his computer doing Turbotax and entering zeros.
 
Old 12-30-2022, 03:01 PM
 
Location: 23.7 million to 162 million miles North of Venus
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What a bunch of garbage questions!

Your bias is GLARING!

You do know he is audited a LOT and NOTHING ILLEGAL has been found!

Are you claiming you know MORE then all the IRS auditors?
Yep! It is always easy to see that if the experts don't tell the left what they want to hear, then the left always knows better than them.

It is an extremely slanted poll. I'll go with "I don't care" as an answer. IF the Constitution had made it a requirement for those seeking political office to provide their taxes, then I'd care...but it doesn't.
 
Old 12-30-2022, 03:17 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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His tax returns are exactly what I expected. Paper losses due to large amounts of expense write-offs, cost segregation and depreciation. Typical stuff for real estate developers.

The problem is the masses (including many congressmen) aren't sophisticated enough to understand what paper losses actually mean, hence all the comments like "See what a bad businessman he is. He lost money every year."

The people that are disappointed that there isn't a smoking gun actually expected line items labeled "bribes to Russia" or "payments to escorts".
 
Old 12-30-2022, 03:20 PM
 
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The people that are disappointed that there isn't a smoking gun actually expected line items labeled "bribes to Russia" or "payments to escorts".
Seriously...it's like they expected some new schedule 1040-XXX page that actually has line items like "all my illegal stuff" and some actual number there.

Morons.
 
Old 12-30-2022, 03:21 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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After all this time, what were your expectations of what might be in Trump's tax returns, considering that he fought against releasing them for so long, even lying in saying he couldn't because he was being audited, even though he knew that wasn't a factor?
I went with understating income, but I could also very much see him just hiding them to annoy everyone who wanted them so badly.
 
Old 12-30-2022, 03:43 PM
 
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After all this time, what were your expectations of what might be in Trump's tax returns, considering that he fought against releasing them for so long, even lying in saying he couldn't because he was being audited, even though he knew that wasn't a factor?
Your poll is poorly framed. It should be multiple choice!
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