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10-10-2018, 03:13 PM #2826
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10-10-2018, 03:17 PM #2827
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Re: Russia, something or nothing?
I’ll add to that same boat description ...the same Trump supporters on it have proven truth only matters when it’s convenient.
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10-10-2018, 03:24 PM #2828
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So you two just stick to lying about my perspective and embellish things that I say in order to win the arguments. You two are so full of **** and worked up over things that you want to be because you think it helps you win an argument. You've obviously not interviewed anyone for a job before. They don't outright lie, but they sure don't bring up unflattering things about themselves and they sure as hell answer questions that are looking for weaknesses in ways that highlight their strengths.
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10-10-2018, 03:31 PM #2829
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Re: Russia, something or nothing?
And unfortunately there is no penalty for lying in congressional chambers. In fact it happens rather routinely. To think that you don't decide what is and is not important to be truthful about, and that you are evenhandedly punitive to all politicians that lie is about the most laughable thing I have ever heard. There literally would be no politicians if we held to that standard.
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10-10-2018, 05:33 PM #2830
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Those people are not interviewing for a position on the highest court in the USA. Shouldn't standards be just a bit higher for that than your regular Joe Blow interviewing for a regular job? Oh, and yes, I *have* actually interviewed people for jobs before - swing and a miss... However, my interviews have been completely technical, where we find out real quick if someone's lying or not because if they are, they can't answer the question.
And BS on saying I lie about your perspective or embellish things you say - cite if you have proof.
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10-10-2018, 07:15 PM #2831
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Re: Russia, something or nothing?
Dateline 2015
As Donald Trump tells it, he has been told no his entire life. For example, he said Monday, his father gave him a "small loan of a million dollars" that he had to repay with interest at the start of his career.
“Oh many times. I’ve been told no by him. My whole life, really has been a no," the Republican presidential candidate said during a town hall event in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on NBC's "Today."
“It has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me. I started off in Brooklyn. My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars," Trump remarked. "I came into Manhattan, and I had to pay him back, and I had to pay him back with interest. But I came into Manhattan and I started buying properties, and I did great."
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/...dollars-215154
That's not embellishment. He's a lying sack of ****. You said about that:
It's wrong. In my 29 years of running the business I started and the many years before that of managing people, I can tell you most don't lie or "embellish" about their experience. For the ones that do...it's still wrong. But please, tell us more about how truth and honesty does not matter to you.
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10-10-2018, 07:37 PM #2832
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l think we pretty much know, whether you call it intentional exaggeration or intentional imbellishment, its still lying and it's still not right. lts what we have with Trump but it's done by pretty much every politician out there. Trump just does it openly, poorly and where the media publicizes every fib he tells - which is a lot. He is a lying S of S but so is nearly everyone in DC. Stop telling us we breathe air, we know it.
As for how he got his money, he may lie about it, his accountants may have used tactics used only by the 1%, but unless what they did violates tax code, it's not necessarily illegal. lf they find it was illegal, then go get him, but that type of thing is usually done only with tax court or IRS OK or precident from prior tax court decision or IRS opinion -
even if he is a lying S of S.
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10-10-2018, 10:02 PM #2833
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Ever heard the saying "making a mountain out of a mole hill". Yeah...that.
You will pick a scab to death because it suits your world view, as the world is blowing up around you. But damn Trump lies. Well, no **** Sherlock.
In the mean time **** like this will get blown off like it's no big deal.
Obama Had a Secret Plan in Case Trump Rejected 2016 Election Results
I will give em credit though, it's a pretty ingenious idea.
Possible outcomes:
1. Trump loses, just forgets about it. Great.
2. Trump loses, hit him with the Russia stuff and pound him into submission
3. Trump wins, undermine the administration.
That's good stuff I tell you.
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10-10-2018, 11:10 PM #2834
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10-11-2018, 05:09 PM #2835
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10-11-2018, 09:26 PM #2837
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You read the article, right? Doesn't contradict any of the stuff you posted. It was just a blow by blow explanation of what they were looking at and the explanations given by the actors involved. It even lays out how many explanations there are for the look-ups. It could have been this, could have been that, etc.
And, yes, people in the intelligence community have been following Donald Trump's involvement with Russian banks and oligarchs. That's their job. I guess you could call it a spy ring, but, sorry man, you do business with mobsters there's going to be a "spy ring" looking into your business. Maybe you're going to have to come to terms with what Trump has been doing for the last 15-20 years.
You really have no concept of Trump's financial dealings, do you? It's like you first hear of Donald Trump in 2015...
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10-11-2018, 09:35 PM #2838
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Re: Russia, something or nothing?
Really?
If you give someone a million dollars interest free, that's a gift. You pay taxes on that gift. Super straight forward.
If you loan someone a million dollars, they pay interest on it and repay it with that interest. Not a gift.
His dad gave him hundreds of millions of dollars, interest free that he did not pay taxes on. He owes it.
It's only complicated or, to quote Sanders, "boring" because it was constructed that way, but it's really one of the most simple things of the tax code.
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10-11-2018, 09:37 PM #2839
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10-12-2018, 09:16 AM #2841
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10-12-2018, 09:18 AM #2842
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Because tax law affords the opportunity to be less than forthright with the IRS is not exactly my problem, nor do I begrudge those that take advantage of these "loopholes" or whatever you want to call them.
Take your ***** envy hat off for a moment and really try to examine it. In this case you really can't because you only have about 1/8th of the info needed to come to a conclusion. Which is why I didn't come to a conclusion.
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10-12-2018, 09:19 AM #2843
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10-15-2018, 12:01 PM #2844
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Re: Russia, something or nothing?
It's stuff like that...
Take your ***** envy hat off for a moment and really try to examine it.
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Your openness to spying on US citizens is slightly concerning.
Because tax law affords the opportunity to be less than forthright with the IRS is not exactly my problem, nor do I begrudge those that take advantage of these "loopholes" or whatever you want to call them.
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10-15-2018, 12:10 PM #2845
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When I don't have enough evidence to draw a conclusion, I don't draw one. I don't say it's potentially fraud. I say there isn't enough evidence. Apparently we diverge on this opinion. Not sure what else to do about that.
Again, tax law is incredibly complex, and not something I expect the New York Times to have a firm handle on at any given time.
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10-15-2018, 04:23 PM #2846
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10-15-2018, 04:27 PM #2847
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10-15-2018, 04:57 PM #2848
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Why would you think that about the NYT? I'd expect them to know/be able to contact tax attorneys/accountants that have intimate tax law knowledge and are experts any time they have any tax questions, it's not like they're some local outfit that publishes a 10-page weekly rag, they're the New York Times...
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10-15-2018, 06:18 PM #2849
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How about multiple other stories of questionable accuracy or completion run about Trump since he started his Presidential campaign? Yes, I'm sure they have access to forensic accountants who would love nothing more than to catch The Donald in some sort of scam, however, as l said earlier, l doubt seriously the family didn't undertake the loan without running it through the accountants on Trumps payroll. The 1%ers use IRS Private rulings and tax court decisions to justify deals that make legal for them, transactions that you and l can't get. I've seen it done quite a few times while working with some of that category. I doubt it was as simple as Dad writing Donald a birthday check.
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10-15-2018, 06:29 PM #2850
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When is Trump going to order the FBI & DOJ to investigate the Cruz connection to the JFK assination?
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