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It looks like great reporting highlighting issues voters should consider


I don't think I need to spend time summarizing a really long article for you, as you are one of the few smart conservatives left on here (hence you not voting for Trump). A few highlights from memory:

- The optics of how little he pays are terrible, not remotely a surprise but voters deserve to know this
- Also no surprise, his most profitable activities were being a celebrity and stiffing lenders. Not being a businessman or a real estate developer where if his returns are true he was running big operating losses before the pandemic
- His properties like the DC hotel and Mar a Lago are benefiting from him being president
- I didn't read anything saying definitively he broke the law or was a tax cheat, but there's a ton of smoke there that hopefully the IRS will sort out. And his family is very much mixed up in these items. His eagerness to appoint lackey's and exert pressure on agencies should be concerning.
- To me the conclusion was not that he was a tax cheat (although he may be), but that Trump has some major debts coming due and a potential 9 figure audit loss, which combined would mean he needs to come up with more than $400M in a few years with very little liquid holdings. Adding to many other opportunities documented where he could have conflicts of interest with foreign governments.

To know how this piece is evidence that the NYT's is biased and doesn't feature great investigative journalism is my question back to you. This man has presented himself as a genius businessman whose wealth makes him impossible to buy. The NYT serves up additional evidence that he's a terrible businessman and potentially facing desperate financial circumstances.

(In response to this post by Moneyshot)

Posted: 09/27/2020 at 8:34PM



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NYT with another Trump tax return exclusive -- WahooMatt05 09/27/2020 5:28PM
  I'm just guessing depreciation expense. ** -- psychobilly 09/27/2020 7:14PM
  Delete** -- Seattle .Hoo 09/27/2020 8:20PM
  Well, I am an expert in it. It's my job as a CPA. -- psychobilly 09/27/2020 8:30PM
  Good. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 09/27/2020 8:45PM
  A tax deduction for $70K in hairstyling? ** -- DanTheFan 09/27/2020 7:25PM
  Judging by the results he's getting ripped off. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 09/27/2020 8:12PM
  TLDR: He's both a terrible businessman and a crook. ** -- VAGentleman05 09/27/2020 7:05PM
  Trumpists: This proves he's a smart businessman! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 09/27/2020 6:46PM
  If ah wuz rich ah'd cheat on ma taxes, too! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 09/27/2020 7:06PM
  Lol ... I DJ’d Alan Gartens wedding -- CharlestonSC 09/27/2020 6:33PM
  Was "Money" or "Hotline Bling" on the playlist? ** -- DanTheFan 09/27/2020 6:39PM
  Numbers have a noted liberal bias ** -- Plano Hoo 09/27/2020 6:24PM
  Mario Rubio, 2016: Trump is a con artist. -- DanTheFan 09/27/2020 6:18PM
  They all knew/know. And they don’t care -- WahooMatt05 09/27/2020 6:20PM
  "taxes" ** -- Plano Hoo 09/27/2020 6:13PM
  Yeah, but probably actual taxes, too ** -- Hoo TV 09/27/2020 6:19PM
  You are correct. -- Plano Hoo 09/27/2020 7:01PM
  Who says he isn’t both lying and cheating? ** -- WahooMatt05 09/27/2020 6:08PM
  I think my big question would be... -- tchoo 09/27/2020 6:08PM
  That's your big question? Wow...desperate. ** -- hoothat 09/27/2020 6:17PM
  That’s your post? Wow .... desperate ** -- DTsBicep 09/27/2020 9:57PM
  Right -- tchoo 09/27/2020 6:12PM
  Not surprising, but his cult will rationalize it somehow. ** -- hokie in cville 09/27/2020 5:57PM
  He probably paid it from his foundation too. Ha ** -- hooshouse 09/27/2020 5:50PM
  King of Debt ** -- hooshouse 09/27/2020 5:35PM
  Harry Reid was probably the source ** -- HokieDan95 09/27/2020 5:33PM
  All you got Francis? ** -- HiwasseeHoo 09/27/2020 6:13PM

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