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Originally Posted by Robbie
Here is the story on Bernie's taxes from The Huffington Post. There are plenty of other stories out there, but I picked a liberal media source so there would be no question.
Sanders took a shit ton of deductions (including eating lunch) and ended up paying 13.9%
I don't blame him at all. But it is hypocritical when he claims to be a Socialist:
Bernie Sanders Tax Return Sheds Light On Candidates Finances | The Huffington Post
Trump on the other hand in the leaked 2005 tax return paid 25% after deductions and wrote a nice check of $38 million dollars for that years tax on his net income.
Don't kill the messenger.  |
As usual Robbie is full of shit and taking a single example to make his case.
1st off Sanders has not used his position in govt to enrich himself at cost to the tax payers like 99% of all other congressmen do. You know like Trump is doing by charging the US govt money to house the secret service at the Trump Tower to protect his wife who wont live at the white house.. Just like he charges them in his FL resort as well..(this is all 100% legit for Robbie because cutting wasteful spending is only something Robbie whines about if he's Democrats doing it)
2nd that was 1 year of his returns. He use deductions just like anyone would and claiming that makes him a hypocrite is beyond dishonest..
As for Trump we actually have a few years of Trump's tax returns but of course you only focus on 1.. In one yes he paid 25% (1 year) and $38 million which yes is a lot of money.
However we all know Trump makes use of off shore tax havens and if we had a "real" accounting to his "real" income that wasn't hidden behind 500 different corporations then I'd bet he paid closer to Bernie's 13%..
As I mentioned, we have more records from Trump and the other ones showed he paid "zero" dollars in taxes.. The previous records were from the 70's & the 90's. In the 70's it was shown he paid no taxes at all. In the 95 he submitted a $915 million loss. Meaning he didn't pay taxes in 1995 and most likely several years beyond that.
Trump's 25% for that 1 year is likely the "most" he's ever paid and it's very likely he specifically leaked that single bit of tax information himself to get people like you to buy into his BS..
The only "FAIR" tax system is a use tax.. Meaning you should only get taxed on money you spend and everyone is the same rate. No way to dodge that other than not spending and that's exactly why that system is not used, because it would hurt the economy.