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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,420
    The presidency and serving the president ages people. This one more than others for some reason. It's only been 196 days but it appears to be 7 years. Noting that is the same as voting for and defending a pussy grabber in chief, in case you were wondering.

    Did anyone else notice Jared dear boy and Ivanka moved back to New York? Must be getting their affairs in order. Or they prefer Sing Sing or Danbury over Lorton?
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  • dignin said:

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
    When deals are struck between family members... I do not really have a problem with them.

    A father should be able to 'gift' condos to his son let alone sell them to him at a discounted price.

    Yes. I know. The law doesn't allow for that. I'm just saying for all of Trump's grievous and unethical offences... this one doesn't bother me as much.

    Oh yeah. He's orange.
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    dignin said:

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
    When deals are struck between family members... I do not really have a problem with them.

    A father should be able to 'gift' condos to his son let alone sell them to him at a discounted price.

    Yes. I know. The law doesn't allow for that. I'm just saying for all of Trump's grievous and unethical offences... this one doesn't bother me as much.

    Oh yeah. He's orange.
     I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    dignin said:

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
    When deals are struck between family members... I do not really have a problem with them.

    A father should be able to 'gift' condos to his son let alone sell them to him at a discounted price.

    Yes. I know. The law doesn't allow for that. I'm just saying for all of Trump's grievous and unethical offences... this one doesn't bother me as much.

    Oh yeah. He's orange.
    Remember that these are company A controlled by Trump to company B controlled by Trump Jr.  This is not a personal family to family transaciton.  It's different because the laws offer other protections to businesses (like protection of personal assets, tax breaks, etc.), so it' is fraudulent to try to take advantage of both sides... benefits of personal and benefits of business. 
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,588
    edited August 2017
    JC29856 said:
    so if when Trump himself is not brought up on charges he "colluded" with Putin Russia where do the approval ratings go?
    wasn't that the original narrative? Trump Putin
    certainly appears that the "Russia hacking our democracy in 2016 investigation" has morphed into investigating "Trump campaign associates financial dealings".

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/01/five_theories_on_trumps_stable_approval_rating__134624.html
    Looks like they're going with obstruction of justice. I am curious about his ratings post-impeachment. Some still liked Nixon years later. 
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  • mrussel1 said:
    dignin said:

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
    When deals are struck between family members... I do not really have a problem with them.

    A father should be able to 'gift' condos to his son let alone sell them to him at a discounted price.

    Yes. I know. The law doesn't allow for that. I'm just saying for all of Trump's grievous and unethical offences... this one doesn't bother me as much.

    Oh yeah. He's orange.
    Remember that these are company A controlled by Trump to company B controlled by Trump Jr.  This is not a personal family to family transaciton.  It's different because the laws offer other protections to businesses (like protection of personal assets, tax breaks, etc.), so it' is fraudulent to try to take advantage of both sides... benefits of personal and benefits of business. 
    I get that, but it is still kind of a grey area for me.

    I do not want the government weighing in on how I do business with my son.
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    I think Jared and Ivanka are right where we left them.
    There was a WAPO Joe Scarborough op-ed urging them TO move back to NY entitled  Ivanka and Jared, move back to New York
    the comma makes a difference.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,420
    Tiki said:
    I think Jared and Ivanka are right where we left them.
    There was a WAPO Joe Scarborough op-ed urging them TO move back to NY entitled  Ivanka and Jared, move back to New York
    the comma makes a difference.
    Odd. Jared dear boy was assigned Middle East peace making and reinventing government and had to redo his security clearance form 3 times. Jared dear boy, where you at? And where did "we" leave them?
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    edited August 2017
    Under a pile of impossible to achieve goals dumped on him by his father-in-law...he's not qualified to wash my dishes let alone be involved IN ANY WAY with high stakes diplomacy.
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  • Tiki said:
    Under a pile of impossible to achieve goals dumped on him by his father-in-law...he's not qualified to wash my dishes let alone be involved IN ANY WAY with high stakes diplomacy.
    Trump sorely underestimated the complexity of the job. He's in so far over his head- it's tantamount to me thinking my OFA Level II first aid is enough to perform surgeries with.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,283
    dignin said:

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
    It could be that tRump was trying to generate capital losses on his return.  Problem is that a loss from a sale to a related party is not deductible.

    He's fucked either way
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,968
    edited August 2017
    As I read this, I just kept thinking...a house divided against itself cannot stand. :( It's incredibly sad what's happening to our nation.
    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/04/trump-steele-dossier-russia-241299
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    dignin said:

    This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud

    Two tax lawyers break down the president’s sale of two condos to his son.



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/this-trump-real-estate-deal-looks-awfully-like-criminal-tax-fraud/2017/08/03/653055fe-786e-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.5f0777428d1d
    It could be that tRump was trying to generate capital losses on his return.  Problem is that a loss from a sale to a related party is not deductible.

    He's fucked either way
    Yep.. an excellent point.  Penny wise..dollar foolish.
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,420
    edited August 2017
    Kat said:
    As I read this, I just kept thinking...a house divided against itself cannot stand. :( It's incredibly sad what's happening to our nation.
    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/04/trump-steele-dossier-russia-241299
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  • josevolution
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    ^^^
    They won't take to the streets.  That is too much like marching that the radlibs love to do on their spare time to accomplish nothing.  They will take it within.  President Trump loves clearing space and giving tweets about his progress. No marching required.

    Your orange hero will be the 1st president ever in our history to take the 5th , there is no marching required the legal process is well in motion ! 
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,616
    Tiki said:
    Under a pile of impossible to achieve goals dumped on him by his father-in-law...he's not qualified to wash my dishes let alone be involved IN ANY WAY with high stakes diplomacy.
    Trump sorely underestimated the complexity of the job. He's in so far over his head- it's tantamount to me thinking my OFA Level II first aid is enough to perform surgeries with.
    I don't know whether he underestimated or flat out did not consider it.  It was all about the novelty of being President from day 1.  I question whether he once even thought (so, I wonder what I'm actually going to do.  And how much of it I'm going to do.).

    When everyone was focusing on the gross things he said, I was thinking about how egregiously unqualified he was (and "in over his head" occurred to me on occasion).  Bill Clinton was just as disgusting of a person as Trump.  But he at least took the right path to the office and cared about the job. What a difference that makes.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,856
    OnWis97 said:
     Bill Clinton was just as disgusting of a person as Trump. 
    Completely disagree.  The intern thing was/is very bad and shows a major character flaw.... but Trump seems to have zero redeeming qualities.  
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    Bill Clinton may have been a serial cheater, but he didn't revel in cruelty to everyday people.  
  • ^^^
    It was a pretty cruel thing to do to his wife.

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