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Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 07:56 PM Dec 2016

Now --more than ever-- we need to see Trump's income taxes

Trump is running the highest stakes gamble possible, a con on a global stage.

He is DEEP in debt with Russia and he owes them. So they help him get elected to do their bidding and now he's pulling everyone along on this incredibly treasonous gamble to do Putin's bidding in order to cover his debts.

The GOP has fallen behind this guy, all because he easily manipulated their base (they've been programmed to believe his crap after years of rightwing radio and FoxNews BS) and he's gotten elected POTUS (with the help of Russian aid).

It's freaking insanity, it's the plot of thriller movie. But it seems to be real life.

However-- it could come crashing down so easily if we pull the right threads, and the GOP would be absolutely ruined as a party, after they backed him throughout this campaign.

We NEED TO SEE HIS TAXES. That is the thread we need to pull.

How incredibly wrong is it, that we haven't seen his taxes yet??? They HAVE to be shown. We must DEMAND it.

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Now --more than ever-- we need to see Trump's income taxes (Original Post) Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 OP
I agree 100% volstork Dec 2016 #1
we need to press our representatives to get this information Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #4
+1000 I wholehearted agree! Well said! skylucy Dec 2016 #2
I'll second that. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #3
highly unlikely he will show "russian aid" on his taxes :-) nt msongs Dec 2016 #5
They've admitted to a large cash stream coming in, lessened greatly by sanctions as well as bettyellen Dec 2016 #7
you're right, but the exact income stream and related details will provide much insight into his Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #11
K & R... dhill926 Dec 2016 #6
it's absolute insanity... we need to stoke the outrage and keep up the pressure Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #10
Now --more than ever-- we need to see Trump's income taxes. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #8
don't the people of the US have anything to do with it??? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #9
yes we have a right to see it but bdamomma Dec 2016 #12
It is our damn right to see what entanglements this president-elect is entangled in. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #14
sadly, you're right... none of those in power benefit from exposing this scam Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #18
K & R creeksneakers2 Dec 2016 #13
He'll release then February 31st. briv1016 Dec 2016 #15
oh, haha! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #16
They will never be released oberliner Dec 2016 #17
even George W Bush's ethics lawyer siad he needs to release them Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #19
Does not matter oberliner Dec 2016 #21
I guess our only hope is that there's some subset of Repubs who care about this who will team up w Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #23
Perhaps Meredith McIver is his tax preparer. If we could only find her... randome Dec 2016 #20
haha, indeed... but even that McIver thing shows what a house of cards he's built Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #24
I don't think it can, and the fall will be epic. randome Dec 2016 #27
That and malaise Dec 2016 #22
We have a better chance of seeing Melania's hoo hah... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #25
haha! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #26
Someone will have to commit a crime JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #28
aren't there any hackers who are patriotic Americans? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #29
He says he is being audited and nobody cares except the press Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #30

volstork

(5,394 posts)
1. I agree 100%
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 08:00 PM
Dec 2016

but who is going to do it?

Someone has the ability to make this information public, but who is it?

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. They've admitted to a large cash stream coming in, lessened greatly by sanctions as well as
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 09:16 PM
Dec 2016

Probably a great deal of debt to Russian and Chinese lenders. All of that is significant.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
11. you're right, but the exact income stream and related details will provide much insight into his
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 12:11 AM
Dec 2016

situation-- specifically how deeply in debt he is.

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
8. Now --more than ever-- we need to see Trump's income taxes.
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 09:21 PM
Dec 2016

Not gonna see them unless he falls out with his russian boy toy putin tang. tRumputin actually trusts that ex-KGB ass. putin knows that tRumputin's his "useful idiot," so he'll hold those taxes over his orange, white, gray, green or whatever color that nasty thing on his lacquered head is. tRumputin's playing nice with his boy toy, and they're talking love talk to one another nightly (putin tang really thinks he's a useful idiot, but tRumputin's in love with the ex-kgb mad man), so those taxes aren't gonna be seen anytime soon, or unless tRumputin says "nyet" to his boy toy about anything he (kgb-boy) wants to DO.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
9. don't the people of the US have anything to do with it???
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 12:00 AM
Dec 2016

It is our damn right to see what entanglements this president-elect is entangled in.

bdamomma

(63,654 posts)
12. yes we have a right to see it but
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 12:24 AM
Dec 2016

do you think he cares what we think, he is definitely hiding something. He is in debt and owes people so much money. He doesn't care about the Presidency he is capitalizing on it. I hope he gets what's coming to him and he will take the Republican party down with him. I hope we can recover from his wrath.

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
14. It is our damn right to see what entanglements this president-elect is entangled in.
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 02:58 AM
Dec 2016

Hey, I totally agree with you

However, whose gonna make him show us his taxes? We KNOW that filthy, low-down, dirty criminal will never show his taxes voluntarily because he'd be exposing himself on so many fronts ...many of which whorld show how beholden he IS to the ruskies/puppet master putin (Who undoubtedly holds his taxes over his lacquered, and very empty head as blackmail) and God who knows who else, and he'd also be showing a trail which leads to the many illegal activities he's involved in which would be cause for investigations which would lead to impeachment (And we know any investigation against him isn't happening with Jason "The GOP cut more funding to the embassy, yet Benghazi's ALL Hillary Clinton's fault" Chaffetz in there. Not surprise he's not having anymore investigations into Hillary/Benghazi).

We have mostly feckless, corporate bunch of tRumputin shills for journalists. They don't care about what he does--as long as they reap the benefit of him bringing in ratings to their networks so they can sell add dollars ... Don't need to go any further on that.

And while the thuglicans and tRumutin might have an uneasy and unholy alliance, they need the orange anus in their as a vehicle so that THEY can REALLY destroy/privatize Social Security, Medicare, education, health care and weaken the EPA, banking regulations and the like which benefit "the people" and hurt the folks they serve and are beholden to--their "1% masters" from making GOBS of money.

As for Democrats, they're still not quite on board with each other yet and even if they were, they have little to NO power to do much of anything to stop that orange living and breathing human anus.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
18. sadly, you're right... none of those in power benefit from exposing this scam
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 09:52 AM
Dec 2016

and Dems have no power and little spirit for this sort of thing.

I suppose if we citizens keep the pressure up on elected officials it could force them to make Trump show his taxes, but there will be too many battles for us to fight in the coming months/years and it will be too easy to let this slide.

But fuck, this is treasonous corruption on the biggest possible scale, and we CAN'T just let this go.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
21. Does not matter
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 10:00 AM
Dec 2016

Trump has nothing to gain by releasing them and cannot be compelled to do so legally.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
23. I guess our only hope is that there's some subset of Repubs who care about this who will team up w
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 10:21 AM
Dec 2016

Dems to pass something. It's possible in the Senate, probably not likely in the House.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
20. Perhaps Meredith McIver is his tax preparer. If we could only find her...
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 09:57 AM
Dec 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
24. haha, indeed... but even that McIver thing shows what a house of cards he's built
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 10:22 AM
Dec 2016

it's like one big scam after another, each one bigger to distract from the one below... it can't be sustainable, can it?

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
27. I don't think it can, and the fall will be epic.
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:09 AM
Dec 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
28. Someone will have to commit a crime
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:20 AM
Dec 2016

Either break in some place where hard copies exist or hack a place they are stored. Without one of those two actions occur - we won't see them.

I 100% agree with you. You are correct.

Unfortunately we don't have hackers or thieves on our side.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
29. aren't there any hackers who are patriotic Americans?
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 12:20 PM
Dec 2016

Of course Snowden was supposed to be a patriot and I still don't know what to make of him.

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