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Mamajami

(257 posts)
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 09:18 AM Oct 2016

Help me out. Trump lost almost a billion dollars at a time when all the bubbles were in place?

My personal financial situation was never better during the 1990's. So the Trump people are saying that it was a bad time and everybody had problems? Please check me if I am wrong.

Wasn't during the era of the ENRONS and other scams by the wealthy?

To brag about stiffing the government by not paying taxes should not be a proud moment for Trump. Don't people understand that our taxes pay for our health, safety, military, research, space programs, education, farm subsidies, small business, and civil services? To paint taxes as bad is defeating stability of our government (think Greece here) and sends some people over the edge. Who do those living in the Red states thinks pays for disaster relief, FEMA etc.?

I think the 1% are going to be angry at Trump for bragging about not paying taxes because it is going to draw attention to exactly what Elizabeth Warren, Hillary, and Bernie have been saying. It is going to be much easier to get those loop holes closed after this provided we elect the right people to Congress.

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Help me out. Trump lost almost a billion dollars at a time when all the bubbles were in place? (Original Post) Mamajami Oct 2016 OP
Trump when asked what he's done for America, "I've built big things and created jobs." Hoyt Oct 2016 #1
 

Hoyt

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1. Trump when asked what he's done for America, "I've built big things and created jobs."
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 11:10 AM
Oct 2016

Or something like that. That's how he see it.

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