Why Trump doesn’t want to reveal tax returns
David Kay Johnston won a Pulitzer covering tax-related issues for the New York Times.
Donald has long, deep mob connections. One of the charges that sent Fat Tony Salerno, the number one mobster in America, to prison involved doing business with Donald Trump. If we had Trump’s tax returns we’d have detailed knowledge of the entities — the partnerships and trusts – that he’s dealing with. From there, public disclosure records could lead us to other people who are involved with these businesses, and we would see whether he continues to be involved with the Mafia. We know that he was, until very recently, very involved with a Russian mobster and scam artist. I’m confident that if we had his full tax returns, we would find out a lot about Donald’s connections to people who are criminals or who behave in atrocious ways.
Also, Trump claims to be a great philanthropist. But if you have zero income on your tax return — or negative income – then giving to charity has no value to you. Trump hasn’t donated a penny to The Donald J. Trump Foundation since 2006, and most of the money that’s in the foundation came from vendors and business partners. Their donations were really a form of kickback. A legal form of kickback, but a kickback nonetheless.
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tracey marie March 20th, 2016 at 13:37
Not many wealthy people do not deal with criminals to build their own personal wealth.
nola878 March 20th, 2016 at 14:15
“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime”
Balzac
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 05:50
“Balzac”
Yours talks?
George Hale March 22nd, 2016 at 15:14
Balzac wrote with literary realism. To him the facts defined everything.
George Hale March 20th, 2016 at 13:59
Speculation. You’re spending too much time in the checkout line tabloids, Alan.
Comicus March 20th, 2016 at 14:53
His business dealings with La Cosa Nostra are well documented. Research into Trump tax returns would only expand the documentation.
tracey marie March 20th, 2016 at 15:02
He will not, he believes trump is honest and good.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 03:37
You should not speculate what I believe unless I tell you.
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 05:49
Ummm… if you told her, she wouldn’t be speculating, would she?
English can be soooo confusing…
Hirightnow March 21st, 2016 at 06:18
For a larf, go through his Disqus postings; the classic Trump apologist, complete with a sprinkling of racism.
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 06:59
I like how his legal Mexicans (of course) call him Jefe! How noteworthy! They call their boss “boss.” But since it’s in Spanish, it proves his coooool. ‘Cuz only the bestest bosses get called boss. Not them bad illegal Messican bosses, nosiree! When talking amongst themselves, they show him the ultimate honor and call him “Pendejo!” I’m guessing! Just like they show their respect for Trump: Loco Pendejo! Ultimate boss!
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 19:27
Nothing went on “behind my back” that I didn’t know about. Anyone who did that didn’t last long in my organization. My people saw to it. I got respect because I gave it. I got loyalty because I gave it. BTW Pinche pendejo is a better slur. You shouldn’t criticize what you don’t understand or attempt to use another language you don’t know.
Hirightnow March 21st, 2016 at 19:38
Cabrón, it all went on behind your back.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 19:40
Not in my house, meat.
Hirightnow March 21st, 2016 at 20:33
I won’t argue that point.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 06:27
You have a “massive organization” that employs all members of the United Nations in your House, O Omniscient One? Must get pretty crowded, eh? And why do you call your house “meat?” Why not Casa Dio Jefe? I mean, it seems so inappropriate to call the house of an omniscient being “meat.” But, I guess from your perspective, you can’t beat your meat.
George Hale March 22nd, 2016 at 15:08
I played a lot of sports when I was younger. “Meat” is a term of endearment for guys who rag your a$$.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 17:08
Like “science” and “speculation”… you have a very aberrant definition of the word “endearment.” Things musta been interesting in your house: “Morning Mom, you scum-sucking skank!”
I played a lot of sports too. Never ran across this term of endearment until I enlisted – and it wasn’t an endearment there, it was a direct, in your face, challenge.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:45
Delusions of grandeur… “Nothing went on behind my back.” Yeah, your omniscience is really plausible. You know if they are sleeping, you know when they’re awake, you know if they’ve been bad or good, so they should good for Jefe’s sake…
It’s cute how you whine about my speculation and appear to be arguing that you are not only multilingual, but also think that you know what slurs the people you say can’t do anything without your knowledge would use.
And it’s really inspiring how you think that people don’t have First Amendment rights. “Your” people… Pompous paternalism. You must be vying to be Trump’s Mini-Me.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 19:24
I am correcting the record of innuendo, half truths, and outright lies posted in this blog. I am a truth seeker. One cannot dispute the truth by presenting fictitious speculation and unverified facts. I am no racist. My wife is Black and I’ve spent the last 27 years managing diverse environments including as many as 37 different nationalities in one organization.
Hirightnow March 21st, 2016 at 19:31
‘taint a blog, Magee.
And I’ve known many a racist that managed “diverse environments”…your wife’s skin color means less to me than it does to you, in this context.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 19:34
I see: You can’t handle the truth.
Hirightnow March 21st, 2016 at 19:36
I adore trolls who spout nonsense, then when called on their BS respond with those very words.
It’s like the internet version of a child’s “Nuh-UH!”
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 19:43
No “troll” here. I bring facts, the truth. You can’t have your own facts. If you have a better source to support your view, I will listen, investigate, and reflect. If it could change my view to a higher level, I’m all in. So far, you got nothing.
Hirightnow March 21st, 2016 at 20:37
Obewon’s already done that, and done it well.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:36
You must have them in your pocket because you haven’t presented any facts; you have gushed about your bromance with the guy being sued for fraud (you don’t get to just decide you are a University.)
whatthe46 March 21st, 2016 at 19:45
laughing.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:33
Obscure and archaic movie references… But totally contrary to the evidence from your posts and replies to them. You say that you are correcting the lies and half-truths and innuendo. What you have done is whine about an article that said that it was speculating – in fact, it was the freakin’ PREMISE of the article. Yet you have presented bupkes to show that any single speculation was wrong. That is probably the worst attempt at showing the truth since Joe McCarthy went down in flames. Especially since you, Skipper, have used innuendo to cast doubt on the motives and character of the author and the site owner.
No facts, ample hypocrisy, delusions of grandeur (“I’m a truth-seeker”) and slander… Yup, you are a tailor-made Trumpette.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:23
I am a truth seeker.
Must say that you make that wonderfully opaque. Nothing says “seeker of truth” like being an apologist for the presidential candidate that lies incessantly.
You’re a truth-seeker like I’m Batman.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 18:09
I wouldn’t know what to tell her; she hasn’t asked for a better understanding of a thing that I could see.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:19
Is that a yes, or a no? Or just a non sequitur and gratuitous insult?
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 03:52
If we did business only with angels no business could survive. Everyone acts in their own self interest including angels and La Cosa Nostra. Greed or the drive to earn even more drives every commerce. Apparently Donald J. Trump knows how to achieve greatness even with La Cosa Nostra. No one has been as successful as him in New York, especially New York.
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 05:49
Yeah, he is so able to achieve greatness that his net worth would have been tripled if he just sat on his ass and left his “vast” fortune in a money market account for the last 30 years. If he made America great the very same way, we’d be down to around 17 states.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 06:14
Nonsense. His investments earned far beyond money market yields. His business success rate is 98%. You make more money by “working” it. You cannot put together 4 Billion dollars in 30 years in money markets!
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 06:41
Got’s to prove that. Just saying nonsense doesn’t cut it.
Fortune, the mouthpiece of the 1%, explicitly disagrees with you:
http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/
Your expertise to contradict them is nowhere in evidence. Perhaps you can show them the error of their ways?
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 18:08
Others would argue differently. I worked for Charles Schwab, Inc. during the equity market implosion in 2001. My advice is simple: Invest directly in companies that consistently make a profit and are growing as a measure of net sales. You can never lose. You do not manage index funds, a type of mutual fund, the financial services industry manages them. http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bills/2016/01/actively_managed_mutual_funds_rarely_ever_pay_off_as_well_as_low_cost_index.html
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:17
You do not manage index funds, a type of mutual fund, the financial services industry manages them.
Thanks for making my point for me. He’s such a great businessman that he would be more YUUUUGELY rich if he had let OTHER people manage his money.
And saying that others would argue differently in no conceivable way refutes my point. Some people argue that the earth is flat, that the US has pledged it’s citizens and their future earnings to support debt because we no longer use the gold standard, that the Pyramids are grain silos, that military exercises in the western US were attempts to take over the US… by the US, that the Throne of God is near the planet Kolob, that Xenu who ruled the Galactic Empire flew billions of his people to Earth in a DC-8 and stuffed in volcanoes and killed them with hydrogen bombs. To sum up, “some people would argue” all kinds of meshuggah stuff.
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 18:32
Opposition to Trump continues to throw out the few failed businesses that he has let happen. They name 6-7 of these subsidiary companies and then state that one of his casinos went bankrupt. They are not lying, it is true these businesses failed, and it is also true that one of his casinos restructured their debt through bankruptcy.
However, at the moment Trump has 515 subsidiary companies
that he owns. Trump has also had more successful companies than just those 515 that he has sold, but let’s just use that number anyway. So at most Trump has had around 9 failed or bankrupt businesses, that puts his success rate at 98.3%.
To anyone who opposes Trump because he is a “bad businessman”, please show me proof of any other business person who has a higher success rate than him. I would love to see it.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:53
He’s not listed in the top twelve investors.
http://www.investopedia.com/slide-show/worlds-greatest-investors/
You said you’d love to see it… hope it was good for you, Jefe!
George Hale March 22nd, 2016 at 15:06
In, New York.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 17:13
Change the rules when you are proven wrong. And if I showed that he wasn’t the best in New York, you’d say “In Manhattan.”
You asked for it, you got it, you tried to redefine the question post-facto…
When you have to put your goalposts on wheels, you are Charlie Sheen winning.
Obewon March 21st, 2016 at 06:43
‘Trump is a con man and a fraud’-Mitt Romney GOP POTUS nominee 2012~
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 18:49
Are you forgetting the backlash Romney received while he was running for president? Romney was co-founder of Bain Capital, an investment firm, and during his time there Romney’s investments had a 22% failure rate.
For reference, the governments investments in companies at the time had around an 8% failure rate (which Romney was hilariously criticizing). The government is legitimately better at investing than Romney is.
Obewon March 21st, 2016 at 19:48
You failed to accurately cite anything here on LL. Bye now.
Exhibit A: Wall Street Journal’s comprehensive examination of Bain Capital’s investments, which found that “about 22 percent of the companies either filed for bankruptcy or liquidated by the end of the eighth year after Bain invested.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-latest-romney-claim-about-bain-capital/2012/05/29/gJQA9RPK0U_blog.html
Exhibit B: Many Trumps remain indicted for Fraud, Conspiracy via RICO in NY for the past 6 years. Trials begin in 90 days unless Donnie repays his fraud victims the $40 M Birther Trump grifted in NY. WaPo, NYT, AGNY, AGCA, et al
Exhibit C: ‘I hire the best (felonious) people’-Donnie http://www.alan.com/2016/03/21/veterans-for-trump-co-chair-faces-federal-indictment-in-bundy-standoff/
Breaking: Trump has just been struck by lightning from above…
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 22:41
Let’s see what happens. Trump has not been convicted of anything. He will not settle. That’s smart. When you settle, people keep suing you. Internet sources are not cites. They are just another opinion.
whatthe46 March 21st, 2016 at 22:56
you might want to take that filthy foot covered in b.s. out of your mouth: http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/we-investigated-donald-trump-is-named-in-at-least-169-federal-lawsuits/
and while you’re being schooled, try this one:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/06/trump-sued-everyone-but-his-hairdresser.html
tracey marie March 21st, 2016 at 23:02
offs, you have said you will not sit idely by while the left and the president attack and denigrate you…what an ass
George Hale March 22nd, 2016 at 02:03
It’s Christian, Tracey. Difficult for some people to understand that is the reason for Luke 22:36 “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one”. You see, the world is a dangerous place and he knew we would have to defend our families, our friends, our property, and ourselves. He doesn’t ask anyone to just sit back and take it. It is a duty to spread the truth and defend it, with our lives if necessary.
tracey marie March 22nd, 2016 at 11:31
we are not a theocracy and the bible has nothing to do with our laws and country.
George Hale March 22nd, 2016 at 15:05
You’re right, we are a Constitutional Republic. The Government cannot tell us what to say, how to think, or what religion to believe. So, it sure it does. Even Christ insulted the members of the Sanhedrin, Congress of the day, by calling them “whited sepulchers”, all pretty in their dress and dead on the inside. The truth has everything to do with fixing Politicians. The Bible is my basis for absolute moral truth, period. Once you believe, there is no other answer. Absolutely.
tracey marie March 22nd, 2016 at 15:13
no one has done that but the rwnj’s like you.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:58
“Are you forgetting the backlash Romney received while he was running for president?”
Hate to be the one to break it to you, but Mitt Romney is not Donald Trump and any backlash that Romney had to endure doesn’t answer what’s up with Trump. Conservatives always try to deflect by saying “But what about that other guy?” when they can’t actually present facts to refute something.
Didn’t your mama ever tell her little omniscient Jefe: “We’re not talking about that other kid!”
Comicus March 21st, 2016 at 06:18
Are you in collusion with criminals, Mr. Hale?
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 19:20
And you’re not? I am not doing anything criminal except revealing the truth and ways you can verify it, acting in my own self interest,, just as you act. https://youtu.be/RWsx1X8PV_A
Comicus March 23rd, 2016 at 20:38
No, I do not collude with criminals. It’s not difficult.
tracey marie March 20th, 2016 at 15:01
uh huh, tell what is good and honest about trump, tell us his detailed plan to make “America great again” fascism?
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 03:33
He has six, detailed position papers on what he will do with issues as President, all posted on his web site. Only prejudice prevents those from seeing the true character of the man. A penchant for seeing and believing the worst about people is not specific to anyone. If you want to know the character of a man, look at this children. Leftist Liberal progressives are true fascists, demonizing anyone who does not think and believe what they think and believe. Trump on the other hand will listen.
whatthe46 March 21st, 2016 at 19:42
“Only prejudice prevents those from seeing the true character of the man.” it’s only those who are stupid enough to NOT SEE his true character and they are the “poorly uneducated” fools he says he so loves. we have eyes and ears and we see exactly who this pos is. if you choose to be willfully ignorant than you too are showing your true character.
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 05:40
You complain that an article speculating about Trump’s tax returns and what it is apt to be revealed is speculation? Are you always upset about the obvious? Upset that it gets brighter when the sun comes up?
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 06:09
Yes. It is speculation because no one knows definitively what is in it. I am not complaining and I am not upset. I believe people like Alan “gin up” issues that may or may not exist to justify their own existence. It is a less than intellectual.
bpollen March 21st, 2016 at 06:50
Yeah, the article was a speculation. That’s what it said it was. Yet you very clearly complained and “speculated” on the motives of others because they “speculated” about your, I’m assuming, hero. (Hypocrisy much?) And, to say that “speculating” is less than intellectual is ridiculous. There’s this thing called… stick with me here… “SCIENCE” that is constructed by virtue of speculation and testing. You know, those guys who “speculated” that you could interconnect computers into a world wide network, that “speculated” about what happens when you pass copper through a magnetic current, that “speculated” that milkmaids who didn’t contract smallpox might have gotten immunity due to exposure to cowpox…
I haven’t liked anything you’ve done since “Gilligan’s Island.”
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 18:39
Speculation is mental masturbation. It is not reality, not even close, and leads to nothing more than confused ignorance. Science is knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation, not mental masturbation.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 03:07
Speculate – verb – form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.
Speculation is what science is built on, your masturbatory fantasies notwithstanding… You take a fact, you theorize (speculate) about other things that could be learned from that fact, and then TEST that speculation. And, except in certain specific instances, masturbation isn’t part of the scientific method. You don’t conduct experiments until you have speculated about the possible results. If you DON’T, it’s not an experiment, it’s just a random act.
English is pretty clear on the subject. Science is pretty clear on the subject. You are left as the odd man out.
George Hale March 22nd, 2016 at 14:44
Research is performed without regard to speculating about the outcome, otherwise the result is prejudice, based on preconceived notions. You research, considering all of the evidence, not just your prejudice, and let the results tell you what’s going on. You know, Galileo had it right, but was chastised by the Pope and put on house arrest for life because he said the Earth revolved around the Sun. He ignored all the prejudice and considered only the research taking all evidence into account.
bpollen March 22nd, 2016 at 16:06
Science (and the scientific method) must be one of the glaring omissions in your omniscience. The steps to the scientific method go like this:
Ask a Question
Do Background Research
Construct a Hypothesis
Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
Ask a question? That’s speculating.
Do background research? Gathering facts in order to:
Construct a Hypothesis? Speculate on what those facts mean
Test your Hypothesis? Check if hypothesis is accurate.
Share the results.
The scientific method in shorthand – speculate, test, report.
You keep showing great depth to your ignorance on science and your hypocrisy.
Your version is: do some experiments with absolutely no idea what you are even testing (because that would be… speculation) and then you mumble a few incantations and SCIENCE!
And, Skipper, Galileo speculated about the possibility of heliocentrism, and conducted tests to see if he could verify whether or not it was true. In your version he just conducted random tests and observations with no purpose or method (or even thought…) and BANG – it’s science!
Science begins with “I wonder.” You can deny it until you are bluer in the face, but you can’t change science to fit your bizarre definition that’s totally contrary to reality.
Suzanne McFly March 20th, 2016 at 14:18
Well I believe the rump supporters would see the Mob as an asset.
whatthe46 March 20th, 2016 at 15:15
rump thugs you meant right?
Mike March 20th, 2016 at 14:47
I’m leaning toward the probable fact he’s worth considerably less than $4.5 B has a lot to do with it.
tracey marie March 20th, 2016 at 15:01
Forbes says 2-4 billion tops.
His followers would believe him if he said he weighed 170lbs of muscle…maybe in his head but knowhere else.
William March 20th, 2016 at 16:15
Wait…..is this article suggesting that the Donald is anything less than truthful and honest?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SqMw9sLzTeQ
Dwendt44 March 20th, 2016 at 16:18
Romney would only release two years worth of tax returns. What is HE hiding?
George Hale March 21st, 2016 at 03:36
Even Romney had not released his returns this early. His came down on September 21, 2012 less than two months before the election. His lawyers advised him not to release them until the IRS are finished with their review. That is wise.
granpa.usthai March 20th, 2016 at 21:44
but if the donald (aka: dumpel trumpel, dubai donnie, donald trump) doesn’t release his tax returns for the past 7 years, millions – tens of millions – of US taxpayers are not going to believe they’re worse off now than they were 8 years ago.
gotta have them tax returns dodging donnie, even if it does cause your sore foot to get sore again…
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