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Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

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Re: Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

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Outside of the near meaningless confirmation of Trump's status as a "fake" billionaire and how that may affect his ego, there's is an alarming piece of information here.

The man owes hundreds of millions of dollars in personal loans that he may not be able to repay. They will come due during his second term. Given his lack of ethics it's worrying to me that a president could have that kind of leverage against him. Dangerous.

Re: Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

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Outside of the near meaningless confirmation of Trump's status as a "fake" billionaire and how that may affect his ego, there's is an alarming piece of information here. The man owes hundreds of millions of dollars in personal loans that he may not be able to repay. They will come due during his second term. Given his lack of ethics it's worrying to me that a president could have that kind of leverage against him. Da…

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Re: Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

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Outside of the near meaningless confirmation of Trump's status as a "fake" billionaire and how that may affect his ego, there's is an alarming piece of information here. The man owes hundreds of millions of dollars in personal loans that he may not be able to repay. They will come due during his second term. Given his lack of ethics it's worrying to me that a president could have that kind of leverage against him. Da…

That's why it has been standard practice for Presidential candidates and aspirants to release taxes and other financial disclosures before elections, and why it was such a big deal that Trump didn't.

Re: Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

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Outside of the near meaningless confirmation of Trump's status as a "fake" billionaire and how that may affect his ego, there's is an alarming piece of information here. The man owes hundreds of millions of dollars in personal loans that he may not be able to repay. They will come due during his second term. Given his lack of ethics it's worrying to me that a president could have that kind of leverage against him. Da…

This is definitely the scariest takeaway. With a second being what he will do to avoid criminal charges if some of the things implied in the initial article end up being true and come to light.
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