03-17-2017, 08:48 AM
A poster made the observation that the claim Trump does not pay taxes is bogus. In response I provide this clip in which Hillary Clinton states Trump does not pay any federal income taxes and Trump replies, "That makes me smart."
Later in the same exchange (I posted a short clip - anyone can easily find the whole debate on you tube or full excerpts of this section) he complains about the government wasting money and when Mrs. Clinton points out it wasn't any of Trump's money since he didn't pay any income tax his reply is, "It would have been wasted too." So twice in the debate he acknowledged he does not pay any income tax. This isn't some left wing conspiracy theory. This isn't a "he's really a Kenyan Muslim" smear designed to incite uninformed racists or idiots. Trump acknowledged - on national television during the presidential debates -and even boasted about not paying income taxes.
I suppose it is refreshing in the sense that he didn't reflexively lie as he so often does, but how anyone can say the claim he doesn't pay income tax is false is quite confusing to me.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
