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by wakawaka28 853 days ago
>Trump is on record - in the 2016 presidential debates, no less - claiming that gaming the system (by not paying his fair share of taxes) makes him smart.

This is in reference to using the same legal loopholes that other rich people use, including rich liberal celebrities and politicians. He's not wrong, he was being honest about what rich people do. Liberals don't even admit they're filthy rich most of the time. What is "fair"? That is an opinion. We don't have to pay according to any random person's idea of fairness. We have to pay according to the law.

The bank here had no complaints, and they would have if there was an actual problem. I don't care what some TDS having judge says about that, and neither should you.

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> The bank here had no complaints

Didn't they, one by one, stop doing business with him? That's pretty damning. Plus, his guilt was proven in a court of law. Does it matter that no bank took him to court before this? Look at the size of punishment - some $350M over the course of the lifetime of his company.

Could a bank have looked at the number and decided that going after Trump for an average amount of 5-10 million dollars every year wasn't worth it? It's just better to stop doing business with him. It isn't like Trump was stiffing them for a billion dollars a year.

> TDS having judge

NOW we are reaching banana republic status when regular people like us start doubting the trustworthiness of institutions like the court system with no evidence of corruption.

Wondering if you have the same concerns about the Delaware DA (Trump appointee) prosecuting Hunter Biden or Richard Hur (R lawyer) claiming Biden has poor memory and is easily confused. Are they suffering from BDS or are they just telling it like it is? And what makes you sure that either answer you choose will not be contested by someone else like you?

> neither should you

Like I said before, I'll take a judge's opinion on this than wakawaka28's.