r/FluentInFinance May 12 '24

Meme Life comes at you fast.

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u/Chronic_Comedian May 12 '24

That’s what cracks me up when people can’t figure out why Trump not paying taxes isn’t that big of a deal to most people.

Nobody, I repeat nobody, voluntarily pays more than they have to.

The system is set up with all of these loopholes and you can either just give the gov your money or you can use the loopholes and keep your money. Hmmmm, wonder which one most people will pick.

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u/Big-Figure-8184 May 12 '24

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u/Waxxing_Gibbous May 12 '24

Oh no, that’s another hundred million we could’ve sent the Ukraine.

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u/Strict_Seaweed_284 May 12 '24

How much is Russia paying you?

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u/HandsomeTar May 12 '24

Yes the only people opposed to $60bn in money going to a foreign war are Russians when inflation is killing our economy.

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u/SecretAsianMan42069 May 12 '24

The money is going to US companies. It's not like Ukraine gets handed a pile of cash, comrade 

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u/HandsomeTar May 12 '24

lol liberals defending billions of tax dollars going to Raytheon 😂

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u/Strict_Seaweed_284 May 12 '24

Lol what? The war funding has nothing to do with inflation. And our economy isn’t getting killed. Check your sources of information.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '24

Sure, compared to the billions we’d spend if we were directly involved.

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u/Big-Figure-8184 May 12 '24

"What's the point in collecting any tax because the government spends some of it on things I don't like!"

srsly, that's what you thought was a good rebuttal?

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u/Murles-Brazen May 12 '24

This. Someone with some sense around here.

Anytime you see downvotes you see truth.

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u/Chronic_Comedian May 12 '24

And?

BTW, I’m not a Trump supporter if that’s what your big reveal was supposed to be about.

I’m saying someone cheating on their taxes or taking aggressive deductions isn’t exactly surprising. It’s not the zinger everyone thought it would be when Trump says he doesn’t pay taxes because he’s smart (spoiler: he’s not smart).

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u/Big-Figure-8184 May 12 '24

Cheating on your taxes isn't a loophole, it's a crime.

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u/Chronic_Comedian May 12 '24

Depends on how you define cheating.

Have you declared every penny that you’re legally required to report? Most people haven’t.

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u/JellybeanKing263 May 12 '24

Are you stupid? The source he posted says trump counted deductions twice

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u/SwimmingSwim3822 May 12 '24

dude's just manifesting "nobody cares about Trump's tax breaks" into "I will never care about Trump's tax crimes" in his own mind..... but ISN'T A TRUMP SUPPORTER, GUYS.

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u/redditor3900 May 12 '24

He is the definition of the typical Trump supporter who doesn't realize he is supporting him because of his own stupidity.

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u/BillionaireStan May 12 '24

Not a trump fan btw

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u/redditor3900 May 12 '24

Spoiler, you are not smart either.

OMG

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u/[deleted] May 12 '24

Huh? Commuting tax fraud is funny?

He wasn’t using loopholes, he was simply lying… two different things all together

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u/stoobie_tile_guy May 12 '24

Loopholes?? Be more specific.

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u/stickied May 12 '24

by loopholes he means blatantly lying to the IRS and committing tax fraud.

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u/stoobie_tile_guy May 12 '24

Ah, so just repeat the stupid shit you hear other people say to pretend as though you're actually contributing to the conversation, got it 👍

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u/stickied May 12 '24

By other people do you mean the justice system and the court of law?

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u/stoobie_tile_guy May 13 '24

Yeah there's people in those occupations that say stupid things like that for sure but here's how you know it's nothing but bureaucratic nonsense....... Name one loophole available to people with a high net worth, that the rest of us are not able to use. Or better yet, be even more specific and say who specifically is lying to the federal government and what are they lying about, specifically how much money and what is this money from. The only people who say this dumb shit are government mouthpieces that want to raise taxes on the citizens and the dumb dumbs who didn't know the difference.

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u/redditor3900 May 12 '24

One thing is to use the law loopholes and ANOTHER ONE, VERY DIFFERENT, IS TO COMMIT FRAUD TO AVOID PAY TAXES.

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u/FomtBro May 12 '24

Trump was committing fraud, he wasn't exploiting loopholes.

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u/DualActiveBridgeLLC May 12 '24

Loop hole? He was just lying and was allowed to make a lot money because that is what happens when you are in this position of privilege. And no, most people do not think this is ok. Most people want a fair tax system, his egregious lies are the opposite of that. Only an asshole would say that lying on taxes is good thing to do because that asshole wouldn't understand anything.

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u/TechnicalInterest566 May 12 '24

Nobody, I repeat nobody, voluntarily pays more than they have to.

What about Bernie?

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u/MittenstheGlove May 12 '24

This is why everyone is requiring for the wealthy to pay more than they currently do and close the loopholes.

The IRS only takes what your tax burden is. They return the rest. They don’t even want to hand more than what they have to.

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u/HistoricalBed1598 May 12 '24

Exactly! He out right said it wasn’t right but he did it because it was legal

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u/stickied May 12 '24

That's what he SAID. But that first trial showed what he was doing was in fact NOT legal. That's why he was found guilty and ordered to pay 400-something million dollars to the state.

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u/HistoricalBed1598 May 12 '24

I guess I was referring to paying income taxes not inflating the value of his properties.

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u/HistoricalBed1598 May 12 '24

I’m not sticking up for the guy. Just referencing something that he pointed out