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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

The Republican party is nothing but a criminal organization!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Hard to argue that they don't get significant financial gain from that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Not direcrly, but they get their name in his head and thats all they want.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    It has layers of corruption. Not only it acts as a blatant bribe as you said, but it also gives them an davantage in stock trading. He's monetizing a means to do insider trading fraud.

    Eventually a court will probably rule this practice illegal but by then they'll all have made their money.

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    [–] 69 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    But guys he doesn't take his presidential salary of 400k/YEAR so obviously hes incredibly generous and not profiting off the presidency!

    .../wrist

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  • [–] 42 points 2 months ago* (9 children)

    His taxes showed he wasn't donating it... So he was just saying he doesn't take it, while taking it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I am Jacks complete lack of surprise.

    :/

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    YOU GIVE ME MY SURPRISE BACK, YOU BASTARD!

    …oh, wait, I'm not Jack. Nevermind, carry on.

    (your comment took me by...... :puts on sunglasses: ......surprise)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Lol, rly? Not that I'm surprised.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Well it wasn't 100% conclusive but he had years with $0 donations, which if you don't donate the salary then you had to perform some other tax trickery to make hundreds of thousands of dollars disappear.... Which honestly is just 1 more problem with our system. You shouldn't be able to cloak where money comes and goes.

    It should be that you own this much stuff, you get taxed this much. Donations shouldnt reduce taxes either.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Over here in my EU country you can't deduce donations either (as a person), but you can dispense a small percentage of your tax to registered non-profit organizations by your choice. The US tax evasion by the Orange is truly mind boggling.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    A) this is so dumb and obviously illegal

    B) this will be so poorly implemented there’s bound to be a backdoor that gets leaked

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    $110k a month for publicly insider trading? Once Trump is gone, these bozos will have to watch out.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    We will remember them during the Trump Trials that will soon be held over Kilauea.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago

    SEC must be in the corner with a ball gag or something

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago

    The grift that keeps on grifting.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Alright everybody, make an account and fuck up the data/algo

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Probably just the normal rss feed with a fresh coat of cheap golden paint to upgrift the other grifters grifting off his griftposting.

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