Comments by "Philip B" (@philipb2134) on "Trump's tax returns, McCarthy’s (R) House Speaker bid, omnibus spending bill: What to watch in DC" video.

  1. Unfortunately, insider trading by members of Congress is not illegal - and it happens on both sides of the aisle. One might wonder what is the purpose of investigating Nancy? She's already given up the gavel, and is widely expected to retire after this coming Congress.
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  2.  @rockycomet4587  Right... there are precedents: Mussolini, Hitler...
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  3.  @goodstufffromdavidpaul2246  If that's his real name...much of his resume promoted while campaigning was false.
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  4.  @robertagabor9128  Corruption has been endemic in DC for decades. Trump at least had not been as subtle about it than others.
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  5.  @robertagabor9128  Trump is corrupt as hell. He got his start in business by being the beneficiary of a shell company which benefited from his father siphoning profits through false invoices in order to minimize taxes. He set up "Trump University"[sic] on a bed of lies and false promises... and that went down in legal infamy. His hotel in DC (over which his family had direct control) had its swankiest and most expensive suites booked solid by diplomatic delegations which had an interest in his decisions' he also made the Secret Service stay at his hotels/resorts at full price, even when more affordable alternatives were available (i.e., 'self-dealing'at taxpayer's expense). Other Presidents had put their assets in blind trusts when they assumed the Presidency - he did not; every presidential candidate since Nixon made their tax returns public - that bastard did not. What is he hiding, apart from declaring that his 11,000 sq ft apartment in Trump Tower was actually 33,000 sq ft when had needed a higher valuation to get a more favorable loan? The list is longer, and will catch up with him.
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  6.  @MyDruidess  "communist blue"? You truly are deluded and/or uneducated.
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  7. The IRS is not the controlling authority. Under statute, Congress can access the tax returns of ANY person in the US.
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  8.  @frankbyrd6726  Obviously there are limits to confidentiality: if you cheat on your taxes and get prosecuted, your tax returns will feature at trial and become a matter of public record. In the case of Trump. the Supreme Court declined to block having his tax returns transferred from the IRS to Congress, as provided by Law. his tax So... who lied? Trump, who promised to release his tax returns to the public once the audits had been completed.
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  9.  @frankbyrd6726  No. Where the hell would you get that idea unless you had not read what I wrote?
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  10. Peru's constitution allows for the president to dissolve the legislature. We should not go there.
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