Would-be Leader of the World Hillary Clinton just floated a conspiracy theory that accused one of “her own”, Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, the US Representative from Hawaii, of being groomed as a Russian asset. Yes, you read that right.
Once upon a time, there was a little-known energy company called Enron. In its 16-year life, it went from being dubbed America’s most innovative company by Fortune Magazine to being the poster child of American corporate deceit. Using a classic recipe for book-cooking, Enron ended up in bankruptcy with jail time for those involved. Its shareholders lost $74 billion in the four years leading up to its bankruptcy in 2001.
Public Citizen on Tuesday launched a new project aimed at documenting President Donald Trump’s vast entanglement of business interests and highlighting “the urgent need for the president to disclose his tax returns so Americans can determine the extent of his business holdings and how they may be affecting his policy decisions.”
21st Century Wire says…
The contrast in the numbers protesting is astounding.
While many in the US are upset over the Donald Trump’s partially disclosed tax returns, Russia has published the annual earnings and assets of top Government, Kremlin and Duma officials.
Here are the figures for some Russia’s most famous politicians:
Vladimir Putin earned 8.858 million rubles ($157,712) in 2016. Among the list of Putin’s more unique assets include two Soviet Volga cars and a Lada Niva that look something like this…
Marching protesters hold up a sign demanding that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump release his tax returns, in Miami on Sept. 16. (AP/Lynne Sladky)
Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in more than 100 Tax Marches on Saturday to demand President Donald Trump release his taxes and to highlight the need for increased minimum wage.
Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire. “I hope at the end of eight years I’ll come back and say, ‘Oh you did a good job,'” Trump said at a Jan. 11 press conference. Trump’s lawyer explained that the president “was completely isolating himself from his business interests.”
The big news from MSNBC and Rachel Maddow…the scoop on Trump’s tax controversy, is that the President paid a lot in taxes in 2005.
TRUMP EARNED $153M AND PAID $36.5M IN TAXES IN 2005
President Donald Trump earned $153 million and paid $36.5 million in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25 percent effective tax rate thanks to a tax he has since sought to eliminate, according to highly sought-after newly-disclosed tax documents.
Trump tax returns…
Big winner: Donald Trump.
The tax returns released show Trump paying lots of taxes to the federal government…$38 million to be precise. 25% of income. Way more than Romney and Obama. FYI, MSNBC/COMCAST paid 24%.
The fake news story about Trump withholding tax returns because he avoided paying is now fully debunked.
Big loser:
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. listens at left as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, following their meeting with President Donald Trump inside. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
(REPORT) — In a vote Monday night almost exclusively along party lines, a measure to force the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reveal President Donald Trump’s tax returns was blocked by the U.S. House.
