Obungle says we need to get tough on Russian cyberattacks..

[just me]

Part of the new sanctions: lifelong term "Russian Roulette" must now be called "American Roulette" in the USA.

 

[Eventhorizon]

I've heard the accusations but have not seen an ounce of proof.

 

[brightmoon]

Tax returns are only relevant in terms of federal taxes. You can look up how much land tax he pays for each property in city land records. For example, if Trump Tower is assessed to be worth $1B he would be paying $7.2M in tax (NYC land taxes are 0.72%).

Ok, well who cares? The reality is Trump, along with many other wealthy Americans, is not paying his fair share of overall taxes and its the plain truth for anyone who wants to see it.

Want to know the truth about the American economy read Robert Reich http://robertreich.org/post/5993482080. He says better than I can.

 

[Flavus Aquila]

Ok, well who cares? The reality is Trump, along with many other wealthy Americans, is not paying his fair share of overall taxes and its the plain truth for anyone who wants to see it.

Want to know the truth about the American economy read Robert Reich http://robertreich.org/post/5993482080. He says better than I can.

No one in the US must be paying their "fair share".

The total annual revenue is about 3.3T and the total population is about 320M. That means on average US citizens pay only slightly more than $1000 each per annum.

In fact, on average the amount paid per person is less than $500 PA, because income tax makes up less than 50% of revenue.

 

[ImaginaryBloke]

As is known, there is no proof of the Russians hacking the US presidential election of last year.

But there is evidence of the contrary: The CIA hacking the US senate in 2014. This story went silent after some articles posted that year. It should have made BIIIG headlines when the empty assertions of Russian hacking were making news.

"An internal investigation by the C.I.A. has found that its officers penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its damning report on the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program."

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/senate-intelligence-commitee-cia-interrogation-report.html

 

[wolly.green]

Nothing sensational here. This is just politics as usual.