Showing posts with label IRS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IRS. Show all posts

October 4, 2018

Tax Dodger Donald Trump Is Looking Out for His Own Kind

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a23580840/donald-trump-republicans-slash-irs-funding-enforcement/
"In typical Trumpian fashion, it was not enough to scam the government. His father engineered a trickle-down scam, where this family—whose scion now bills himself as a Fighter For The Forgotten Man as a politician—used the mechanisms of tax avoidance to also squeeze the little guy with artificial rent hikes."

In Trump, GOP Grifters Welcomed the Biggest of Them All

https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-trump-gop-grifters-welcomed-the-biggest-of-them-all?ref=home
"Trump was the logical culmination of all the moves Republicans have made in the last 25 years or so to degrade the norms of our democracy, he is also the logical culmination of everything they’ve done to turn the economy from one that helped the broad middle class to one that serves only those at the top. Put more succinctly: Of course they elected a plutocrat tax cheat. They spent 30 years making the world safe for plutocrat tax cheats!"

May 31, 2016

Donald Trump's Hiding Something in Those Unreleased Tax Returns

Donald Trump's Hiding Something in Those Unreleased Tax Returns:

"Voters have the right to know if Donald dodged taxes every year, just like he did in 1978 and 1979, while he routinely used public services like bankruptcy court that other taxpayers faithfully paid for with their IRS payments."

February 16, 2016

Karl Rove's Dark Money Gets IRS Non-Profit Status

Karl Rove's Dark Money Gets IRS Non-Profit Status

"Crossroads had been the most active of the nonprofits that are funneling cash into politics — often called dark money because the original source of the funds may be kept secret if the organizations have social welfare as their primary purpose. During the 2012 cycle, Crossroads reported spending almost twice as much on political ads as the next most-active nonprofit, Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch."

January 1, 2015

2014 Politician Liar Of The Year - The Winner Is...

2014 Politician Liar Of The Year - The Winner Is...

"This one was a really hard call, but in the end, Issa won the prize for his propensity to release partially edited emails and testimony to mislead the public as well as his behind-the-scenes narrative building for the sole purpose of electing more Republicans rather than governing the country."

July 22, 2014

PERRspectives: The Pro-Tax Evasion, Pro-Deficits GOP Strikes Again

PERRspectives: The Pro-Tax Evasion, Pro-Deficits GOP Strikes Again

"By severely limiting the ability of the IRS to audit, identify and prosecute tax cheats, Republicans will once again cost the United States Treasury billions more in lost revenue. And if you feel like you've seen this movie before, that's because you have."

June 29, 2014

Darrell Issa Crashes and Burns When Pressed By CNN For The IRS Scandal Smoking Gun

www.politicususa.com/2014/06/29/darrell-issa-crashes-burns-pressed-cnn-irs-scandal-smoking-gun.html

"It was more than a year ago that the IRS didn’t just target conservative groups. They were examining both conservative and liberal groups. After the Citizens United decision, the IRS was flooded with applications for tax exempt status by conservative groups. The reason why these groups were flagged is because they were breaking the law by engaging in partisan political activities while claiming to be social welfare organizations.
The point of the Republican targeting of the IRS has always been to warn the agency to stay away from the conservative dark money groups. Republicans are trying to protect the power of right-wing billionaires to try secretly to buy elections.
There is no evidence to support what Issa is claiming, but there is plenty of evidence that Issa’s investigation is a politically motivated witch hunt. The real criminal here isn’t Lois Lerner. It’s Darrell Issa."