Kushner apparently didn’t pay any taxes for 2009-2016

 

It’s all legal, too and Trump has made it easier for real estate tycoons to avoid taxes.

From the article:

“The White House last year championed a sweeping revision of the nation’s tax laws that expanded many of the benefits enjoyed by real estate investors, allowing them to reap even larger deductions.
“The Trump administration was in a position to clean up the tax code and promised to get rid of some of the complexity that certain taxpayers use to their advantage,” said Victor Fleischer, a tax law professor at the University of California, Irvine. “Instead, they doubled down on those provisions, particularly the ones they have familiarity with to benefit themselves.””

This is one reason we need to see Trump’s tax returns.

Here’s an example of how he did it.  Notice he even got a refund!

Sad!

Trump’s business ties with Saudis

Of course this affects his comments on the journalist who was apparently murdered by Saudis.

Voter suppression in Indiana

 

Trump’s personal stake in Fed interest rate decisions

No wonder he doesn’t like the higher rates – it’s hurts him personally.  Sad!

Kanye West’s meeting with Trump

Trump invites famous people because the media will cover it/

from the article below:

“Rather than invite real policy experts, say on education or criminal justice, Trump brought before the cameras two famous black men who like him.”

Elmore Leonard

I got to see Elmore Leonard several times in bookstores in Washington, DC.  One time, I barely made it there before the event finished because I had rushed from Baltimore.  I told this to Leonard and he said I should have been there at his event in Baltimore earlier that day (which I didn’t know about).  It was not well attended.  I told him Baltimore’s slogan was “The city that reads”.  He told me it must be a new slogan.  The next time I saw him at a bookstore, I gave him a “The City that reads” bookmark.

At one point, when Baltimore was #1 in teen pregnancy, some folks said our slogan should be “The city that breeds”.

Leonard wrote so many excellent books.  If you haven’t read them, I would start with Tishomingo Blues or Freaky Deaky.  He is best known for crime novels which are written with a rambling, unpredictable plot and a great sense of humor.  A three volume set of 12 crime novels is available from the Library of America.

They added a volume of his westerns in 2018.

There are several excellent films based on Leonard books:

Get Shorty

Out of Sight

Jackie Brown (based on Rum Punch – major changes from the book)

updates 10/11/21