This didn’t take long at all, and believe me, I’ve been watching the clock. Fox News had to do a spin on the bombshell New York Times report Tuesday about Trump’s companiesĀ hemorrhaging $1.17Bil in a ten year span, and the fact that he didn’t pay any taxes eight out of those ten years. So, I asked myself while waiting, what will Fox say? They have to spin this as a positive right? What would I say?
I thought that reiterating Trump lawyer Charles Harder’s ideas on the subject, that the IRS transcripts were invalid, was the tack that they would take. But they did not. Fox came up with a spin that I never would have thought of. They praised the genius of Trump, for hiring “the best accountants.” Now, if you’re picking your jaw off the floor as I was, consider the logic of this: one spinmeister is going to respect the work of another spinmeister, right? Stands to reason. You’ve got to take 1:37 and listen to this, because it is con-artistry, being played at an Oscar level.
According to Fox talking head Marc Thiessen, the New York Times story actually points up a very praiseworthy Trump attribute, and one heretofore unrecognized, I might add: he hires great accountants. Ergo, he is a terrific businessman. Look at what his accountants can do.
āI always thought that the reason why Donald Trump doesnāt want his taxes released is nothing to do with any corruption or illegality,ā he said on āThe Story with Martha MacCallum,ā to guest host Ed Henry. āItās because they are going to show he is not as rich as he says he is. Because when you do your taxes, your incentive is to minimize your income as much as possible to pay the least amount of taxes. So Donald Trump has the best accountants in the world. Theyāre going to organize his finances in a way to minimize his income.ā
Now, the only problem with this good ole boy reasoning, is that accountants are held to standards of professional behavior like everybody else. If they mis-represent material fact, or God forbid, file a fraudulent tax return, they can lose their license. The way this is being discussed on Fox, in such an jocular, cavalier way, like it’s nothing to lie on your taxes, is preposterous. Plus, look at the language. The “incentive” is to minimize your income. Oh, no denying that. So, that’s why you keep your receipts, and you make sure you know what all of your legal deductions are. And believe me, saying on an itemized tax form that you’re deducting your postage stamps and your printer cartridge, is a far cry from saying a building is worth $250K when you know it’s worth $1Mil — and then calling Forbes Magazine and saying the same building is worth $10Mil.
But we won’t go to Forbes for now, let’s just stay with the accountants. A lie is fraud, and fraud is a crime, and CPAs who commit crimes don’t stay CPAs for long. But you wouldn’t know it to listen to this guy, Thiessen. These accountants are really cool guys who conveniently rearrange facts, and Trump is a total wizard for hiring them. From draft dodger to tax dodger.
dk
Nothing Fox says surprises me anymore.
Agree but even for them this is over the top. Think what kids are learning. The law doesn’t matter, just hire the right accountant and you’ll do fine.
So this guy says Trump used accountants that lied on his tax submittals by reducing the value of assets in order to owe less tax, and thereās nothing wrong with that.
*puts head on desk*……..*sigh*
As I just said, great training for the children. Where did we go wrong as a country to have ended up with this.
The opening line of the song “Baby Blue” (which you may know from Breaking Bad) comes to mind: “I guess I got what I deserve…” And both Trump and Fox News are getting just that.
Damn, these people, Trump/Fox News, deal in a world of make believe too big to fit in OUR Universe … anyone that can sit there and vocalize a situation where blatant fraud is an OK thing, or maybe just a little criminal, no big thing, We The People, once again, will just have to pay a little more to balance the criminal’s books … and Putin ends up with his own gob of fresh cash …
Something is obviously very rotten me thinks and smells pretty bad as well in the WH and then there are the jumpy guys over in the Senate, especially Mr.McConnell … now that things are getting more public, more stuff to come from Mueller as well … Ta Ta, boys, enjoy your stay in prison, we all saw what was going on, but the scale was SO HUGE, it couldn’t be real — RIGHT?
I think, Mueller is a patriot that just happens to be a Republican … because of the Barr crap going on, we can see how wise it was for Mueller to key his Report into Congress and the public.
Barr probably had a mini stroke when he saw that written letter from Mueller, it’s now a forever thing … š
Trump/Barr have sprung their own bear trap with tons of obvious obstruction, McConnell seems anxious to get on that same sinking boat … his, “ALL DONE HERE”, signal was the trigger on his personal trap …
You’ve got to love the way that Trump hung onto the bitter end with “NO OBSTRUCTION NO COLLUSION” all in caps. He really wanted to get that across — and a week from today, who knows what we’ll be talking about on this subject?
Sadly this in now an intentional response. It is deliberate. Division Reins.
Thank you Ms. Faw.
Also this from 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFY0ZZRFP1s
The words, Pavlov hits me with more bad news every time I answer the phone
so I play and I sing and I just let it ring,
all day when I’m at home
a defacto choice of
macro-microcosmic melancholy
but baby any way you slice it,
I’m thinkin I could just as soon use the time alone
yeah the goons have gone global
and the CEO’s are shredding files
and the democrans and the republicrats
are flashing their toothy smiles
and Uncle Tom is posing for a photo-op with the oval office klan
and Uncle Sam is riggin’ cockfights in the promised land
and that knife you stuck in my back is still there
it pinches a little when I sigh and moan
and these days I’m thinkin I could just as soon use the time alone
cause all the wrong people have the power of suggestion
and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks the question
I mean causation by definition is such a complex compilation of factors
that to even try to say why is to oversimplify
that’s a far cry, isn’t it dear, from acting like you’re the only one there
unrepentantly self-centered and unfair
enter all suckers scrambling for the truth
exit mr. eye-contact who took his flirt and flew the coup
but whatever, no matter, no fishin trips, no fishin
cause momma’s officially out of commission
and did I mention in there somewhere
did I mention somewhere in there
that I traded Babe Ruth,
yes I traded the only player
that was bigger than the game
and I can’t even tell you why,
cause you’d think I’m insane.
and that’s the truth
and the music industry mafia is pimping girl power
sniping off sharp-shooter singles from their styrofoam towers,
and hip-hop is tied up in the back room with a logo stuffed in its mouth
cause the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house
but then, I’m getting away from myself
as I get closer and closer home
and the difference between you and me baby
is I get fucked up when I’m alone
and I must admit today
that my inner pessimist seems to have gotten the best of me
we start out sugared up on kool aid and manifest destiny
and then we memorize all the presidents names like little trained monkeys
and we spit into the world so many spinny-eyed TV junkies
incapable of unraveling the military-industrial mystery
pre-emptively passified with history book history
and I’ve been around the world now and I can see this about America
the mind control is deep here, man
the myopia is steep here, man
and behold those who try to expose the reality
really try to realize democracy
are shot with rubber bullets and gassed off the streets
while the global power brokers are kept clean and discreet
behind a wall
behind a moat
and that is all
that’s all
that’s all she wrote
and my heart beats an s-s-s o-o-o s-s-s
cause folks just really couldn’t care-care-care less-less-less
as long as every day is superbowl sunday
and larger than life women in lingerie are pouting at us from every bus stop
she loves me, she loves me not
she loves me, she loves me not
she loves me, she loves me not
and “big government should not stand between a man and his money”
i mean, “what’s good for business is good for the country”
our children still take that lie like communion,
the same old line the Confederacy used on the Union
conjugate liberty into libertarian
and medicated associated with deregulation privitization
we won’t even know we’re slaves on a corporate plantation
somebody say hallelujah,
somebody say damnation,
cause the profit system follows the path of least resistance
and the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked
makes it serpentine
capitalism is the devil’s wet dream
so just give me my Judy garland drugs and let me get back to work
cause the empire state building is the tallest building in New York
and I have always got the feeling
you just like to hear it fall off your tongue
but I remember my name in your mouth
and I don’t think I was done hearing it close to my ear
on a whisper’s way to a moan
Pavlov hits me with more bad news every time I answer the phone
so I play and I sing and just let it ring,
all day when I’m at home
a defacto choice of
macro-microcosmic melancholy
but baby any way you slice it,
I’m thinkin I could just as soon use the time alone
Thank you for dropping by to participate WWAM. (Your blogging handle would be great in the world of wrestling.) No, lying intentionally is part of the new normal. This is the essence of Kellyanne’s “alternative facts.” Poor Kellyanne. Posterity in the Urban Dictionary as one of the biggest liars of this century.
This is exactly the same that he used in the campaign, in the debates. Not paying taxes – “That makes me smart.”
And his base is right there with him on that.
The danger of Trump supporters is that they have a “burn it down” mentality. They don’t realize that they’re a part of what they want to burn down. That’s the tragic part. They’ll get burned down, and at the end of the day, their hero Trump will walk away.