From: Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Help the flood victims, Republicans
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 18:05:07 -0600
Organization: UTB
In article <ve1r53$1sk2r$1@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>
> On 2024-10-07 14:26, pothead wrote:
> > On 2024-10-07, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> >> On 2024-10-07 13:07, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> >>>> FEMA doesn't need money. They just need Trump to break out his magic
> >>>> marker and move the hurricane where it won't hurt anybody.
> >>> Trump couldn't reroute Helene, though he could pay a visit to interfere with
> >>> disaster responders and have his people build a "wall" out of bricks from a
> >>> destroyed building. And have his campaign manager create a GoFundMe
> >>> unattached to any charity (where will the money go?) and a list of top
> >>> donors that DOES NOT include Trump himself. And social media Trump dupes are
> >>> praising that likely grift to high heaven.
> >>>
> >>> And now Milton is coming for Florida. Why can't it take out Mar-a-Lardo?
> >>
> >> I wonder if anyone here can actually cite a case of Trump donating any
> >> money to anyone.
> >
> > Depends upon the year.
> > Like most people.
> >
> > "Donald Trump?s Charitable Donations Varied Widely by Year
> > Former president?s tax returns report no contributions to charity in 2020 and
> > nearly $1.9 million in 2017"
> >
> > <https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-charitable-donations-varied-widely-
> > by-year-11672430692>
> >
>
> You're the one who said the media is bought and paid for...
>
> ...and did you actually READ the article:
>
>
> 'Unlike many politicians who release their tax returns, the Trumps
> didn?t list the recipients of their cash donations, and listing
> recipients isn?t required. '
>
> So we don't actually know whether he was actually giving to charity, do we?
>
> 'Some of the donations were very small, well under $100. In 2015, the
> Trumps reported a $3 donation by the Mar-a-Lago Club, and in 2016 they
> reported an $8 donation by TNGC Pine Hill.
>
> In its summary review of the Trumps? returns, the staff of Congress?
> nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation suggested the Internal Revenue
> Service check the Trumps? donations to see if they had proper
> substantiation. The rules are very strict, and many donors don?t fulfill
> them.
>
> The joint committee?s report, released earlier this week, said questions
> about a $21.1 million tax deduction involving Mr. Trump?s Seven Springs
> estate in Westchester County, N.Y., still weren?t resolved, and that the
> IRS had debated whether to pursue a penalty against Mr. Trump for
> overstating the value of that tax benefit, which was considered a
> charitable donation.'
Trump owns you.