From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.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 17:17:27 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-10-07 17:05, Skeeter wrote:
> 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.
LOL!