Posted on Jun 1, 2016
Sgt Joe LaBranche
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Trump and Hillary aren't the only politicians with things to hide!
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Who pays more taxes than they have to? Who does not use any legal way to reduce they tax burden? Now we have the politician or the very rich who know and use everything available.

If it is illegal then one has a point. If it is legal, I praise them for being smart.
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MCPO Roger Collins
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Not understanding the problem. Doesn't Trump submit his taxes to the IRS? If he is doing anything illegal, wouldn't they know it? Hillary does not have to release her transcripts, because Bernie would have her for lunch. Nothing illegal in any case. Just preventing the opposition from using the info to discredit them.
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Col Rebecca Lorraine
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MCPO Roger Collins - We paid 25% this year, since we have no dependents. As your income increases the more you pay, and we don't make enough to bury it in loopholes. Thanks for asking. I'm retired, so I don't make 06 pay. I'm also paying state income tax, property tax, sales tax, co-payments and premiums for insurance. I have been blessed. I pull my weight, but I don't look for ways to manipulate our taxes. I take the honest deductions like most people. I'm low on the IRS radar. But what if I made the IRS try to figure out how much I made every year and then collect that? That is what Mr Trump does every year. That is what we will all learn when he can't hide the past years taxes. He should release them if he has nothing to be ashamed of.
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Col Rebecca Lorraine
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Do you know why he is flagged every year? It isn't because he is wealthy.
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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Col Rebecca Lorraine - no, your marginal tax rate is 25%. Mine is even higher, but that is after the deduction you and everyone else get legally. As shown below, you would have to have an income of $200K to have a marginal rate of 22%. As I said my marginal rate was about 14% last year and that was unusually high.

Marginal tax rate: When you hear people say they’re in the 28% tax bracket, they are referring to their marginal tax rate. Your marginal tax is based on your “last dollar” of income. That means if you are single and earned $200,000, your marginal tax rate would be 33%.

Effective tax rate: This is the actual tax rate you pay on all your income. For example, if you file your return as married filing jointly and have a combined income of $200,000, your effective rate won’t be more than 22%, even though you are in the 28% tax bracket.
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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Col Rebecca Lorraine - Yes, as explained in an article earlier, that is precisely what they do and four others they look at.
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SGM Erik Marquez
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Is it fraud if you use the system to better your position all while following the laws as written?
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Are all politicians tax frauds?
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When we talk about paying "our fair share" it is interesting some of the things that come up. Warren Buffet's company owed about $1 billion in back taxes when he was criticizing Romney about his taxes. George Soros, founder of many left wing causes has been using tax deferments. That loop hole is now closed and he owes around $7 billion. Al Sharpton, the man of the cloth and defender of the common man owes millions. There are tax owners on the right also.
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Yup, I love that term "fair" as if rich people didnt pay the vast amount of taxes anyway. How is being allowed to keep more of your own money "redistribution of wealth to the top"? Interesting how republicans give more to charity than democrats. Interesting that none of the rich pay your fair share crowd has written a check to the Treasury as a donation.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Sgt Joe LaBranche great compare and contrast. Good read and awesome share!
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SMSgt Roy Dowdy
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One of the most infuriating things about Hillary is they never discuss the little racket her and Bill have going on with the Treasury Department. Their Secret Service detail is lodged in a bungalow on their New York property and they charge $10,000 a month rent, which in essence is paying their mortgage!
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CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025
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SMSgt Roy Dowdy Think of how much money 'Bil'l saves the taxpayers when he goes on those 'junkets' alone w/o the security detail!
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SSG (ret) William Martin
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How many jobs had Trump created? Which administration sent jobs to Mexico and over seas through this program called NAFTA? Has Trump deserted any Americans to die? Has Trump being storing classified information in unsecured privately owned server?
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LTC David Brown
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_Trust_Center_(CT_Corporation) Interesting. I guess they are in cahoots with Google, and thousands of other companies.
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PO2 Investigator
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When you are championing the cause for "paying your fair share" leading by example goes a long way.
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Capt Retired
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A very wealthy man said the rich should pay more. Did he write a check?
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