08-12-2016, 09:33 PM
vision63 wrote:
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[quote=Speedy]The Clintons’ federal taxes in 2015 amounted to 34.2 percent of their income, and their combined federal, state and local taxes were 43.2 percent. They donated 9.8 percent of their adjusted gross income to charity.
I have no doubt that the Clintons would have paid MUCH less in taxes if not for the fact that they knew their returns would be under a microscope during the campaign. I'm sure they mapped out the finances years ago to look good in 2016.
The question is what methods would they have employed to pay "much" less taxes? The implication is that they would have employed nefarious methods. I see no evidence that would generate "no doubts." Warren Buffet and Michael Bloomberg offered to show off their taxes in a challenge to Trump too. If there were legal ways for the Clintons to reduce their taxes legally, then I'm sure they would have employed them. Why wouldn't they?
Gov. Romney substantially underpaid his taxes in preparation for his run. I suspect one major reason he chose not to run again was because he filed an amended return(s) after his loss in 2012 and didn't want to face the criticism of what he did or by not being willing to release those returns like Mr. Trump.