Smart?

[Abhidevananda]

By no means is the following any kind of endorsement for Hillary
Clinton, but...


In his first debate with Hillary, Donald Trump offered Americans and
the world a lot of food for thought in respect to his candidacy and
the entire system of capitalism. At one point in the debate (see
http://tinyurl.com/hxhp8nh), Hillary suggested that Donald has not
released his tax records because they reveal that he did not pay any
taxes or even give any money to charity. Donald effectively admitted
that Hillary was right by responding with: "That makes me smart."


Leaving aside any criminal aspects of tax evasion, it seems that
Donald does not understand that the president is a role model. So what
would happen if the entire population of the USA were to be as
selfishly smart as Donald? Obviously, no one would pay taxes. And if
no one pays taxes, then Donald's federal government would have no
money to pay off any debt or implement any social, economic,
political, or military program, including Donald's secret plan to
defeat ISIS and his not-so-secret plan to build a wall along the
border with Mexico (unless, of course, Mexico actually does pay for
that wall... in advance). Pretty soon, the US would look worse than
any Third-World country. And that's how Donald would "make America
great again". What Donald has not yet admitted (but implicitly and
repeatedly demonstrates) is that he wants to make America "great" only
for his personal business interests.


So here we have tremendous insight into not just what sort of
president Donald would be but also what sort of principles capitalism
promotes. Can anyone believe that Donald would not exploit his power
for the primary purpose of extending his personal wealth? According to
Donald's avowed standards, failure to do so would not be smart.

[Abhidevananda]

Post by Abhidevananda
In his first debate with Hillary, Donald Trump offered Americans and
the world a lot of food for thought in respect to his candidacy and
the entire system of capitalism. At one point in the debate (see
http://tinyurl.com/hxhp8nh), Hillary suggested that Donald has not
released his tax records because they reveal that he did not pay any
taxes or even give any money to charity. Donald effectively admitted
that Hillary was right by responding with: "That makes me smart."

So now Trump is admitting that he did not pay any personal taxes, and
he claims that this was so because of a "fiduciary responsibility".
Obviously, Trump is counting on the likelihood that Americans won't
understand the word, "fiduciary". Unfortunately, Trump understands
neither the word, "fiduciary", nor the word, "responsibility".

The most important point here is that Trump could only have a
"fiduciary responsibility" in relation to the taxes paid by his
businesses. There is nothing like a fiduciary responsibility to one's
own personal taxes. That is just greed.

As for the rest of what Trump claims, it is pure "trump"... whoops, I
meant to "bunk". Faulty keyboard.