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>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million He didn't inherit it with a bunch of strings attached from lobbyists. The Clintons have been pulling mone

by hueving 10y ago

>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million He didn't inherit it with a bunch of strings attached from lobbyists. The Clintons have been pulling money into their foundation leveraging political connections built up over decades. People don't care that he's rich with daddy's money, they care that it's not "decades of political speeches and political fundraising money". >He didn't pay his taxes He would be a moron if he didn't pay the legally required amount. The fact that people think taking a loss write-off is some kind of black mark shows how stupid many people really are. >And if you think the political system is broken, well, you haven't seen nothing yet You may be right, but many people were voting in a massive change to the system. "drain the swap" was the slogan

_andromeda_ 10y ago
Ah! A breath of fresh air on HN. >He would be a moron if he didn't pay the legally required amount Precisely. Why would anyone pay more taxes than they're legally required to? He'd be in jail otherwise. You see, people are caught up in complexity instead of asking simple questions such as these. It is however so blatantly obvious that folks attacking Trump on such issues don't have anything concrete to discredit President Trump. >>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million Again, WRONG! So blatantly obvious this is a lie. He did not inherit that much and even if he did, why is that a problem for anyone? Trump's voters weren't voting for his flaws (which were largely exaggerated by the dishonest media), they were voting for him because he was the only one who seemed to understand just how dire things have become, not just in America but globally. The left has largely been all about status quo and the vilification of producers. What has emerged now is that the left cannot be placated any longer. Time for radical action has come. Immorality, indolence, abortions, illegal immigration, egalitarianism, fundamentalism/Islamic radicalization and social welfare have no place in 21st century civilization. It is time for normalcy to resume and voters all over the world from France To Italy To America have realized that only the right can provide this normalcy. All the socialist parties in the world are losing and this is a clear indication that the pendulum has swung for the better. EDIT: Here's a list of world leaders likely to emulate the brilliant things Trump is doing when they come into power: Norbert Hofer - Austria, Marine Le Pen - France, Frauke Petry - Germany (with a very impressive movement called Alternative For Germany which has taken a cue from Brexit with their anti-EU mantra), Jimmie Akesson - Sweden, Andrej Babis - Czech, Beppe Grillo - Italy, Geert Wilders - Netherlanders, Nigel Farage - United Kingdom
espadrine 10y ago
> He didn't inherit it That is not the point. Why is Clinton owing the wealthy for their donations a problem? Because it makes her more likely to yield to their demands. Corruption creates a pay-to-win game. But putting the wealthy in power cuts the middle man, worsening the situation: now they don't even need to provide donations, they are either on the President's cabinet, or are the President himself! > "drain the swap" was the slogan Populism at work; there was no need for it to be honest. It is a true issue, but someone that points it out does not automatically become an outsider of the system. He was very much part of the system, and was open about it, bragging about his political donations.
vacri 10y ago
> People don't care that he's rich with daddy's money, they care that it's not "decades of political speeches and political fundraising money". They don't care about either of those things. His supporters backed him because he said things they wanted to hear, no matter how outrageous they were.
_andromeda_2 10y ago
Ah! A breath of fresh air on HN. >He would be a moron if he didn't pay the legally required amount Precisely. Why would anyone pay more taxes than they're legally required to? He'd be in jail otherwise. You see, people are caught up in complexity instead of asking simple questions such as these. It is however so blatantly obvious that folks attacking Trump on such issues don't have anything concrete to discredit President Trump. >>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million Again, WRONG! So blatantly obvious this is a lie. He did not inherit that much and even if he did, why is that a problem for anyone? Trump's voters weren't voting for his flaws (which were largely exaggerated by the dishonest media), they were voting for him because he was the only one who seemed to understand just how dire things have become, not just in America but globally. The left has largely been all about status quo and the vilification of producers. What has emerged now is that the left cannot be placated any longer. Time for radical action has come. Immorality, indolence, abortions, illegal immigration, egalitarianism, fundamentalism/Islamic radicalization and social welfare have no place in 21st century civilization. It is time for normalcy to resume and voters all over the world from France To Italy To America have realized that only the right can provide this normalcy. All the socialist parties in the world are losing and this is a clear indication that the pendulum has swung for the better. EDIT: Here's a list of world leaders likely to emulate the brilliant things Trump is doing when they come into power: Norbert Hofer - Austria, Marine Le Pen - France, Frauke Petry - Germany (with a very impressive movement called Alternative For Germany which has taken a cue from Brexit with their anti-EU mantra), Jimmie Akesson - Sweden, Andrej Babis - Czech, Beppe Grillo - Italy, Geert Wilders - Netherlanders, Nigel Farage - United Kingdom WHY AM I BEING FLAGGED? I SAID NOTHING WRONG!!!!
- sctb 10y ago
  Hacker News is a community, and incendiary partisan comments such as these aren't conducive to the kind of civil discussion that we're effortfully striving for here. It's absolutely not OK to then repost already-flagged comments with new accounts. We also ban accounts that use the site primarily for political and ideological purposes for the same reason: that's not what this site is for.
eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>You may be right, but many people were voting in a massive change to the system. "drain the swap" was the slogan You know who first said, "Drain the swamp"? Benito Mussolini. You know how that turned out?

by hueving 10y ago

_andromeda_ 10y ago

Ah! A breath of fresh air on HN. >He would be a moron if he didn't pay the legally required amount Precisely. Why would anyone pay more taxes than they're legally required to? He'd be in jail otherwise. You see, people are caught up in complexity instead of asking simple questions such as these. It is however so blatantly obvious that folks attacking Trump on such issues don't have anything concrete to discredit President Trump. >>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million Again, WRONG! So blatantly obvious this is a lie. He did not inherit that much and even if he did, why is that a problem for anyone? Trump's voters weren't voting for his flaws (which were largely exaggerated by the dishonest media), they were voting for him because he was the only one who seemed to understand just how dire things have become, not just in America but globally. The left has largely been all about status quo and the vilification of producers. What has emerged now is that the left cannot be placated any longer. Time for radical action has come. Immorality, indolence, abortions, illegal immigration, egalitarianism, fundamentalism/Islamic radicalization and social welfare have no place in 21st century civilization. It is time for normalcy to resume and voters all over the world from France To Italy To America have realized that only the right can provide this normalcy. All the socialist parties in the world are losing and this is a clear indication that the pendulum has swung for the better. EDIT: Here's a list of world leaders likely to emulate the brilliant things Trump is doing when they come into power: Norbert Hofer - Austria, Marine Le Pen - France, Frauke Petry - Germany (with a very impressive movement called Alternative For Germany which has taken a cue from Brexit with their anti-EU mantra), Jimmie Akesson - Sweden, Andrej Babis - Czech, Beppe Grillo - Italy, Geert Wilders - Netherlanders, Nigel Farage - United Kingdom

espadrine 10y ago

> He didn't inherit it That is not the point. Why is Clinton owing the wealthy for their donations a problem? Because it makes her more likely to yield to their demands. Corruption creates a pay-to-win game. But putting the wealthy in power cuts the middle man, worsening the situation: now they don't even need to provide donations, they are either on the President's cabinet, or are the President himself! > "drain the swap" was the slogan Populism at work; there was no need for it to be honest. It is a true issue, but someone that points it out does not automatically become an outsider of the system. He was very much part of the system, and was open about it, bragging about his political donations.

vacri 10y ago

> People don't care that he's rich with daddy's money, they care that it's not "decades of political speeches and political fundraising money". They don't care about either of those things. His supporters backed him because he said things they wanted to hear, no matter how outrageous they were.

_andromeda_2 10y ago

sctb 10y ago
Hacker News is a community, and incendiary partisan comments such as these aren't conducive to the kind of civil discussion that we're effortfully striving for here. It's absolutely not OK to then repost already-flagged comments with new accounts. We also ban accounts that use the site primarily for political and ideological purposes for the same reason: that's not what this site is for.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago

>You may be right, but many people were voting in a massive change to the system. "drain the swap" was the slogan You know who first said, "Drain the swamp"? Benito Mussolini. You know how that turned out?