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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)In a tax-avoidance strategy that many in the accounting profession have described as exotic, Donald J. Trump plans to use the first Presidential debate to deduct Joe Biden as a dependent.
Although the decision to declare Bidena seventy-seven-year-old political rival to whom he is not relatedas a dependent has raised eyebrows, Trump said that he is well within his rights to do so.
The reason Joe is doing well in the polls is because people hate me, Trump explained. That means he is totally dependent on me. Did you see that word I used there? Dependent. Im very smart.
Trump said that, in addition to wiping out his tax obligations for the year 2020, declaring Biden as his dependent will have other, more immediate, benefits.
Sleepy Joe wont be able to talk back to me at the debate, because, legally, he will be my dependent, Trump said, adding that this strategy has worked splendidly with others he has named as dependents, including Mike Pence, William Barr, and Lindsey Graham.
Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-plans-to-use-debate-to-deduct-biden-as-dependent
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Love Andy Borowitz! Thanks for posting, Rhiannon!
Rhiannon12866
(205,110 posts)He has so much to draw on these days - the only issue is that his subject lines could easily be breaking news!
brer cat
(24,550 posts)Borowitz has so much material these days he should write a book. Thanks for the post, Rhiannon. Borowitz always puts a bounce in my step.