letters to the editor about Trump's taxes

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https://www.startribune.com/readers-write-trump-s-taxes-2020-election-halted-state-covid-survey-the-pandemic/572568452/

Who paid for federal hurricane relief in Florida, Texas and Louisiana? Not President Donald Trump. (“Trump’s taxes show years of not paying,” front page, Sept. 28.) Who paid the military to protect our shores and fight our wars? Not Trump. Who paid for the Food and Drug Administration to protect our food and drugs from contamination? Not Trump. Who paid for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and all their work fighting the coronavirus? Not Trump. Who paid the millions to the Secret Service to protect Trump on his golf weekends? Not Trump. Who paid for federal prisons that lock up corrupt officials? Not Trump.

Who will I vote for in November along with, I hope, millions of others? Not Trump.

Immediately after the New York Times report on Trump’s tax returns, he denounced it as “fake news.” Well, Mr. President, this time you can easily prove your claim. Release your “real” tax returns.

SALLY THOMAS, EDINA

I’ve never been a fan of Trump, for all the reasons articulated in mainstream media.

However, we must view the revelations in his tax returns with circumspection. His tax shelters are no panacea. It makes no business sense to lose a buck to save 35 cents in taxes. Trump’s tax-loss carryforwards are only deferring a collapse of his business “empire.” It speaks more to a failing business enterprise than to tax evasion. Tax avoidance, not tax evasion, is perfectly legal. Who, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pays more income tax than they must?

The bigger picture is Trump is true to form. His purported “business acumen” is indeed bluster.

CHARLES CORCORAN, STILLWATER



Trump’s tax records prove that he is a tax cheat, a fraud and a con man. He shirks his obligations and lets hardworking Americans pay the taxes needed for COVID research and everything else our government does.

But that’s not the worst of it. He is personally on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in loans that will come due in the next several years. Who holds those loans? What power do they have over him? What will he do to avoid paying those loans, at America’s expense? Trump is a national security threat, and he is unfit for office — as are any GOP candidates who continue to support him.

PAMELA J. SNOPL, MINNEAPOLIS

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1. Good ones