The thing that a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of Americans look unto this as a VIRTUE. He will be celebrated for his scheming and cunning, and not paying into the pork barrels and welfare and corruption that defines BIG GOV'T.
Dems: He's not a good American, he didn't pay any taxes, how can he be a patriot if he won't pay higher tax!?
Trump: Of course I don't pay any more tax than I have to, why would I? You wrote the tax laws, I didn't pay any tax because Obama and Sleepy Joe here gave me a tax break. It was their law. I just followed it. I create jobs and I mean who likes paying taxes? No one. If you care so much why don't you raise everyone's taxes? Are you going to raise taxes?
Dems: No, we're not going to raise taxes. Of course not. But you did it through a loophole, a loooophole! It wasn't in the spirit of what we intended. You used a loophole!
Trump: Yeah, your loophole. Thanks by the way. Besides, you're all doing it, you're all doing it. At least I run businesses, not like Hilary's crooked charity that does all that creepy stuff. Where's Hunter's tax return? etc etc
The thing that a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of Americans look unto this as a VIRTUE. He will be celebrated for his scheming and cunning, and not paying into the pork barrels and welfare and corruption that defines BIG GOV'T.
The "two sides of the debate" are going to be:
The right: Trump is a high IQ genius for epically owning the government and keeping his hard-earned money
The "left": Trump is a bad bad man, unlike all the good billionaires who pay at least $751 in taxes and do legitimate-ish charity work.
Actual systemic critique, at least in the mainstream media, will be scant to nonexistant.
Honestly I expect it more to be:
Dems: He's not a good American, he didn't pay any taxes, how can he be a patriot if he won't pay higher tax!?
Trump: Of course I don't pay any more tax than I have to, why would I? You wrote the tax laws, I didn't pay any tax because Obama and Sleepy Joe here gave me a tax break. It was their law. I just followed it. I create jobs and I mean who likes paying taxes? No one. If you care so much why don't you raise everyone's taxes? Are you going to raise taxes?
Dems: No, we're not going to raise taxes. Of course not. But you did it through a loophole, a loooophole! It wasn't in the spirit of what we intended. You used a loophole!
Trump: Yeah, your loophole. Thanks by the way. Besides, you're all doing it, you're all doing it. At least I run businesses, not like Hilary's crooked charity that does all that creepy stuff. Where's Hunter's tax return? etc etc
Yeah, but those people are all voting for him anyway, so who cares what they think?
Yep. He'll respond that this shows he's smart, and his approval rating will go up among "fiscal conservatives."
That's why the messaging isn't tax avoidance, it's he didn't make any goddamned money, he's a fucking moron.