I’m not sure where our family tradition came from… the one where you break this fast, after 24 hours of no food or drink… with a shot of liquor. Single-malt scotch in my case. Let me tell you, that’s one way to shock the system.
Anyway, it’s been a day… did… I… miss… anything?
Exactly a month ago, my closing paragraph was this:
“The President of the United States may not be aware that there are two things in life that are a certainty… death and taxes. You can’t escape either….and history will not be kind in exposing his attempts to cheat on both.”
The gist of that article was more to do with the fake numbers he was now controlling, to direct the C19 narrative… things aren’t so bad, things are getting better, numbers are going down… and so on. Sure they are, Mr. President… they can say whatever you want, when you’re managing it.
I haven’t dug into it yet, but a superficial read on these recent stories implies one of two things: Donald Trump is either among the world’s worst businessmen… or, he ruthlessly cheats on his taxes. I suspect it’s a bit of both, but I’m curious which version his die-hard supporters would prefer? That they were sold a pack of lies? Like the ones who like saying, “Yeah, ok, he’s an abrasive asshole, but at least he knows business and deal-making and all that.”
Or… how about this: “Hey, hardworking American labourer who’s single and made $18,000 last year…you paid more in taxes than your “billionaire” president.
Pick your poison, Trumpers… what do you prefer? The (brutally) inept businessman? Or the ruthless, uncaring tax evader? Tough decision… but, if you have any sort of critical thinking ability left, what shouldn’t be a tough choice is the one you face on November 3rd.
The HK Yom Kippur Wrap Report (0.63 min read)
all of the above. You heard Huckabee. He was not elected to be an accountant. Just a venal piece of trash built to be a trigger destroying a democracy.
Senator Amy Kolbuchar gives me some hope:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SenAmyKlobuchar/status/1309605367282839558
AMEN
Tax evasion?? Even the NYT properly refers to tax “avoidance” which is perfectly legal and pursued by all of us. But “avoidance” intentionally sounds close enough to “evasion” to fool the masses and feed the haters for another day as the election approaches and nobody (not you Horatio Kemeny) bothers to look closely at Joe Biden and what happens to America if the left manages to steal this election. This might change on Tuesday if Biden actually shows up for the debate.
The hardcore Trump cultist aspires to also be an effective tax evader so I don’t anticipate much backlash from the core. His corruption is the strength they see.
I have the same family tradition of breaking the fast with a shot of liquor. It always has to be brown. My grandfather taught me. I’ve taught my sons. And when my wife was pregnant and people would ask, “do you know what you are having?” The answer was “a Democrat and a Canadian.”