(04-09-2019 08:21 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-08-2019 05:21 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  But I'm shocked that you think the ownership of a hotel that grossed $40 MM in revenue in 2017 is close to immaterial

Where did you get this number?

I have no idea what the Holiday Inn down the street grossed.

I know you are just an engineer, but gross numbers are not net numbers. Actually, that number seems low for a gross.

But it is immaterial to the release of Trump's tax returns. That number, and the net number, will not appear on Trump's tax returns. In fact there may be no entry at all that goes back to the hotel. But there certainly will be no entry that says "Minister from Slobovia, $250K for 6 months in Suite 2021". So why the need for Trump's 1040?

Oh, wait you say, we also need the tax return for Trump Hotel, Inc. But that will not show a line saying "Minister from slobovia, $250K for 6 month stay". It will just show gross revenue and total expenses, and the net will be either profit or loss.

Si then, you say, we need all the operating records of the hotel detailing every guest, the length of his stay, and the total bill.

Essentially a total audit By politically motivated amateurs. Nothing bad could happen there.

Then multiply this by 400, or whatever the number of properties and corporations represented on Trump's 1040 is.

Giant witch hunt. Lots of room for innuendo, which seems to be the DNC's main weapon.

Of course, we also have to investigate which properties did not show up on the 1040, and why.

Total witch hunt.

And all triggered by providing his 1040 to a bunch of people who want to make as much trouble for him as possible(your party, Lad, in case you don't get it.) just because he won an election in which he was an underdog. has no Democrat ever won as an underdog? AOC?

Makes more and more sense not to release the returns to me.

By the way, where is the list of lobbyists who ate at Nancy Pelosi's restaurants, and how much they spent? Won't find it on her 1040. But, I am pretty sure that influences her votes. She is a very vain person, just look at all those face lifts. She never appears in public with a hair out of place.

Most rich people are not motivated by greed, but if that is what you think of Gates, Buffet, Bezos, Stryer, Schultz, Rockefeller, Kennedy, and all the others, so be it.

I hear we are still waiting on Sanders' tax returns...from 2016. Now, $50K would make a big difference in his income.

I got that number from financial disclosures that were released: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org...-territory

edit: and the numbers I've seen on profit generated is that the hotel generated around $2MM in profit, which exceeded expectations by almost 200% (they were projecting that they would lose $2MM in 2017).