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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:23 AM Sep 2016

Donald Trump thinks only stupid people pay taxes

Which is actually quite the honest statement about what Trump believes. He 100% meant it. It wasn't a gaffe. Donald Trump defines how smart someone is by how much they've fucked over other people to make themselves rich and powerful. That's genuinely what he believes. And not coincidentally, the epitome of what Donald Trump defines as being smart is Donald Trump himself.

If Dr. Robert Hare were to sit down with Trump and spend some time with him, he'd see unbelievable amounts of narcissism, vanity, glibness, delusions of grandeur, and someone utterly lacking in empathy and emotional development - in short, many of the exact traits that define psychopathic/sociopathic behavior (or Antisocial Personality Disorder). Not surprisingly, this same type of personality - and the resulting set of beliefs and behaviors - has a higher than average prevalence within the upper echelons of the corporate/big business world and among super-wealthy people in general. Trump is just extremely open and boorish about it.

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Donald Trump thinks only stupid people pay taxes (Original Post) YoungDemCA Sep 2016 OP
Sick. underthematrix Sep 2016 #1
Jonathan Winters in Mad Mad World.... The_Casual_Observer Sep 2016 #2
The plutocrats all know that taxes are for the Middle Class. nt King_Klonopin Sep 2016 #3
Stupid to the max to admit he pays no tax. That will cost him big-time. Cicada Sep 2016 #4
Reminds me of one of Trump's earliest nemesis, Leona Helmsley. no_hypocrisy Sep 2016 #5
Well, a 10 yr old boy would have more LittleGirl Sep 2016 #6
If he becomes president Dorian Gray Sep 2016 #7
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #8
This is what we need to keep talking about with the "they're both awfuls" Patiod Sep 2016 #9
Reminds me of someone Major Nikon Sep 2016 #10
 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
2. Jonathan Winters in Mad Mad World....
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:42 AM
Sep 2016

"Everybody pays taxes !!!!!!"

It's a struggle to pay the taxes, and when I see a bastard boast how smart he is for not paying any, it pisses me.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
4. Stupid to the max to admit he pays no tax. That will cost him big-time.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:13 AM
Sep 2016

Trump was Leona Helmsley stupid to say that. Leona never recovered from saying only little people pay taxes and Trump may never recover from saying he's so smart he figures out how to not pay taxes.

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)
5. Reminds me of one of Trump's earliest nemesis, Leona Helmsley.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:13 AM
Sep 2016

She said that only little people pay taxes.

LittleGirl

(8,282 posts)
6. Well, a 10 yr old boy would have more
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:19 AM
Sep 2016

maturity and empathy than drumpf. That's about the age that I believe drumpf is, 10.

Patiod

(11,816 posts)
9. This is what we need to keep talking about with the "they're both awfuls"
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:58 AM
Sep 2016

Most of them say "but Trump IS a good businessman". No, he's not. He's a cheat.

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