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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm guessing that over the course of time since the 1970's you can find PLENTY of times that Trump paid cash both overseas and in the U.S.
Just like every business does on specific occasions. Is it illegal? No.
Not reporting it on your taxes? Yes that is illegal...just like running a stop sign and just as common.
There are very FEW times that anybody receiving cash reports it. But that isn't what Trump did.
He paid OUT cash. And I'd bet you dollars to donuts that any time that Trump has paid anyone in cash he got a receipt and filed taxes on it to write it off.
Don't you do that when you pay cash for something?
Anyway...waitresses, waiters, cab drivers, doormen, etc. across the country definitely understand what it means to get cash instead of credit or a check.
If Rachel Maddow thought her reporting on this on MSNBC's HUGE audience was going to anger real working people...she is greatly mistaken, and as always: out of touch with the people.
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Hi Robby,
It's not that he was paid in cash. It's that it was with an entity that has ties with terrorist organizations.
Read the whole thing at
Donald Trump’s Worst Deal - The New Yorker. It's really interesting.
To Trump's credit, maybe he didn't know that he might be breaking the law. However, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977) says that even if you unknowingly participated, you can still be guilty.
The exact text says "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, passed in 1977, forbade American companies from participating in a scheme to reward a foreign government official in exchange for material benefit or preferential treatment. The law even made it a crime for an American company to unknowingly benefit from a partner’s corruption if it could have discovered illicit activity but avoided doing so. This closed what was known as the “head in the sand” loophole."
On a related topic, this can be pretty scary. How would anyone know if you're dealing with someone like this?