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gab13by13

(32,146 posts)
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 07:35 AM Aug 2024

Ah Yes Chicago

Where TSF has a tower that he claimed a 651 million dollar tax write off, formed a holding company and double dipped on the deduction.

We learned about this many months ago and as usual with TSF no one did a fucking thing. Tax experts estimate that those bogus deductions cost our government at least 100 million dollars, or more.

What would happen if Kamala or Tim claimed fraudulent tax write offs?

Too late now, any action would be deemed partisan, unless it is about a Democrat.

What would the IRS do to me if I claim a 651 million dollar loss on my next tax return?

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Ah Yes Chicago (Original Post) gab13by13 Aug 2024 OP
K&R Think. Again. Aug 2024 #1
he got a property huge tax break on that bldg. mopinko Aug 2024 #2
What I am talking about gab13by13 Aug 2024 #3
i'd love to see the numbers on that bldg. mopinko Aug 2024 #6
TSF is going to hold daily campaign briefings gab13by13 Aug 2024 #4
well, that might b fun. mopinko Aug 2024 #5
More of a money vampire, I think HariSeldon Aug 2024 #7
cannibalistic capitalism-he's a pro nt et tu Aug 2024 #10
And it blots out the former IBM building and the 2 circular towers on the river. sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #8
You're right: Trump is still getting away with being a career criminal hawkeye21 Aug 2024 #9
Do you have a link on that story? rurallib Aug 2024 #11
I know a man who was incarcerated for 1 % of that. Hope22 Aug 2024 #12

mopinko

(73,669 posts)
2. he got a property huge tax break on that bldg.
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:02 AM
Aug 2024

thanks to now convicted former alder, ed burke. (y alders r allowed to have a side hustle screwing tax payers, i’ll never know. but the most corrupt 1s ever do it.)
he blamed the architects for ‘bad sightlines’ that made the retail ‘unrentable’. it sits on a brand new, very busy river walk. got nothing to do w ‘sightlines’ and everything to do w his name on the bldg.

mopinko

(73,669 posts)
6. i'd love to see the numbers on that bldg.
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:20 AM
Aug 2024

i bet it’s the worst property he owns. the only ppl who even drink in the bar r magats, and we dont have that many of them here.
many units never sold, and those that did, they cant resell them.

gab13by13

(32,146 posts)
4. TSF is going to hold daily campaign briefings
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:12 AM
Aug 2024

at Trump tower Chicago which will amount to more grifting for him off this tower. How convenient for him to hold campaign meetings at his properties.

The fucker is a carnival barker who can get people to pay to see the bearded lady, more than once.

mopinko

(73,669 posts)
5. well, that might b fun.
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:18 AM
Aug 2024

i’m surprised he even sets foot in chgo. we ran his ass off in 16. the only place that did.

HariSeldon

(541 posts)
7. More of a money vampire, I think
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:48 AM
Aug 2024

Sucks the money right away, certainly seems to have some kind of hypnotic power over at least some people, and just won't seem to die.

hawkeye21

(313 posts)
9. You're right: Trump is still getting away with being a career criminal
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 09:16 AM
Aug 2024

And it's sickening.

My wife, son, and I participated in an anti-Trump rally on President's Day in Chicago in 2017 when the orange one had been in office about a month. "Not my president" was a popular sign that day, along with "Hands off my body" and countless others. Anyone paying any attention at all has known exactly who Trump is all along. Those people in Chicago that day knew, as did those in similar protests around the country. And yet here we are again . . .

CBS "Sunday Morning" interviewed the son of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, the guy who let the Chicago Police beat the hell out of anti-war protesters at the Democratic National Convention in 1968. If you're too young to know about it, or if you've managed to forget, review the video. It was an international disgrace. But then the Daley family is one of the most corrupt Democrat families in the country. And the interview showed it. What a complete dolt.

Anyway, I hope Chicago can redeem itself this time, and I hope I never see another Chicago Daley anywhere near a DNC.

Hope22

(4,718 posts)
12. I know a man who was incarcerated for 1 % of that.
Mon Aug 19, 2024, 10:31 AM
Aug 2024

Seemingly normal man who got too creative. Broke the law and paid the price. Family, homes and boat in the toilet. I wonder if he is still a Republican! Yet TSF is still a presidential candidate. Disgusting!

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