Nov 042016
What The Donald’s apparent long-time avoidance of paying federal income tax or even much in the way of federal payroll taxes teaches us about the U.S. tax system, according to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D), as quoted in The New York Times Nov. 4:
You work a shift in a factory, or you’re a cop on a beat, the taxes come out of your paycheck. That’s just how it works. For the most fortunate you hire a battery of experts, and you pay what you want when you want to, or even nothing at all.