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Tanuki

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7. Are those the goats he uses to save millions of dollars in taxes
Fri Aug 4, 2023, 09:04 AM
Aug 2023

by pretending that his Bedminster estate is a "farm"?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/how-trump-used-goats-to-cut-millions-of-dollars-off-his-local-property-taxes-and-paid-just-700-last-year/amp_articleshow/86370363.cms

"How Trump used goats to cut millions of dollars off his local property taxes, and paid just $700 last year
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The roaming ruminants allow the twice-impeached former president to claim New Jersey's farmland assessment reduction - a tax-shaving strategy that's likely saved the businessman-turned-politician more than $3 million since the club opened in 2004.
That means if the farm were taxed on par with the golf course, he'd be on the hook for approximately $199,000 more per year over the past two decades. That's millions in lost revenue the town of 8,300 people could have put towards improving roads, schools, or the beloved local library.

The farmland tax reduction is just one of the many ways Trump has been known to shave the cost of running his businesses, including in Bedminster where locals would like to forget their most infamous neighbor.

According to The Washington Post, Trump's company secretly hired unauthorized Costa Rican workers to shape his suburban retreat for a fraction of what he would have had to pay unionized locals."... .(more)

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The goats of HELL are coming for you Trump! Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #1
+1 bronxiteforever Aug 2023 #10
Black Phillip from The Witch: Tommy Carcetti Aug 2023 #17
I like it! Evolve Dammit Aug 2023 #19
Goats know what's up EnergizedLib Aug 2023 #2
They were sent by Dark Braaandon Best_man23 Aug 2023 #3
Nice one. LuckyCharms Aug 2023 #13
I'm surprised he didn't just plow through them underpants Aug 2023 #4
If Trump had been the one driving... 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #23
I doubt Trump even knows how to drive. He's always had chauffeurs. Lonestarblue Aug 2023 #30
I take that as a fact. dchill Aug 2023 #32
Those aren't just any goats blogslug Aug 2023 #5
Thank you! The Golden Fleece sums up dip's sense of patriotism. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #8
Poor Trump. He was having a really bad day. nt leftyladyfrommo Aug 2023 #6
Are those the goats he uses to save millions of dollars in taxes Tanuki Aug 2023 #7
Sick fuck. PCIntern Aug 2023 #9
There are also many wild jackasses at the property. Harker Aug 2023 #18
Love that they came out at just the right moment and Polly Hennessey Aug 2023 #11
goats can be sentient bigtree Aug 2023 #12
And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. joshcryer Aug 2023 #25
good shepherds bigtree Aug 2023 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author joshcryer Aug 2023 #26
OH MY GOD, THE PROPHECY IS TRUE!!!! From my June 2021 self-authored satire piece here at DU: Tommy Carcetti Aug 2023 #14
that's really great, Tommy bigtree Aug 2023 #15
Lol, great. Goats seem just right for MAGA spirit to me. Hortensis Aug 2023 #21
Hunter Biden's goats? twodogsbarking Aug 2023 #16
"I SAID I NEED 11,780 VOTES!!!" JuJuChen Aug 2023 #20
not goats!! bigtree Aug 2023 #22
Perfect. 🏆 underpants Aug 2023 #27
'Naw, George told me, "He wants 11 cows and 7 or 8 goats. We couldn't get the cows."' Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #29
Trump probably thought they were honoring him: Greatest Of All Time. TheRickles Aug 2023 #24
hehe. AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #28
More Biblical stuff. louis-t Aug 2023 #33
I really hope that got his goat. dchill Aug 2023 #34
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 #35
The horns of plenty are raining down on the fat fuck Blue Owl Aug 2023 #36
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