Conflicts of Interest and Self Dealing Issues Have Not Been Resolved
The Republican Party of Lincoln had seventeen candidates to choose from and ended up nominating Donald Trump.
The Democratic Party may have had a very qualified candidate in Hillary but she wasn't popular enough to get enough of her voters in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Florida out to vote or the Republicans would still be complaining about her.
I did not like the tone of the President Elect's first Press Conference.
I'm not sure that giving the management of your businesses to your sons meets the ethical requirements that running for the office requires if one is to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interests. The potential for self dealing is kind of hard to deal with.
For example: If you come in to office with an extreme amount of wealth and one of the first tax proposals you make is to abolish the Federal Estate Tax that you would be subject to and it affects only a small number of people, there will be issues and there is little doubt in my mind that a portion of that wealth was from favorable tax treatment which should be taxed like IRAs or other deferred income. This is a form of self dealing on steroids
You might think that donating net income from foreign businesses to the Treasury Department will hold you harmless from Constitution Provision Trump is making these donations in reference to concerns about the Emoluments Clause. According to the clause, which is in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8: that prohibit getting money from foreign governments.
Interesting, but again isn't that what most folks do when they pay their income taxes. How many folks in the United States of America believe they are making a donation when they pay their taxes.
Given previous statements on taxes, the election may be over, but the issue of taxes and government finance, health care, Social Security and Medicare continue.
The Democratic Party may have had a very qualified candidate in Hillary but she wasn't popular enough to get enough of her voters in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Florida out to vote or the Republicans would still be complaining about her.
I did not like the tone of the President Elect's first Press Conference.
I'm not sure that giving the management of your businesses to your sons meets the ethical requirements that running for the office requires if one is to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interests. The potential for self dealing is kind of hard to deal with.
For example: If you come in to office with an extreme amount of wealth and one of the first tax proposals you make is to abolish the Federal Estate Tax that you would be subject to and it affects only a small number of people, there will be issues and there is little doubt in my mind that a portion of that wealth was from favorable tax treatment which should be taxed like IRAs or other deferred income. This is a form of self dealing on steroids
You might think that donating net income from foreign businesses to the Treasury Department will hold you harmless from Constitution Provision Trump is making these donations in reference to concerns about the Emoluments Clause. According to the clause, which is in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8: that prohibit getting money from foreign governments.
Interesting, but again isn't that what most folks do when they pay their income taxes. How many folks in the United States of America believe they are making a donation when they pay their taxes.
Given previous statements on taxes, the election may be over, but the issue of taxes and government finance, health care, Social Security and Medicare continue.
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