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Anonymous wrote:I look at it like this -- I am not voting for Trump, but I am voting for the republican ticket because it stands for the things I believe in even if Trump is still on that ticket.

Same here.

Anonymous wrote:I look at it like this -- I am not voting for Trump, but I am voting for the republican ticket because it stands for the things I believe in even if Trump is still on that ticket.

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Anonymous wrote:Prior to the debate I really felt that the chance of Trump winning was getting to the point that I was beginning to lose hope. Heading into the second debate, I was really nervous whether Trump can stay on strategy rather than react to attacks on his personality faults.

I still think he could have done a lot better answering the tax question, but maybe his strategy team has reasons not to get too complicated into the tax issues.

After last night, I believe that he at the very least came out even if not won. Many times during the debate, it was obvious that Hillary was hunting for answers she didn't have, drawing out her sentences and frequently asking people to just go to her website for fact checks. It is as if she was caught off guard by Trump's performance in contrast to the first debate.

Many analysts believe that he needs to have a clear win in this second debate in order to pull out ahead. I don't think we have that, so I am still worried. However, his performance does give me some hope towards the third debate.

Buffett has paid taxes since he was 13 and he has never used the carry forward loss provision in 72 years of tax filing. He paid close to $2Million in federal income taxes last year. he is under audit and says that he will release his taxes if Trump does BECAUSE there is no legal reason not to. Buffet was also donated close to #3Billion to charity last year.

Berkshire Hathaway is a public company, Trump Organization is not. You cannot really compare the two tax situations, not matter whose side you are trying to argue. If he paid $2M in federal tax last year, don't you think that's a bit low for someone worth $65B?

Hmmm - $65B in holdings generated $11M in income - or %0.00014%. Yeah, no tax planning there.

Why are you so keen to display your zero knowledge about finance to the public? $65B(maybe more now) is networth - which means it is paper money, in simple terms, just the number of shares he owns times price of each share. Plus any other assets. His gross income is what the board pays him for his role in the company.

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Anonymous wrote:Prior to the debate I really felt that the chance of Trump winning was getting to the point that I was beginning to lose hope. Heading into the second debate, I was really nervous whether Trump can stay on strategy rather than react to attacks on his personality faults.

I still think he could have done a lot better answering the tax question, but maybe his strategy team has reasons not to get too complicated into the tax issues.

After last night, I believe that he at the very least came out even if not won. Many times during the debate, it was obvious that Hillary was hunting for answers she didn't have, drawing out her sentences and frequently asking people to just go to her website for fact checks. It is as if she was caught off guard by Trump's performance in contrast to the first debate.

Many analysts believe that he needs to have a clear win in this second debate in order to pull out ahead. I don't think we have that, so I am still worried. However, his performance does give me some hope towards the third debate.

Buffett has paid taxes since he was 13 and he has never used the carry forward loss provision in 72 years of tax filing. He paid close to $2Million in federal income taxes last year. he is under audit and says that he will release his taxes if Trump does BECAUSE there is no legal reason not to. Buffet was also donated close to #3Billion to charity last year.

Berkshire Hathaway is a public company, Trump Organization is not. You cannot really compare the two tax situations, not matter whose side you are trying to argue. If he paid $2M in federal tax last year, don't you think that's a bit low for someone worth $65B?

Hmmm - $65B in holdings generated $11M in income - or %0.00014%. Yeah, no tax planning there.

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Anonymous wrote:Prior to the debate I really felt that the chance of Trump winning was getting to the point that I was beginning to lose hope. Heading into the second debate, I was really nervous whether Trump can stay on strategy rather than react to attacks on his personality faults.

I still think he could have done a lot better answering the tax question, but maybe his strategy team has reasons not to get too complicated into the tax issues.

After last night, I believe that he at the very least came out even if not won. Many times during the debate, it was obvious that Hillary was hunting for answers she didn't have, drawing out her sentences and frequently asking people to just go to her website for fact checks. It is as if she was caught off guard by Trump's performance in contrast to the first debate.

Many analysts believe that he needs to have a clear win in this second debate in order to pull out ahead. I don't think we have that, so I am still worried. However, his performance does give me some hope towards the third debate.

Buffett has paid taxes since he was 13 and he has never used the carry forward loss provision in 72 years of tax filing. He paid close to $2Million in federal income taxes last year. he is under audit and says that he will release his taxes if Trump does BECAUSE there is no legal reason not to. Buffet was also donated close to #3Billion to charity last year.

Berkshire Hathaway is a public company, Trump Organization is not. You cannot really compare the two tax situations, not matter whose side you are trying to argue. If he paid $2M in federal tax last year, don't you think that's a bit low for someone worth $65B?

Hmmm - $65B in holdings generated $11M in income - or %0.00014%. Yeah, no tax planning there.

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I'm curious to hear if last night's debate changed anything for anyone? Did it just confirm what you were already thinking, or was there anything said that made you think about making a change? Or helped if you were undecided?

Nope. Didn't watch the first, nor last night, and don't like either and sincerely believe both would be terrible as the POTUS.

Perhaps you could actually watch the debates? If not before voting, at least before commenting on this thread in which having watched the debates is a prerequisite?

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Anonymous wrote:My first election that I could vote in was Reagan/Mondale in 1984. Serious people with a history of accomplishments. You many not have liked their politics, but it was a valid choice. And if one won versus the other, we would be ok. These two bozo's today are an embarrassment, and they will each take us in a dangerous direction - Clinton to more debt and lawlessness, Trump to who knows where. Mitt Romney and Joe Biden must spend a lot of time thinking about what might have been.

same

In 1984, I turned 18 and have been voting D ever since - until this election. Now, I'm going third party. The Ds have lost me - probably forever.

Anonymous wrote:My first election that I could vote in was Reagan/Mondale in 1984. Serious people with a history of accomplishments. You many not have liked their politics, but it was a valid choice. And if one won versus the other, we would be ok. These two bozo's today are an embarrassment, and they will each take us in a dangerous direction - Clinton to more debt and lawlessness, Trump to who knows where. Mitt Romney and Joe Biden must spend a lot of time thinking about what might have been.

Anonymous wrote:I look at it like this -- I am not voting for Trump, but I am voting for the republican ticket because it stands for the things I believe in even if Trump is still on that ticket.

Anonymous wrote:It didn't raise the level of respect I have for either of them. Other than being more of an annoyance, it was just recycled talk.

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I'm curious to hear if last night's debate changed anything for anyone? Did it just confirm what you were already thinking, or was there anything said that made you think about making a change? Or helped if you were undecided?

Nope. Didn't watch the first, nor last night, and don't like either and sincerely believe both would be terrible as the POTUS.

Anonymous wrote:Trump will go full "she's going to take away your guns" in debate 3. Wedge.