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Trump calls tax avoidance 'smart,' most [Dumb left-wing MOOCHER democrat un-] Americans call it 'unpatriotic': poll
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Oct 4, 2016, 8:14:45 PM10/4/16
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN1242FH
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says paying no income tax
would make him "smart." While nearly half of Americans agree with him,
more people think it is "selfish," and "unpatriotic," according to a
Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.
Some 67 percent of Americans said it is "selfish" for a presidential
candidate to pay no taxes, while 61 percent said it is "unpatriotic,"
according to the poll, which allowed respondents to pick more than one
adjective to describe paying no taxes.
At the same time, the results showed some respect for a candidate who can
figure out how to reduce their tax bill. Some 46 percent of Americans,
including 35 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of Republicans, thought a
presidential candidate who pays no taxes is "smart."
Trump's taxes have become a big campaign issue after the New York Times
released a portion of his 1995 tax returns last week and estimated that
Trump likely paid no taxes for a number of years. The celebrity real
estate developer, who is the first presidential candidate in decades to
refuse to release his full tax returns, didn't deny the report. He later
said that he had "brilliantly used" U.S. tax rules to his advantage.
During the first presidential debate with his rival Democrat Hillary
Clinton last month, Trump responded to Clinton's allegation that he paid
no federal taxes by saying that would make him "smart."
“What is he trying to say: that those of us who pay taxes aren’t
intelligent?” said poll respondent Yonna McNerney, 41, of Denver. “I
started working at the age of 16, and I’ve always paid taxes,” she said.
“Not paying taxes, I don’t think that’s acceptable.”
McNerney, a mother of three who works at a telecommunications company,
remains uncommitted in the race and said Trump’s comments about taxes
haven’t changed her mind one way or the other.
April St. Aoro, 46, who works for a manufacturing firm near St. Cloud,
Minnesota, was more understanding of Trump’s point of view, though she
also remains undecided in the race.
“I think all of us are trying to pay as little taxes as possible,” St.
Aoro said.
Respondents were slightly less critical when asked to describe a private
citizen paying no taxes.
Some 64 percent agreed it was "selfish," while just over half agreed it
was "unpatriotic." Some 50 percent, including 37 percent of Democrats and
67 percent of Republicans, agreed that it was "smart."
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50 states.
Respondents were asked what they thought of "a private citizen who has
found a way to pay no income taxes," and given the choice to agree or
disagree to the words "smart," "selfish," and "unpatriotic."
They were then asked the same set of questions about a presidential
candidate.
The Sept. 28-Oct. 3 poll was part of a larger national tracking poll that
tracks public opinion every day. It included 1,948 American adults,
including 893 Democrats and 635 Republicans. It has a credibility
interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points for the entire
sample, 4 percentage points for Democrats only and 5 percentage points for
Republicans.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says paying no income tax
would make him "smart." While nearly half of Americans agree with him,
more people think it is "selfish," and "unpatriotic," according to a
Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.
Some 67 percent of Americans said it is "selfish" for a presidential
candidate to pay no taxes, while 61 percent said it is "unpatriotic,"
according to the poll, which allowed respondents to pick more than one
adjective to describe paying no taxes.
At the same time, the results showed some respect for a candidate who can
figure out how to reduce their tax bill. Some 46 percent of Americans,
including 35 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of Republicans, thought a
presidential candidate who pays no taxes is "smart."
Trump's taxes have become a big campaign issue after the New York Times
released a portion of his 1995 tax returns last week and estimated that
Trump likely paid no taxes for a number of years. The celebrity real
estate developer, who is the first presidential candidate in decades to
refuse to release his full tax returns, didn't deny the report. He later
said that he had "brilliantly used" U.S. tax rules to his advantage.
During the first presidential debate with his rival Democrat Hillary
Clinton last month, Trump responded to Clinton's allegation that he paid
no federal taxes by saying that would make him "smart."
“What is he trying to say: that those of us who pay taxes aren’t
intelligent?” said poll respondent Yonna McNerney, 41, of Denver. “I
started working at the age of 16, and I’ve always paid taxes,” she said.
“Not paying taxes, I don’t think that’s acceptable.”
McNerney, a mother of three who works at a telecommunications company,
remains uncommitted in the race and said Trump’s comments about taxes
haven’t changed her mind one way or the other.
April St. Aoro, 46, who works for a manufacturing firm near St. Cloud,
Minnesota, was more understanding of Trump’s point of view, though she
also remains undecided in the race.
“I think all of us are trying to pay as little taxes as possible,” St.
Aoro said.
Respondents were slightly less critical when asked to describe a private
citizen paying no taxes.
Some 64 percent agreed it was "selfish," while just over half agreed it
was "unpatriotic." Some 50 percent, including 37 percent of Democrats and
67 percent of Republicans, agreed that it was "smart."
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50 states.
Respondents were asked what they thought of "a private citizen who has
found a way to pay no income taxes," and given the choice to agree or
disagree to the words "smart," "selfish," and "unpatriotic."
They were then asked the same set of questions about a presidential
candidate.
The Sept. 28-Oct. 3 poll was part of a larger national tracking poll that
tracks public opinion every day. It included 1,948 American adults,
including 893 Democrats and 635 Republicans. It has a credibility
interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points for the entire
sample, 4 percentage points for Democrats only and 5 percentage points for
Republicans.
--
His Omnipotence Barack Hussein Obama, declared himself "Pooptator" of all
mentally ill homosexuals and crossdressers, while declaring where they
will defecate.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the seven
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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