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Re:Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax... by scarface74 on Monday September 28, 2020 @08:06AM (#24615708)
You don’t buy money losing companies to have a smaller offset from paying taxes.

Where would the money come from to keep the company in business?

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Re:Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax... by digitaltrees on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @04:45PM (#24632764)
Umm. Yes you do, there are literally markets for tax credits that you can buy for pennies on the dollar.
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Re:Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax... by phobosanomaly on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:52PM (#24620605)
That's one of the main points of the NYT article. That's why Trump is so far in debt.
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Re:Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax... by scarface74 on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:03PM (#24621188)
That’s not exactly a tax dodge strategy to get deeper in debt. More than likely, he just isn’t a good business person and fell for the sunk cost fallacy.
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