President Donald Trump Is Still A Con Artist | All In | MSNBC

The New York Times report on Donald Trump's taxes makes it clear that he was a con artist back in the '80s and '90s, and he's still one now, says Chris Hayes.

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[mhambimusonda]

As a New Yorker, we have been warning y' all.

[MrTomtomtest]

It is not just farmers, any business owner knows Trump is a big joke.

[IAmSuzyQ]

🇺🇸 Enough is enough! Don's a con! 🇺🇸
🇺🇲 86 the 45th in 2020! 🇺🇲
      🇺🇲 Dump Trump! 🇺🇲

[moirasmith]

Oh yes I'm always so impressed by a person who owns a private jet. Forget virtuoso violinists (for example) or philanthropists or wonderful surgeons Give me the guy with the private jet every time. It really convinces me "What a great person" (especially when he's a liar and a narcissist to boot).

[truthtroll]

Thing _he really isn't that good at it, the cult is just that stupid!!_

[ld]

Seems that a lot of people on the Right wealth worship and assign a persons value based upon their degree of wealth. It is no wonder they look down on people that have less.

[nastaran]

The reason why Trump supporters don't get how bad Trump presidency is because he's benefitting from improvements Obama done

[geoffgersbach]

Always has been and he always will be a conman. Sadly, there always has been and always will be many very gullible people.

[radwulfeboraci]

Tax evader telling those who DO pay taxes how to spend them. Ten years of losses is a fraud.

[gwen]

Just think about it and unfortunately this person is in charge of the rest of us paying taxes as he doesn't!!!!
The average American pays taxes to fund the following:
How Are Federal Taxes Spent?

Updated for Tax Year 2017

OVERVIEW

All citizens must pay taxes.  How are these federal taxes being spent?

All citizens must pay taxes, and by doing so, contribute their fair share to the health of the government and national economy.

The federal taxes you pay are used by the government to invest in technology and education, and to provide goods and services for the benefit of the American people.

The three biggest categories of expenditures are:

Major health programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid
Social security
Defense and security

Interest on the national debt and various safety net programs such as low-income assistance comprise a sizable chunk of national expenditures, while other categories such as transportation and infrastructure spending round out the government budget.

Defense and security

Defense and security typically constitutes a significant portion of government expenditures, although the amounts change annually along with the rest of the budget.

Defense and security spending is considered a discretionary portion of the federal budget. Spending in this category includes Department of Defense and Homeland Security Agency expenses.

For the fiscal 2014 budget, defense spending equaled $620.6 billion, or approximately 18 percent of the federal budget.

Social Security

Payments for the Social Security system constituted about 23 percent of the federal budget in the 2014 fiscal year, with expenditures of about $857.3 billion. The Social Security system provides retirement and survivors' benefits along with disability payments and is categorized as a mandatory portion of the federal budget.

Major health programs

The major health programs in the federal budget are Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

About two-thirds of the federal health program budget goes to Medicare, as Medicaid and the CHIP require matching payments from individual states. For the 2014 budget year, about 25 percent of the federal budget goes towards these health programs.

Safety net programs

Safety net programs typically constitute about 14 percent of the federal budget. This category includes all aid programs for low- and mid-income families that are not a part of Social Security or the major health programs.

Examples include:

Unemployment insurance
Food stamps
Low-income housing assistance
Programs for abused and neglected children
Interest on the national debt

Interest on the national debt will total about $223 billion according to the 2014 federal budget, or about 6 percent of total expenditures.

Other expenditures

Approximately 20 percent of the federal budget goes into other categories of spending. The largest of these sub-categories, at about 7 percent of the budget, is spending on benefits for federal retirees and veterans.

Remaining expenses include scientific and medical research, transportation and infrastructure spending, education, non-security international spending and all other categories.

[lyndamitton]

Just because he was campaigning with a plane with his name on it, doesn’t mean he owns it! Remember he sells his name for ‘Branding purposes’! If the plane was his, why weren’t Ivanka and Jared flying around in Dad’s plane instead of getting in trouble for flying around on Air Force 1?

[auntiepha]

We prefer real Presidents and real Billionaires.

[lexas]

The courts must fast-track all this as a matter of national security.

[sandras]

Tax fraud :) Come on IRS do your job!

[boylepeter]

He lives in his golden castle while he lies, cheats, steals... screws over any contractor who works for him, screws women behind Melania's back, screws banks that loan to him... Everyone else suffers for his screw ups but he somehow manages to con his base. And I just don't understand why/how??? He has no charm - he is disgusting to look at, can't speak in full sentences... I just don't get it!!

[Emperor-Wild-Man]

"Tiump is Still a Con Artist" = "You can't teach an old dog new tricks".

[raybechtel]

I pray that all who have carried out evil by hurting others will be exposed publicly. All corruption be brought to light so everyone to see.

[emilianozapata]

IMPEACH!! Force the Republicans in the Senate defend the indefensible! They will suffer at the ballot box if they defend injustice.

[cocoaliveson]

Selling his name? Even that's a con. His real name is Drumph. Grandpa changed it to trump.

[pdoylemi]

The only thing harder than conning people is convincing them they have been conned. Nobody wants to look in the mirror and have to admit to themselves that they are a dupe.