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2016 Postmortem

Maeve

(42,282 posts) Sun Oct 2, 2016, 11:45 AM Oct 2016

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And the moral of the story, kiddies, is this....

If you start with enough money, you don't have to have brains or business skills to stay rich; you just have to have favorable tax rules, a slick accountant and no ethics whatsoever.

Sleep tight!

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And the moral of the story, kiddies, is this.... (Original Post) Maeve Oct 2016 OP

Remember "Rich people don't pay taxes, upaloopa Oct 2016 #1

Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean Maeve Oct 2016 #2

As my dear old man used to say CanonRay Oct 2016 #3

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)

1. Remember "Rich people don't pay taxes,

Reply to Maeve (Original post)

Sun Oct 2, 2016, 11:47 AM

Oct 2016

only the little people pay taxes."

Maeve

(42,282 posts)

2. Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 2, 2016, 11:50 AM

Oct 2016

Sentenced to 16 years for tax evaison!

CanonRay

(14,104 posts)

3. As my dear old man used to say

Reply to Maeve (Original post)

Sun Oct 2, 2016, 11:54 AM

Oct 2016

If you owe the bank $1000, they own you, but if you owe them a million, you own the bank. He never got past the eighth grade, but some shit he knew.

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