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rzemanfl

(29,565 posts) Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:05 AM Jul 2017

On the TV this morning, when I was half awake, they said Scaramouche was

liquidating assets for months in order to be ready for a position in the Drumpf cabal.

I wonder how many millions in capital gains taxes he avoided? The new ethics person will surely agree all his sales were ethically necessary. Rich grifters, every single one of them.

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On the TV this morning, when I was half awake, they said Scaramouche was (Original Post) rzemanfl Jul 2017 OP

You said it madokie Jul 2017 #1

After he liquidated in January, he was denied the Valerie Jarrett job he wanted. Marcuse Jul 2017 #2

I did not know or did not remember that. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #3

madokie

(51,076 posts)

1. You said it

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:07 AM

Jul 2017

"Rich grifters, every single one of them."

Marcuse

(7,488 posts)

2. After he liquidated in January, he was denied the Valerie Jarrett job he wanted.

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:41 AM

Jul 2017

Priebus blocked him in January, supposedly because he sold a majority stake to a Chinese conglomerate controlled by China's Communist Party. He had to take any fed job or pay the tax.

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

3. I did not know or did not remember that. n/t

Reply to Marcuse (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:45 AM

Jul 2017

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