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Jon Stewart shows that Trump's fraud, and fraud committed by other wealthy people, is far from a victimless crime.
Stewart said, “How is he not so crazy about overvaluation in the real world? Because they are not victimless crimes. First, banks got paid at lower interest rates. Although, let's be honest, who gives a fuck? But second, money is not infinite. The credit that goes to a liar does not go to a more honest appraiser, so the system incentivizes corruption. And this is part of an isolated Trump fraud case, but avoiding taxes hurts us all. New York City had to pay the price for Donald Trump's manipulations. And honestly, let's be blunt here, this is money New York City could have used to build more Walgreens.
Stewart later hit out at a critical double standard, “(bleep) entitled arrogance. I don't know if you know this, but most people can't cheat and expect to suffer any consequences, even if everyone else is doing it. Try getting a car loan by saying you have ten times more money than you actually have. Or claim 20 dependents when you have no children. Or say you make a little less money to qualify for food assistance. I guarantee you that those lies have not only financial consequences, but criminal consequences. But don't tell this to the investment community. Because in their minds, in the pursuit of profit, there is no rule that cannot be broken, no principle that cannot be undermined, as long as you and your (sleeping) friends make money. And the only unethical conduct – obviously, the only unethical conduct in a capitalist system is to use that money for people who might need it.
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Jon Stewart was proper. The concept Trump's crimes have been victimless is whole BS. Trump is accused of inflating his property to acquire loans after which lowering the worth of those self same property to keep away from taxes. Fraud is just not a victimless crime. When fraud is dedicated, one other social gathering or events are defrauded. In Trump's case, the state of New York was defrauded, which suggests everybody who has lived within the state over the many years that Trump defrauded was additionally defrauded.
If a poor individual does some work to earn an additional $100 and is on Social Safety incapacity, Republicans will scream about fraud, however they haven’t any downside with somebody like Donald Trump defrauding a complete state of thousands and thousands of {dollars}. .
Trump's crimes weren’t victimless, and the mentality amongst a lot of the conservative entitled elite demonstrates why Trump must be held accountable.
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