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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo the guy who says paying no taxes is smart scolds nato countries for not paying thier fair share
Last edited Thu May 25, 2017, 12:07 PM - Edit history (1)
he should make a speech about how american corporations that pay no taxes owe
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So the guy who says paying no taxes is smart scolds nato countries for not paying thier fair share (Original Post)
MattP
May 2017
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Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)1. Of course he did...
after all, it is everybody else's responsibility to pay. He just takes the credit.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)2. Throw out Webster's definition of "hypocrisy". Replace it with "Trumpism."
ffr
(22,670 posts)3. Epiphany made.
rhiannon55
(2,671 posts)4. He sure did! What a hypocrite!
burnbaby
(685 posts)5. so it's true
NATO doesn't pay their share? I haven't seen trumps taxes, but I am sure you are correct.
MichMary
(1,714 posts)6. NATO member countries are supposed to contribute 2% of their GDP
Most pay 1.5% or less. We pay 3.61%. Here's a good article about it:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/five-reasons-why-nato-nations-don-t-always-pay-their-n619966
applegrove
(118,682 posts)7. So true.