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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   I want to make it simple for you to understand why a federal judge is supporting fraud indictments levied against Trump’s business interests in New York. Yours, truly, begin writing about Donald Trump’s felonies ten years ago. Let me explain the reason for the indictments in a very simple and understandable way. If you own a home or business, the county tax assessor will declare a monetary value each year by a specified date determined by law. The owner of that property or business has an opportunity to dispute the value of said property which would reduce the amount of taxes. This is what Trump and his lawyers have done for decades, and it is not in any way a violation of our nation’s overly complicated tax laws which are designed to protect the wealthy. However, when Trump’s business sought loans from large banks, such as Deutsche Bank, they inflated the value of these same properties which enabled them to receive a larger loan. The ex...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   It is an irrefutable fact that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the greatest president in America’s 247-year history. He never wavered in his support for the majority, fighting corruption perpetrated by the super-rich, and greedy politicians in an attempt to improve the quality of life for most Americans. He was the only true American President. Not even our founding fathers placed the value of the working class in priority number one. His initial reluctancy to enter World War II was founded upon the fact that he was aware that it is always the poor and working class who fight wars, never the wealthy. However, he wisely prepared for the possibility of American involvement, and when our nation was attacked on December 7, 1941, America was ready to engage in the defeat of the Axis powers. In 1981 Ronald Reagan began the right-wing’s war on the working class. He hated unions because they protected workers from the atrocities of corporate America. Over the...