Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Are there states where Trump is obliterating Romney and McCain's leads? It's difficult to understand how she can be destroying him in all these battleground states, but only up 6 percent overall.

 

Islamic nations are not even willing to work to protect gays from violence -- because it's contrary to the values of Islam:

Amr Ramadan, Egyptian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council: protecting gays from violence and discrimination is “contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for.”

 

Next time you need to go to urgent care or the ER, bring your own aspirin or Tylenol.

 

On surface it does not sound good but have to wonder if this is more about negotiating
leverage and trying to gain approval of their merger with Humana. No doubt that there has
been some discussion along the lines of "if you approve the merger we will continue to support
Obamacare".

 

It will be a better, fairer system when everyone has to pay for their own insurance and they realize that the real cost for a family of 4 is at least $1500 a month.

 

I don't think there is a fire, although there is not enough information to truly assess the strength of the Casinos' tax arguments or, for that matter, the strength of the Revenue department's assessment. It does appear the Casinos had some arguments with merit, though. The litigation risk along with the collection risk posed by the bankruptcy is plenty of reason for a settlement. It's a good deal, but if all facts were known, it may not be a bad deal from the State's perspective.

What is of more concern are the discrepancies between reported income in filings where Trump wanted high numbers and tax filings, where he wanted low numbers. There have been some similar reports from other jurisdictions and involving property taxes.

It would appear he has filed either fraudulent reports for things like casino licenses or fraudulent tax returns.

 

From a rough and dirty comparison of available state polls on 538 to Romney's winning margins, the only state where Trump is significantly outperforming is Montana, and that's based on a single poll from last November. There were only 1-2 other Romney states where he showed any kind of gains, and that was with taking the poll most favorable to him.

 

Trump Week in Review (a continuing series) ...

 

Yup.

Aetna Warned it Would Withdraw From Exchanges if Humana Deal Was Blocked

 

Free market.

 

You make it sound like they're dropping out because their attempt at blackmail failed.

They pointed out at the time that they needed the merger to achieve efficiencies that would allow them to make money.

 

Neither are North Carolina, Mississippi, Indiana, and a host of other Red States ...