• livus
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    2110 months ago

    If Joe Biden and his wife were appropriating US estate taxes to renovate their private rental properties for personal gain it would probably be controversial too.

    • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      410 months ago

      US estate taxes help maintain the primary residence of Joe and Jill - they help fund staffing for the Whitehouse.

      I agree that these situations are quite different but that article title was outrageously sensationalist and vague.

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        710 months ago

        Sure. That’s normal. But they’re not renting out the Whitehouse and putting the proceeds into their personal bank accounts as private income.

    • @Lophostemon@aussie.zone
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      410 months ago

      Funny how Trump neve gets pulled up by his base for all his corruption. They probably can’t spell it, for a start.