President
Donald Trump is making a habit of complaining about how the U.S.is being ripped
off by others. He has repeatedly threatened to scrap long-standing trade
agreements all in he name of what he perceives as being unfair. Fairness implies
that everyone should play by the rules. Trump’s actions however suggest that if
you don’t like the rules, you work your way around them regardless of what may
be just.
Prior to
becoming president, Trump boasted how he successfully used loopholes to avoid paying
taxes. Unlike other past presidential candidates, Trump has refused to release
his income tax filings. It is reported that part of his Bedminster golf course was
designated farmland “for growing hay and raising eight goats”. That allowed
Trump to reduce his tax bill from $80,000 to $1000. You can read more at this
link:
Here’s the
thing. How can Trump complain about what he thinks is unfair for the American worker
when he himself rips off the same Americans by not paying his full share of
taxes. When you consider that hypocrisy is “the practice of claiming to have moral standards or
beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform;” it makes you wonder how
long will the American public tolerate the less than honorable behaviour of their
president.
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