Eyona Indlela Yokuphila I-John Oliver Property Tax Scam: I-HBO Umhlekisi uthenga ngokufihlakeleyo iManhattan Mansion

I-John Oliver Property Tax Scam: I-HBO Umhlekisi uthenga ngokufihlakeleyo iManhattan Mansion

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UDonald Trump akathandwa ngabantu abakummandla wonxweme, kodwa bambalwa abamcekisayo njengeHollywood Brigades, ekhokelwa nguMeryl Streep, kunye namaqela ahlekisayo asebusuku, ekhokelwa Umboniso wangokuhlwa nje NguStephen Colbert, Umboniso wemihla ngemihla ’UTrevor uNowa, kunye Iveki ephelileyo ngokuhlwanje NguJohn Oliver.

Kukho izizathu ezingapheliyo zokulandela izikhundla zopolitiko zikaTrump, kodwa uhlaselo olusisiqhwala oluvela kwindawo yolonwabo-kwimizi-mveliso lusebenzise nje ukwahlukanisa abo babekekelele kwaye babenza abenkululeko ukuba bathande, njengoCaitlin Flanagan kutshanje ubhale phakathi IAtlantic . Isizathu esinye soku kukuba iziqhulo ezixelwayo malunga neTrump ziphantse zazingafuneki, zithobile kwaye zisilela ukuqonda. Babhenela ubukhulu becala kwicandelo elincinci labemi elihlala kwibhola encinci yezopolitiko nezoqoqosho njengoko abantu bethetha iziqhulo.

Kuye intetho kwiGlobal Globes ebutsheni balo nyaka, uMeryl Streep ngokufutshane waba ligorha losasazo lesizwe ngokucebisa ukuba iHollywood iyakutshabalala kungekudala kuba uTrump wayecebe ukugxotha abantu bangaphandle nabangaphandle. Ngokwam ndifumanisa ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo kaTrump yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe iyinto eyoyikisayo, kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba abasemthethweni baseHollywood abayi kuzingelwa bagxothwe ngurhulumente kaTrump kwaye oovimba abanesambatho esimnyama abayi kuhlasela iivenkile zaseBeverly Hills nangaliphi na ixesha kungekudala ukuzisa abathengi abacinezelekileyo kwiindawo ezigcina iimfihlo. (Ngaphandle kokuthetha, abafuduki abasemthethweni nabangekho mthethweni bajongana nosongelo olukhulu kulawulo lukaTrump.)

UStreep wayekhathazekile kukuba uninzi lweetshomi zakhe zomlingisi ziya kunyanzelwa ngaphandle kwelizwe ukuba ekuphela kweendlela zokuzonwabisa ezingasetyenziswanga njengebhola ekhatywayo kunye nobugcisa bemfazwe. Thetha ngeqamza!

UTrump ebeyeyona njongo iphambili yabahlekisi ebusuku kakhulu ngeentsuku zokuqala zephulo-ngandlela thile uClinton akazange abangele umsindo ngendlela efanayo - xa uNowa kucetyisiwe ukuba mhlawumbi kuya kufuneka ujonge esipilini, i-asshole. UColbert kutshanje Ndonywatyisiwe abaphulaphuli bakhe ngokuthi ekuphela kwento umlomo kaTrump wawulungile kukuba nguVladimir Putin's cock holster. (Oku kuqale amarhe okuxoka ukuba iFCC ibikhetha umboniso kaColbert ngophando olukhethekileyo.) UOliver uhlasele uTrump rhoqo kangangokuba kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo wathembisa ukubeka kuTrump, esithi, Sinoxinzelelo olukhulu lokuba singayenzi yonke iTrump, ngalo lonke ixesha. Isibhambathiso sakhe asizange sihlale ixesha elide.

Njengoko kubonisiwe kwintetho kaColbert, abahlekisi asebusuku banqamle kakhulu uTrump njengearhente kaPutin kwaye bahlasele, bahlala benesizathu, eminye yemigaqo-nkqubo yakhe yezoqoqosho nezentlalo. Into engathandekiyo kancinci, ukuba umntu ebenokuma acinge ngayo, kukuba abahlekisi bazibonakalisa njengeentshaba ezinomgaqo we-ajenda yezoqoqosho kaTrump kunye nabaxhasi abanomdla bakaJack noJill Lunchbuckets abathi uTrump uyabothusa.

Ewe, usenokuba uyabatyhafisa, kodwa iiBrigade zaseHollywood azizukuva zintlungu, kuba la maqhawe ekhululekileyo atyebe ngokufanayo kwaye onke aya kuzuza kakhulu kwimigaqo-nkqubo kaTrump. Intsalela kaColbert iyi- $ 45 yezigidi -Ngoyena mntu ubhatalwa kakhulu ebusuku ebusuku-ngelixa uNowa kufanelekile $ 13 ukusuka ion kwaye ungumninindlu kwisiXeko saseNew York .

Uhanahaniso luyanyanzeliswa nguJohn Oliver, ongu-1 othandekayo kwabaninzi abachasene neTrumpies, abahlasela rhoqo izikimu zerhafu ze-GOP njengezipho kwizityebi kwaye ziyingozi kumahlwempu. (Kwakhona, le yinkcazo efanelekileyo, kodwa bayekisile umsindo ongaphantsi malunga Imigaqo-nkqubo yezoqoqosho neyerhafu ka-Obama , ekwabuyisela imali phezulu ukuya kwinqanaba eligqithisileyo.)

Iminyaka uOliver egxeka irhafu yepropathi, abathi abachasi, ngolwimi olusebenzayo baphupha uFrank Luntz, kudala babiza irhafu yokufa ; kunye ne-tax raft ye-raft ye-loopholes ezuza inzuzo ekhethekileyo ayichonge njenge iinkampani zeoyile kunye nabaphathi bengxowa mali . UOliver ude wayila ngokufutshane le mbumbulu UMongameli wethu woKhululwa ngonaphakade ukutsala umdla kwinqanaba lokungahlawuliswa rhafu elinikwe iicawa kunye nemibutho yesisa.

Emuva ngoJulayi 2014, kwisiqendu apho wakhala khona Umsantsa wobutyebi eMelika (nto leyo ethe yakhokelela kwipesenti enye yabantu baseMelika abalawula iipesenti ezingama-20 zengeniso yonyaka), uOliver uthe, Kweli nqanaba izityebi zisebenzisa amanqaku ... Okwenza iMelika yahluke kukuba sazisa imigaqo-nkqubo engahambelaniyo izityebi, ezinje ngokuncitshiswa kwerhafu kunye nemingxunya enjengee-trasti. UDonald Trump wayengumxhasi we-421-i-loophole xa wayengumakhi wezindlu.UDominick Reuter / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty



Ke kuyamangalisa ukufumanisa ukuba kwiinyanga nje ezidlulileyo, uOliver wayenegqwetha lerhafu wamisela iitrust ezimbini ezinokurhoxiswa, enye yeyakhe enye ibe yeyomfazi wakhe, ukufihla ukuthengwa kwesi sibini Indlu yokugcina izindlu yaseManhattan eyi- $ 9.5 yezigidi . Emva koko wasebenzisa umda werhafu owenziwe nguDonald Trump ngokwakhe phaya ngeminyaka yee-1970, xa umongameli wangoku wayengumqambi aziwayo wezindlu kunye nomnqweno wokuba ngumbhali wosaziwayo.

Umda ekuthethwa ngawo ngu-421-a dodge werhafu, osandula ukuhlaselwa ukuya Iindaba Zemihla ngemihla ilungisiwe ibhalwe ngababini abaMdemokhrasi baseburhulumenteni baseNew York, enye i-senator kunye nomnye umhlangano. Batsho ukuba u-421-uxolelo lwerhafu lwenzelwe ukukhuthaza uphuhliso olutsha kwiindawo ezingenamntu okanye ezingasetyenziswanga, kodwa uTrump wayefuna ukuyisebenzisa ngo-1980 xa wayethenga uBonwit Teller embindini wedolophu iManhattan. Isicwangciso yayikukuyidiliza kunye nokwakha iTrump Tower, eyayiza kudibanisa indawo yeofisi kunye neendlela zokunethezeka.

Uxelelwe ngu-Sodolophu u-Ed Koch ukuba indawo yase-Bonwit ayinakulungela i-421-ikhefu lerhafu, uTrump kunye negqwetha lakhe-u-Roy Cohn owayedume kakubi-wasimangalela isixeko, Iindaba op-ed uyakhumbula. Ekugqibeleni, baphumelele ukukhululwa kwirhafu exabisa i-50 yezigidi zeedola kwiTrump Tower enkulu. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, isigwebo sikaTrump simisele ukuba lonke uphuhliso, nkqu neeprojekti zodidi, ziya kulungela ngokuzenzekelayo i-421-exemption.

Inqaku lathi i-421-isibonelelo, esipheleyo kulo nyaka uphelileyo kukungavisisani kwezopolitiko kodwa U-Albany ucinga ngokuhlaziya , Iza kuphanga ii-coffers zikarhulumente i- $ 1.3 yezigidigidi zerhafu kulo nyaka kuphela kwiipropathi zangaphambili zepropathi.

Kodwa kwiinyanga nje ezine ngaphambi komboniso kaOliver kaJulayi, wayeqeshe inkampani yezomthetho eNew York IProskauer Rose LLP , ethi, ukongeza kwimanyano kunye nokumela iBP America, i-DRMTexaco kunye ne-ExxonMobil, igxile ekuncedeni izityebi zifumane ikhefu lerhafu kwaye zithenge izindlu nomhlaba. IProskauer nayo inexesha elide Iinkonzo zaBathengi zaBucala Iqela, elinamagqwetha aphatha imiba enzima yerhafu kunye nokucwangcisela izindlu kwiintsapho ezizizityebi zamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nabaphathi, oosomashishini be-Intanethi, abaqokeleli bezobugcisa kunye nabatyali mali, iingcali kunye nabaphuhlisi bezindlu, phakathi kwabanye, ngokwewebhusayithi yayo.

Igqwetha likaOliver kwifem UJay Waxenberg , ojolise ekusebenzeni kwakhe kwilifa kunye nokucwangciswa kwerhafu kunye nolawulo lwezindlu kunye nolawulo lwentembeko. I-Waxenberg, iwebhusayithi iyaqhubeka, imele iintsapho ezininzi ezinobutyebi obuninzi bezinto ezininzi, kwaye ibancedisile kulwakhiwo lwezicwangciso zabo zelifa ukuze kuncitshiswe isipho, ilifa kunye nokutsala irhafu ekudluliseni ubutyebi babo kwizizukulwana ezininzi.

Ngamanye amagama, i-Waxenberg lolona hlobo lwegqwetha lebhulukhwe elithandekayo elinceda ipesenti ye-1 yabathengi ukuba bafumane ikhefu lerhafu kwaye basebenzise izithuba u-Oliver afumana ukugculelwa ngazo kwi-TV.

Kwityala lika-Oliver, uWaxenberg wamisela iitrust ezimbini ezinokurhoxiswa - u-JO, obizwa ngokuba ngu-John Oliver, kunye no-KNO, obizwa ngokuba ngumfazi wakhe u-Kate Norley Oliver-no-Waxenberg njenge-trustee kunye ne-firm firm yakhe esebenza njenge-dilesi ebhalisiweyo yetrust. Ezi trasti zaze zasetyenziselwa ukwenza inkampani yeqokobhe ebizwa ngokuba yiHoagie's Place LLC, ebizwa ngokuba Inja ethandekayo ka-Oliver . Ngesiqhelo, ubhaliso lwabavoti lukaKate Norley Oliver eNew York lubonisa ukuba unguMdemokhrasi kwaye uhlala kwindlu ephezulu ekuthethwa ngayo.

Ngo-2015, u-Oliver kunye nenkosikazi yakhe basebenzisa iHoagie's Place ukuthenga ipenthouse yomgangatho wama-39 kwisakhiwo sase-Upper West Side esijonge uMlambo i-Hudson nge- $ 9.5 yezigidi. Iirekhodi zepropathi zibonisa ukuba babeka isiqingatha ezantsi kwaye bakhupha imali eyi-4.75 yezigidi kwi-JP Morgan. Nokuba uOliver okanye igama lomkakhe alibonisi kubambiso, okanye ezinye iirekhodi zepropathi ezixoxwe kweli bali. Indawo yaseHoagie ichongiwe njengomthengi kwimali mboleko, kodwa idilesi yayo edwelisiweyo sisakhiwo seofisi e-Encino, eCalifornia esineenkampani ezininzi zeqokobhe kunye neetrust ezinokubuyiselwa.

Ibali elinama-40 i-Aldyn ibonelela abahlali ngezinto ezingenakubalwa kanye emnyango wabo - ilitye lembombo liyi-40,000 yeenyawo zeLa Palestra Athletic Club kunye ne-Spa, ngokwewebhusayithi yayo . Esi sibonelelo saziwayo sibandakanya iphuli yangaphakathi yeenyawo ezingama-75, ibhafu eshushu, udonga olunyukayo lwamatye angama-38, inkundla yomnyazi kunye nenkundla yesikwashi, uqeqesho lomntu, i-bowling alley nokunye!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVYutrZPImE

INew York Times uxele ngokuthengiswa kwepenthouse kwi-2015, isithi inamagumbi okulala amane kunye neebhafu ezine ezinesiqingatha zokusasazeka ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-3,096 zesithuba sangaphakathi. Iqukethe imigangatho yomthi owomileyo weBrazil kuyo yonke indawo, kwigumbi elibiyelwe ngeglasi igumbi elikhulu kunye nethambeka elinika umbono ophakamileyo wesibhakabhaka sedolophu, uMlambo i-Hudson kunye neGeorge Washington Bridge.

Ibali lithe umthengisi ngu-Andre Crawford-Brunt, intloko ye-equities yorhwebo lwe-Deutsche Bank ( ngubani oshiye inkampani ), Ngelixa umazisi womthengi ekhuselwe yinkampani enamatyala encinci iHoagie's Place.

Abamelwane bakaOliver kwisakhiwo baquka UJeff Enslin , umphathi we hedge fund osebenzele iCaxton Associates. Le ngxowa-mali yenziwe ngu UBruce Kovner , Umnikezeli wephiko lasekunene owaziwa ngabahlobo bakhe kubandakanya owayesakuba nguSekela Mongameli uDick Cheney.

UOliver uyaxhamla kwinkqubo yerhafu yepropathi yaseNew York, ethi ibonelele iingenelo ezinkulu kubemi bamakhaya atyebileyo njengalapho ahlala khona. Umzekelo, nangona u-Oliver wahlawula i-9.5 yezigidi zeedola kwindlu yakhe yokuhlala, isixeko savavanya ixabiso lentengiso ngeenjongo zerhafu kwi-1.3 yezigidi zeedola. Nangona kunjalo, kuphela ziidola ezingama-515,000 zelo lixa ezazihlawulwa irhafu yepropathi. Kwinqanaba le-12.8 yeepesenti, u-Oliver wayeqhele ukuhlawula i-66,390 yeedola.

Nangona kunjalo, iirekhodi zerhafu yepropathi zibonisa ukuba, enkosi kuTrump kunye noRoy Cohn, u-Oliver ufumana isisa esikhulu 421-ikhefu kwirhafu yendlu. Ngenxa yoko, ixabiso lepropati yakhe elihlawulekayo emva kokuxolelwa lifakwe ngaphezulu kwe- $ 300,000, kwaye unetyala nje le-27,343 yeedola ngo-2016. Oko kuphuma kwirhafu yepropathi eyi-0.25 yeepesenti, eya kwenza uRonald Reagan kunye no-Ayn Rand badanise emangcwabeni abo kulonwabo.

UMqwalaseli wafuna uluvo kuOliver ngokusebenzisa iAvalon Management, emmeleyo, kodwa akafumana mpendulo kumyalezo wefowuni okanye i-imeyile.

Enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo uTrump amenzele yona kukungazi nto kweentshaba zakhe, kunye nomgama wabo omkhulu kubantu abaninzi baseMelika. Kwaye yiyo kanye le nto intlawulo kaTrump yokuba iintatheli ezaziwayo kunye nabantu abadumileyo kwiqela eliphikisayo lihlangana nabaninzi babaxhasi bakhe.

Ngeli xesha, u-Oliver, olilungu eliphambili leklasi ethethelela ukuvala umsantsa wobutyebi, kuvela ukuba impumlo yakhe nzulu kumjelo werhafu njengabaxhasi bezezimali baseWall Street kunye neenkampani azigxekayo kumdlalo wakhe.

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