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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Barack, Washington, Wickenden, News, Obama, Politics, Wnyc, Lizza, President

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Last week, The New York Times reported that in 1995, Donald Trump claimed a financial loss of almost a billion dollars, a write-off that might have entitled him not to pay federal income taxes for almost two decades. This week also brought new revelations in an unfolding scandal concerning malfeasance within Wells Fargo Bank. John Cassidy and Sheelah Kolhatkar join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how the presidential candidates are responding to voters’ rage about the bottomless greed of business tycoons and big banks.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, October 6th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, October 6th.

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I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of the New Yorker.

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Donald Trump likes to talk about the rigged system.

1:02.6

It's one thing he's right about when he applies the term to tax avoidance by the super

1:06.8

rich.

1:07.7

On Saturday, the New York Times reported that in 1995, Trump claimed a loss of almost a

1:12.9

billion dollars, which could have entitled him to legally avoid paying federal income taxes for

1:18.0

almost two decades. On the Sunday talk shows two of his most prominent Republican Party surrogates,

1:24.1

former mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York and Governor Chris Christie, spinning desperately, declared him a genius.

1:30.4

On Monday, Hillary Clinton spoke two supporters in Toledo.

1:33.9

The whole story tells us everything we need to know about how Trump does business.

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