The "job killing" carbon tax.

[MBgrower]

Don't confuse public companies share values that go up and down on the stock market that are required to report their profit and losses with Trump's privately held businesses where there is almost no information available. There is a reason he doesn't want to release his tax returns.

The 10 years of tax information the NY Times came up with showed that Trump lost a billion and then bragged about being a great businessman and then lied about his success in the his book "Art of the Deal". He has made a career out of show business and relied on daddy's money to prop him up. Without his daddy's money he would likely have been small potatoes. His book should have been called "Art of the Con"

But if these types of leaders impress you with their business savvy then I have got some swamp land in Florida for you!

When i file my taxes each year, i show as much profit as possible every year, just like every other small business.

[Maggs]

Trump is so savvy that he went tits up on two, not one but two casinos. Now that takes real talent.

[jazz]

Took a million dollar inheritence, or 60M if you beleive the MSM and turned it into a 10B business empire. Doesnt sound bad to me regardless of a few hickups on the way.

Trump doesn't want to show his tax returns because he has used debt and leverage to make that business like all RE moguls do. He might have high debt to equity ratio right now. Who knows but to call him a failure is a mistake. Guy could have sat back with his inheritance and just partied around NY for the next 30yrs. Lots of casinos have come and gone in vegas before. Nothing new.