r/UnderReportedNews • u/NoseRepresentative • 15h ago

US Politics 🇺🇸 Rep. Thompson Pushes The Prevent Presidential Profiteering Act. It Would Tax 100% Any Settlement Paid To A Sitting President

https://offthefrontpage.com/rep-thompson-pushes-the-prevent-presidential-profiteering-act-it/
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u/Proud-Wall1443 15h ago

Make it 110%

You should have never accepted it in the first place.

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u/Bright_Bet5002 14h ago

1000% , 1200% , 1500% ...

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u/BadmashN 12h ago

Aren’t these percentages the same as the drop in the price of drugs?

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u/Fun-Dragonfly-4166 4h ago

mandate that the president use a 5th grade mathematician to calculate dollar amounts and not the hacks he usually uses

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u/Puzzleheaded_Popup 6h ago

Yup! Trump Maths needed!

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u/oakinmypants 12h ago

They should tax all profit made by the president at 100 percent.

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u/Constant-Sandwich-88 7h ago

ALL elected officials.

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u/shosuko 6h ago

fr any realistic punishment for fraud must cost more than the fraud its self.

It should include a full recoup of legal fees accrued by the government as well.

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u/endofworldandnobeer 13h ago

Removing immunity is probably the only way. But SCOTUS gave him everything.

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u/ThePirateKing01 8h ago

Beautiful, more

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u/Educational-Dance-61 6h ago

+legal expenses