been made with allen weisselberg, the guy who cuts the checks, which means investigators will be able to learn about inflows as well as outflows and among other things, whether donald, for example, took improper income tax deductions, whether he violated the foreign corrupt practices act, a whole host of other actions. and there s, of course, the unanswered questions about how much, if any, of the $10 billion stolen in kazakhstan ended up with donald trump. it s believed that at least some of it did. you brought up michael cohen and allen weisselberg. explain to us how much each one of those men might know. well, all of the recent deals, the last ten years roughly of donald s deals, were run through michael cohen as his lawyer. and we have, of course, that tape in which he talks about how he s doing this and brings up allen weisselberg.
calendar year and have a 2018 property tax bill already in hand. many municipalities haven t yet made those 2018 assessments. tax experts say that that has led to a big question of who can actually pay it and who not prepay. some feel this could be headed towards litigation. in his interview with the new york times yesterday, the president said, had democrats worked with republicans on the tax bill, there wouldn t have been such a severe rollback on the state and local income tax deductions. the president said new york leaders were very ineffective. he never specifically mention chuck schumer by name, but that was part of the implication there. democrats contend that tax but was a giveaway to corporations and to the wealthy, which was not nominated by a single democrat. rick: we need to dig deeper on this. blake burman, thanks very much. as i mentioned, the g.o.p. tax plan because of some confusion, so you do try and clear it up,
that will affect millions of american paychecks. american payroll association sent out this warning today saying, quote, putting something into effect a week after it s signed, i don t know how you could expect good results. one possibility is rushed, no lead time rollout of huge changes is it will end up a free-for-all for people who want to take advantage of the confusion, changes and complicated new loopholes for high end earners. for people who want to skate out on their taxes and avoid paying while everybody else is scrambling to figure out the complex changes, rushed rollout probably a criminal blessing. already a state of confusion in new york, new jersey and maryland, hard hit by the bill. whether property owners can pay next year s property taxes now before the end of the year to take resulting income tax deductions while they still can because will be curtailed.
complicated new loopholes for high end earners. people wanting to skate out on taxes and avoid paying while everybody is figuring out complex changes, rushed rollout probably a criminal blessing. state of confusion in new york, new jersey and maryland, hard hit by the bill. whether property owners can pay next year s property taxes now before the end of the year to take resulting income tax deductions while they still can because will be curtailed. can they do that? what if states want to allow it? what is the mechanism for paying something not yet due. republicans slammed this with only republican votes, no expert testimony and no substantive hearings. but got it done and very happy about it. now it s on us. we ve never as country tried to
increase if their state or local income tax deductions are curtailed or their mortgage deductions are curtailed, may may have to actually pay more in taxes in all of this. so is the white house worried at all about the consequences in the mid-terms? not at this point. you see the president pointing to the stock market insisting this tax cut plan is going to result in the stock market going further up in the new year. keep in mind during the campaign then cannedicate trump was talking about a stock market bubble and that it would eventually burst at some point. apparently he s not were aid about that going into the mid-terms. i did talk to a gop person in the process talking about the framing and said listen, if democrats are going to oppose these tax cuts they re essentially going to be arguing for a tax increase. if they re going to appeal these tax cuts they re going to be essentially appealing for a tax increase. a lot of this is going to shakeout in the new year when