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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 07:40 AM Sep 2015

Trump hints at tax-rate of 0% for low-income and middle-class and tax-increase for upper-class

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tax-plan_56087613e4b0af3706dcb3c3?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment§ion=entertainment

Pressed about the specific numbers during an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday, Trump said: "I will say this, there will be a large segment of our country that will have a zero rate, a zero rate. And that's something I haven't told anybody."

Trump added he was talking about "people in the low-income brackets that are supposed to be paying taxes, many of them don't anyway."

Saying the middle class was "being absolutely decimated," Trump promised middle-income earners would get a substantial tax cut under his plan. He added his corporate tax reduction would be "a great incentive" for companies.

Asked on whom he would increase taxes, Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul, said: "Some very wealthy are going to be raised. Some people that are getting unfair deductions are going to be raised."





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- tax-cuts for lower-class
- tax-cuts for middle-class
- tax-cuts for corporations
- tax-increases for "some" very wealthy people

Now, he's not giving you any numbers from his fantastic tax-plan... Except that you won't have to pay taxes if you vote for him.
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Trump hints at tax-rate of 0% for low-income and middle-class and tax-increase for upper-class (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2015 OP
The middle class isn't being decimated by taxes. It's being decimated by loss of jobs Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #1
Every Trump headline should be changed to "Trump pandering to ignorant crackers NightWatcher Sep 2015 #2
Same as Bush, except higher tax bracket is 25 % instead of 28%, except for t hat, the details seem Mass Sep 2015 #3
Except large corporations edhopper Sep 2015 #4

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
1. The middle class isn't being decimated by taxes. It's being decimated by loss of jobs
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 07:56 AM
Sep 2015

and crappy salaries, just like the working class. Actually pay your employees enough, and they won't have problems paying taxes.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. Every Trump headline should be changed to "Trump pandering to ignorant crackers
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 08:03 AM
Sep 2015

too dumb to realize they're being played as fools"

Mass

(27,315 posts)
3. Same as Bush, except higher tax bracket is 25 % instead of 28%, except for t hat, the details seem
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 09:27 AM
Sep 2015

similar. (as per CNN this morning though they insist calling it a tax increase for millionaires).

edhopper

(33,575 posts)
4. Except large corporations
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 09:51 AM
Sep 2015

don't really pay high taxes in this country.
And as for jobs, ask Carly what they do with tax break money. Not jobs, stock buy backs that enrich the execs.

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