Trump Fixated on 15% Corporate Tax Rate

[DonViejo]

September 6, 2017 at 7:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

President Trump “is increasingly fixated on slashing the top corporate tax rate to 15 percent – a level that pretty much no one else working on the issue in the White House or Congress thinks is workable,” Politico reports.

“In a White House meeting on Tuesday, Trump again expressed his strong desire to hit the 15 percent target, from today’s 35 percent.”

Said one senior official: “You can’t get to 15 percent and anyone who has a back of an envelope can make that calculation. And he may not like that truth, but it’s the truth. It’s just math.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/09/06/trump-fixated-15-corporate-tax-rate/

[marybourg]

1. And- just coincidentally-

all of HIS income come from corporations. How 'bout that for a coincidence, folks.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Oh Don't Be Ridiculous, Mary

That just can't be it. Just in case, there's this

[louis-t]

2. It would save HIM millions.

He doesn't care about the damage to the country. He's sure that if he screws enough people, he might actually be in the black, for once.

[procon]

4. How much would this benefit Trump and all his klan? nt

[Vinca]

5. So right now many companies pay zero. If the tax rate is reduced to 15%, do they suddenly

become eligible for mountains of taxpayer dollars being refunded to them?