Trump In Full Salesman Mode As He Promises 'Historic Tax Relief'

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By KEN THOMAS Published SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 4:01 PM

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In full salesman mode, President Donald Trump promised “historic tax relief to the American people” on Wednesday as he tried to build momentum behind his plan to overhaul the nation’s tax code and revive his moribund legislative agenda in Congress.

Hours after the White House and congressional Republicans released a framework for making sweeping changes to the tax system, the president told hundreds of supporters at the Indiana State Fairgrounds the plan was “a once-in-a-generation opportunity.”

“We’re doing everything we can to reduce the tax burden on you and your family,” he said. Passing the tax plan has become critical for a president desperate for a win.

The first year of his administration has been stymied by internal chaos and stinging defeats in his attempt to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Short of votes, Senate Republicans announced Tuesday that they would not vote on the latest health care proposal.

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[Cattledog]

1. Huckster.

[SharonAnn]

21. He's just a dirty old man at the bar trying to convince me to sleep with him.

[dawnie51]

2. Slimey used car salesman.......

a hundred fifty years ago, he would have traveled the countryside in a horse and wagon, with his bottles of medicinal tincture of wonderment for sale. A never ending nightmare......

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Stimulating a near full-employment economy (thanks BO!)

is inflationary, irresponsible, and will cause the Fed to rapidly raise interest rates to fight inflation.
A crash might ensue. This is bad medicine.

[ehrnst]

5. Was he sitting on the john when he came up with that slogan? (nt)

[Mr.Bill]

6. So far I've heard

highest bracket - down to 35%

corporate tax - down to 20%

middle class tax cut - TREMENDOUS! Believe me.

[Bengus81]

7. Were doing everything we can to reduce the tax burden on you and your family

Hell...reducing your Federal taxes ten cents per week would make that fluff statement a true statement. Just like the phony Bush tax cuts Dems brought out the muffler and the Lexus. Guess who was only getting enough "tax relief" to buy a muffler in a years time?

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Not interested in anything a Russian installed dictator has to say.

[C Moon]

12. +1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Does anybody even listen to his carnival-barker routines any more

besides Billy-Bob and Cletus with their MAGA hats and Confederate flags?

[C Moon]

14. CBS Los Angeles is eating up and feeding it to their viewers.

[onecent]

10. I don't think anyone will give a shit what he says about this tax laws....

I hope not anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Turbineguy]

11. Another attempt to deflect

from the Russia scandal.

What's next? Will he discover flying saucers carrying space aliens?

[pangaia]

13. He doesn't even know what is in the tax plan.

And if he did, he couldn't understand it.

[groundloop]

15. Healthcare / insurance cost is a bigger concern to me

I'm sure 45* doesn't give a shit about that, he'll be helping out himself and his ultra rich buddies.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. No estate tax, no alternative minimum tax.

Great for the rich, not applicable for most middle-income people, not applicable for any lower-income people.

What a ripoff.

[angrychair]

17. Optics

Sending this idiot, this carnival barker, this snake oil salesmen, to a state fair grounds in Indiana, conjures images of Music Man and does nothing to help his case.
He has all of the negative characteristics of Harold Hill and none of his redeeming qualities.

A man of questionable education, motivation and ability but without the soul and need for love that Harold Hill so desperately wanted and needed.
A complete bastard in it only for himself and putting some coin in his own pocket.

Trump is a evil Harold Hill selling things that don’t exist to the people of Indiana.

[kimbutgar]

18. He and the GOP want to bankrupt the US in order to do away with social security, Medicare

And any other programs that help people. The king of bankruptcy is doing what he knows best. When the country becomes bankrupt, they can nullify the constitution and makes us a dystopian hunger games type of country. Where the rich are the monarchs and working class become debt slaves.

[Thor_MN]

19. Get real. Trump can't match the reductions for the rich that have occured in the past.

Since he is only talking about reductions for the rich. Republicans ALWAYS are talking about the very richest. If you are one of the elite, fuck you, they couldn't give a shit about you, other than your vote.

[Nitram]

20. "Salesman mode?" How about, "sleazy used car salesman mode?"

Anyone who still believes a single word of his sale pitch is a world-class sucker, and I need to get their email address for my Nigerian easy riches scam.

[not fooled]

22. Yep

he's in full-on conman mode. The sleazier the proposal, the louder his spiel.

By now, only the truly dimwitted or willfully ignorant buy the sh*t he's selling.

[Nitram]

23. It's amazing how many of those there are. But I suppose PT Barnum wouldn't have been surprised.