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Eugene

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Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:41 AM Jul 2017

Plan for U.S. tax increase on rich not being considered: Mnuchin

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS | Sun Jul 9, 2017 | 9:59am EDT

Plan for U.S. tax increase on rich not being considered: Mnuchin

The Trump administration is not considering a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to pay for tax breaks for the middle class, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Sunday.

Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Mnuchin said the administration plans to release its tax plan in early September and is aiming for a vote on Congress on it by the end of this year.

The news website Axios reported that Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon was advocating a proposal to raise the highest tax bracket to 40 percent or above in order to pay for tax cuts on middle-class Americans.

"I've never heard Steve mention that," Mnuchin said.

(Reporting by Caren Bohan; Editing by James Dalgleish)


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-mnuchin-idUSKBN19U0N8
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Plan for U.S. tax increase on rich not being considered: Mnuchin (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2017 OP
And all the poor people voting GOP who are "temporarily not-rich" breathe a sigh of relief ck4829 Jul 2017 #1
There is the lottery and they will win! Yonnie3 Jul 2017 #2

ck4829

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1. And all the poor people voting GOP who are "temporarily not-rich" breathe a sigh of relief
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:50 AM
Jul 2017

Because they'll become billionaires any day now.

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