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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders: Trump Infrastructure plan a "scam that gives massive tax breaks to large companies" [View all]
Lets Rebuild our Infrastructure, Not Provide Tax Breaks to Big Corporations and Wall Street
By Bernie Sanders
Our infrastructure is collapsing, and the American people know it. Every day, they drive on roads with unforgiving potholes and over bridges that are in disrepair. They wait in traffic jams and ride in overcrowded subways. They see airports bursting at the seams. They see the need for a modern rail system. They worry that a local levee or dam could fail in a storm.
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump correctly talked about rebuilding our countrys infrastructure. But the plan he offered is a scam that gives massive tax breaks to large companies and billionaires on Wall Street who are already doing phenomenally well. Trump would allow corporations that have stashed their profits overseas to pay just a fraction of what the companies owe in federal taxes. And then he would allow the companies to invest in infrastructure projects in exchange for even more tax breaks. Trumps plan is corporate welfare coming and going.
More: http://bit.ly/2geGDBp
By Bernie Sanders
Our infrastructure is collapsing, and the American people know it. Every day, they drive on roads with unforgiving potholes and over bridges that are in disrepair. They wait in traffic jams and ride in overcrowded subways. They see airports bursting at the seams. They see the need for a modern rail system. They worry that a local levee or dam could fail in a storm.
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump correctly talked about rebuilding our countrys infrastructure. But the plan he offered is a scam that gives massive tax breaks to large companies and billionaires on Wall Street who are already doing phenomenally well. Trump would allow corporations that have stashed their profits overseas to pay just a fraction of what the companies owe in federal taxes. And then he would allow the companies to invest in infrastructure projects in exchange for even more tax breaks. Trumps plan is corporate welfare coming and going.
More: http://bit.ly/2geGDBp
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Bernie Sanders: Trump Infrastructure plan a "scam that gives massive tax breaks to large companies" [View all]
Skinner
Nov 2016
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He said things this week that sounded supportive of the plan. I'm glad to see he's changed his mind.
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#8
Ah ...thanks Paul...just read it. I see our legislators might have reservations about signing on to
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#18
Oh gee what a fucking surprise Bernie. Maybe you shouldn't promise to collaborate with crooks.
TeamPooka
Nov 2016
#14
I don't thank him for giving Trump legitimacy...Trump is a monster...no one should work with him.
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#19
Yep. Schumer, Pelosi, Warren, Dean and others have made similar statements without the outrage:
think
Nov 2016
#26
If you didn't see the full bore Bernie bash-fest coming, you haven't been paying attention.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2016
#30
Exactly. This expectation that no one should challenge her for it was part of the problem.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2016
#36
She was sufficiently in touch with the current electorate to get two million more votes than Trump.
TwilightZone
Nov 2016
#37
And if Mexico won't pay for that trillion-dollar magic anti-Mexican wall ...
DirkGently
Nov 2016
#17
Next up from Bernie: Draining the swamp is a good idea, but Trump's firing squad solution is flawed.
tandem5
Nov 2016
#39
it's more trickle-down, shakedown of the american people. don't you know, what's wrong with america
TheFrenchRazor
Nov 2016
#50