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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:08 PM Jan 2021

Federal debt increase during Trump's presidency is $7 trillion, enough to buy every person over 5 a

Honda Accord.

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Federal debt increase during Trump's presidency is $7 trillion, enough to buy every person over 5 a (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2021 OP

repeal the trump tax cut and charge one penny transaction fee for each share of stock traded nt msongs Jan 2021 #1

Repeal the corporate tax cuts and tax all income over $1M at a 50 percent rate. roamer65 Jan 2021 #2

It bought every one percenter over 5 a new Bemmer, a beach or lake house and a doc03 Jan 2021 #3

...and I have no problem with a tax on stock trading either. roamer65 Jan 2021 #4

My elderly RW mother used to rag me about Pres Obama Kittycow Jan 2021 #5

And what did he accomplish? Not much. Not even a stupid wall. C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #6

I am most proud of how close I got to retiring the $19.9T national debt I inherited. Only $27.7T to soothsayer Jan 2021 #7

msongs

(67,417 posts)

1. repeal the trump tax cut and charge one penny transaction fee for each share of stock traded nt

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Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:13 PM

Jan 2021

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

2. Repeal the corporate tax cuts and tax all income over $1M at a 50 percent rate.

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:22 PM

Jan 2021

We need to at least get back to 1982 taxation rates.

Leave the middle class alone.

doc03

(35,346 posts)

3. It bought every one percenter over 5 a new Bemmer, a beach or lake house and a

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:25 PM

Jan 2021

new yacht. Sounds fair.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

4. ...and I have no problem with a tax on stock trading either.

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:25 PM

Jan 2021

Would also like to see a sales tax on luxury items and gas guzzling automobiles.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

5. My elderly RW mother used to rag me about Pres Obama

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:27 PM

Jan 2021

running up the national debt so much that my grandchildren etc would have to pay for it. (Of course she used "clever" RW pejoratives for his name.)

Oddly enough, she doesn't have much to say these days. I'm so thankful that she was a compassionate Democrat as I was growing up and imparted those values to me.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

6. And what did he accomplish? Not much. Not even a stupid wall.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:31 PM

Jan 2021

Where did all our money go?

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

7. I am most proud of how close I got to retiring the $19.9T national debt I inherited. Only $27.7T to

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:41 PM

Jan 2021

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Donald J. Drumpf
@RealDonalDrumpf
Thank you, Ivanka, for so proudly listing all my accomplishments!

I am most proud of how close I got to retiring the $19.9T national debt I inherited. Only $27.7T to go!

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