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TexasTowelie

(112,202 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 12:50 AM Nov 2017

The most 10 vicious things about the Trump Tax Scam

1. The bottom 35 percent of America — the Americans who are struggling most — will see NO benefit from these tax breaks.

2. The richest 1 percent of Americans get most of the benefits.

3. The middle class gets far less or NOTHING from these cuts. But we will bear the brunt of future spending cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs Republicans will demand to pay for the massive debt this plan will accumulate.

4. This proposal INCREASES TAXES on tens of millions of middle-class families.

The number of families paying HIGHER taxes than they do now explodes in the next decade because the GOP decided to make tax breaks for the rich and corporations permanent while the cuts for families expire.

Read more: http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/11/the-most-10-viscous-things-about-the-trump-tax-scam.html

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The most 10 vicious things about the Trump Tax Scam (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2017 OP
OBSCENE. VOX Nov 2017 #1
Ditto iluvtennis Nov 2017 #2
Is anyone REALLY surprised by this? BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #3
Do you think we can get a couple repubs to block it? Maraya1969 Nov 2017 #4
Congress hates this SOB so much they may torpedo it. argyl Nov 2017 #5

Maraya1969

(22,480 posts)
4. Do you think we can get a couple repubs to block it?
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 02:48 AM
Nov 2017

We could pitch to McCain and Collins. Rubio already said a couple months ago it would be bad for the middle class.

We just need 3

argyl

(3,064 posts)
5. Congress hates this SOB so much they may torpedo it.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 03:16 AM
Nov 2017

Of course that would require three Republicans with spines. Hey, it could happen.

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