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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Thu Apr 27, 2017, 05:46 PM Apr 2017

Trump's tax plan is just going to concentrate more wealth among the top one percent.

An economist can better than me elaborate why.

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Trump's tax plan is just going to concentrate more wealth among the top one percent. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP

Some day we'll ALL be one-per-centers FakeNoose Apr 2017 #1

If passed, the appropriate response would be a general strike... Blue Meany Apr 2017 #2

Well, when the 1% sees their tax rate reduced and their tax liabilities eliminated, there ya go! WinkyDink Apr 2017 #3

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)

1. Some day we'll ALL be one-per-centers

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 05:58 PM

Apr 2017

Won't that be fun?

Blue Meany

(1,947 posts)

2. If passed, the appropriate response would be a general strike...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 06:33 PM

Apr 2017

at a minimum. It's the opposite of what we need, which, IMO, should start with an upper limit on personal wealth as well as a lower one. That would help to unskew the perveted political economy with its concentrations of power and incentives for all the wrong things.

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

3. Well, when the 1% sees their tax rate reduced and their tax liabilities eliminated, there ya go!

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 07:13 PM

Apr 2017

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