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Trump now promises to eliminate federal income taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits.
The Republicans controlled the House, the Senate and the Presidency when the Trump tax cuts for billionaires was passed. How come Trump and the Republicans didn't make those cuts at that time?
Instead, that bill, among other things, allowed deductions for corporate jets but eliminated the deduction for union dues.
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)Pototan
(3,211 posts)but the average American voter doesn't. That's why Kamala and Tim need to drive this point home in their stump speeches.
Rhiannon12866
(258,898 posts)disappearingboy
(87 posts)They. Don't. CARE. All they want is to get "revenge" on people not like them. You know, "those people."
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,710 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)'Nuff said, except you Don-OLD were actually president, but Kamala was not. Not YET....
(not that I favored the wall except for Pink Floyd's, but it was a promise Trump could not keep to his own base)
SCantiGOP
(14,758 posts)In 2016 was that Mexico would pay for the wall, and that he would self-finance his campaign.
Hes been begging for money ever since, and the check from Mexico must be held up at Customs.
Jack Valentino
(5,252 posts)and deposited in the circular file
SoFlaBro
(3,808 posts)betsuni
(29,297 posts)Even when, during the entire eight years of the Obama administration, they only had a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate for four months and ten days.
Republicans have zero responsibility.
Warpy
(114,676 posts)and he thinks this is just chump change to sweeten the deal. The chump change cuts will expire within a couple of years, guaranteed.
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