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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWolf just promised that they are going to factcheck the economic speech after the break.
we'll see. hope it's not that ahole Tom foreskin, or whatever his name is.....something like that
they can start by putting the lie to the biggest economic hoaxes ever: the efficacy of tariffs and trickle down
here's a note on his only economist, a certified loon:
from this npr site....a PANTS on FIRE lie, which has ALREADY been debunked:
http://www.npr.org/2016/08/08/488816816/donald-trump-looks-to-turn-the-page-on-bad-week-with-economic-speech
Politifact has rated this claim "pants on fire," but Trump continues to say it at events, including in this highly scripted speech. Clinton has campaigned extensively on not raising taxes on the middle class. His campaign has circulated a misleading video with a caption saying she said she wants to raise taxes on the middle class, but you can hear she says "we aren't going to raise taxes on the middle class" - Tamara Keith
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)not ARE.
why did they leave that out?
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)whoever.....that appears to be true, but with all the ridiculous tax dodges that are written into the code, I think he said the average corporate tax actually paid is TWELVE percent
that was it.....they promise more, but just that one, NOT the easily provable lie I posted in the OP
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)2010, large, profitable companies paid about 12.6 percent in taxes, then said many (possibly 2/3) have NO liability at all!
then calls the claim true, but misleading
just a tad, huh?
so he's been on twice, and put out the SAME fact check both times
what an ahole
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)TEN TRILLION bucks
they have not discussed this yet at all.....just the crawl
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)reading the teleprompter and ignoring the protesters
can't he even bring up the gigantic Hillary raise taxes lie?