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SecularMotion

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Wed Apr 26, 2017, 06:05 PM Apr 2017

'Voodoo economics on steroids': Democrats blast Trump's tax plan

Source: Business Insider

Democrats on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump's outline for tax reform.

After the White House rolled out the one-page summary of its tax reform plan, Democrats in both chambers of Congress attacked the plan.

Rep. Ted Lieu called the plan "Voodoo economics on steroids," while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the plan a "wish list for billionaires."

"The same Trickle Down Economics that undermined the middle class are alive and well in the President’s tax plan," she said in a statement. "True to form, President Trump’s tax plan is short on details and long on giveaways to big corporations and billionaires."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tax-cut-plan-bernie-sanders-schumer-2017-4

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'Voodoo economics on steroids': Democrats blast Trump's tax plan (Original Post) SecularMotion Apr 2017 OP
So using a catch phrase that failed in 1980 BootinUp Apr 2017 #1
Mainly because Poppy called it that BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #3
How can a proven liar and con man and someone who refuses to show his own taxes world wide wally Apr 2017 #2

world wide wally

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2. How can a proven liar and con man and someone who refuses to show his own taxes
Wed Apr 26, 2017, 06:22 PM
Apr 2017

be responsible for writing, or even influencing our tax laws.
America has reached a point of view of financial, moral, and intellectual bankruptcy.

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