Trump pens op-ed: We need to fix 'self-destructive tax code'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 09/04/17 10:09 AM EDT

President Trump penned an op-ed calling for the country to fix its tax code.

In an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Trump said the country's "self-destructive tax code costs Americans millions of jobs, trillions of dollars and billions of hours spent on compliance and paperwork."

"To fix this, we have made the foundation of our job creation agenda fundamentally reforming our tax code for the first time in more than 30 years," Trump wrote in the op-ed. "I want to work with Congress on a plan that is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker and pro-American."

Trump said the tax plan would "dramatically reduce" income taxes for American workers and families." He added that the tax plan would "nearly double the standard deduction to help families get ahead."



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349114-trump-pens-op-ed-we-need-to-fix-self-destructive-tax-code

[NastyRiffraff]

1. The likelihood that Dump "penned" that op ed

is less than zero, if that's statistically possible. His tweets, as repugnant as they often are, are better indicators of his "thinking." His limited vocabulary is better fitted to 140 characters.

[dalton99a]

2. Yep.

[Xipe Totec]

6. It looks better in the crayon original. nt

[mdbl]

7. he can't even do that, remember

covfefe?

[Hortensis]

21. My exact first thought -- which pro coined the catchphrase?

It's short enough but light years beyond his capacity.

[rock]

29. Exactly

How is this about him?

[not fooled]

33. written

by the koch bros. There, I fixed the attribution.



added: posted before I saw FakeNoose's post saying the same thing just below.

[FakeNoose]

3. You can bet this was written by toadies of the Koch Brothers

... and I will add that any suggested tax code revisions will only help the one-percenters.

The only new tax plan we need in the country is one that removes *all loopholes* so everyone pays their share, no more no less.

[cstanleytech]

14. Yup and the scary thing is even Ann Coulter realizes its bullshit.

Link to tweet

[Bengus81]

19. WTH...did Ann get hit by hurricane debris??? wow!! n/t

[Hortensis]

22. No. She ran afoul of the nasty 20% base last year and has been pandering

to them ever since to bring them back. They're the ones who buy her books and won't change the channel if she appears.

[cstanleytech]

30. Have no fear she is still pro wall and pro banning Muslims or in other words

the bigot inside her is still strong.

[Bengus81]

40. She's a bigger nut job for the wall than Trump

From the Tweets I've read from her............

[Turbineguy]

4. Hey dude,

that's why we elected a destructive president.

[packman]

5. Yah, The Great Scribe -

Can't Tweet without making errors and he wrote an op-ed - B.S.

One of his cronies earned his paycheck yesterday

[procon]

8. Trump never wrote this, it's more than 140 characters.

He just signed his name on a paper (and probably didn't even read it, let alone understand what he was signing) concocted by some sort of shadowy rightwing group that wants to promote corporate welfare and put profits over people. The GOP has pushed this trickle down hoax ever since Reagan, but it has NEVER worked, just look at Kansas for the real world disaster Republicans created there.

[Thor_MN]

9. Bullshit. Trump doesn't write anything longer than a ridiculous tweet.

Twitter is perfect for him and those with similar mental capacities...

I wouldn't believe that he had written an op-ed unless I personal locked him into a room with nothing more than a pen and a blank pad of paper. Of course, I would sabotage him by leaving several buckets of KFC in the room...

[onecaliberal]

10. The chances he wrote that are about the same as Jesus coming to rapture his base tomorrow.

[Stonepounder]

13. Actually, I think that the rapture coming tomorrow would be the odd-on favorite. n/t

[flibbitygiblets]

23. LOL, agreed 100%...this from a devout atheist.

[George II]

11. "Trump pens op-ed"???

[Nay]

20. Really. This guy couldn't write a paragraph about his favorite stuffed animal without

making 16 dumb mistakes. We've seen his Tweets -- he's illiterate.

[truthisfreedom]

12. And what do corporations get?

[BumRushDaShow]

15. "President Trump penned an op-ed"

He did no such thing. He can't even tweet a coherent 140 characters let alone somehow compose an op-ed.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. "Oh look....little twumpie made a doodie!

(no joke - everything he "pens" is shit&quot

[Angry Dragon]

24. +50,000

[Me.]

17. So He's Going To Heel The Tax Code Huh?

[pangaia]

18. Whomever actually wrote that is just about right.

TAX THE RICHEST MORE !

[flibbitygiblets]

25. We need to fix something that's "self destructive" all right...(hint: rhymes with Conald Grump)

Penned an op-ed indeed...rofl.

[samnsara]

26. trump can write??? when did THIS happen?

[rzemanfl]

27. Makes me think of the old joke about the Pope and birth control.

"If you don't play the game you shouldn't make the rules." That grifter is a tax scam artist.

All those pro-words. I wish Drumpf's father had used a prophylactic.

[onethatcares]

28. anyone can write airheaded op eds

but how do you think he really feels about a living wage or $15.00/hr minimum?

This is another infrastructure week, or is it immigration week, or is it some other week that he's dedicated to?

Gaud, I'm tired of his bullshit.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. it will only be pro-Trump

nothing else matters

[IcyPeas]

32. best op-ed of all time....

people are saying that.

No one has ever penned such a very very very good op-ed.

it was tremendous.

believe me.

some very good people have penned op-eds.

this might be the best op-ed by a president ever in the united states.

we'll see.

___________________

Trump has no idea what an op-ed even is.

[jmowreader]

34. I see the underlying message in this thing

"I ran for office because I think I pay too much tax, and I want to fix that."

What do you think, folks? Did Americans for Prosperity (the Koch Brothers' group), the American Enterprise Institute (the George W. Bush Administration - all Shrub's main players work there) or Americans for Tax Reform (Grover Norquist's group) write this thing? We know Trump did NOT - the guy delegates everything he can; if he could order people to go to the latrine for him, he would - but who actually DID? Don't say it has to be one of the three; all three groups have Trump's ear, and all three march in lockstep on tax cuts.

[Sunlei]

37. t(R)ump followers & fanclub loved that campaign 'message' because noone likes or wants to pay taxes.

even the most deplorable unwashed masses hate to pay taxes.

[Kennah]

35. Trump didn't write this. It's not bigly enough. (n/t)

[Sunlei]

36. what a bullshitter, that republican never penned anything in his life. he can barely sign his name.

[Cosmocat]

38. They got their SCJ

Which is more than they should have with a russian stooge as POTUS, and we dodged a bullet on their health care disaster.

No fin way the tax code should be reworked under this POS and the insane R controlled congress.

T

[Buns_of_Fire]

39. I guess the NYT and the Post charge too much to publish fake op-eds.

So it was either here or Auto Trader. Rump wanted it in Auto Trader, but they couldn't find a suitable category.

[world wide wally]

41. The proof that Trump didn't (couldn't) write this is that in the first 3 paragrahs

the words "I, me, or mine" never appeared once.