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applegrove

(131,318 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2018, 04:44 PM Jan 2018

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The real reason the Mercers have cut ties with Steve Bannon [View all]

JACOB SUGARMAN, ALTERNET, Salon

https://www.salon.com/2018/01/09/the-real-reason-the-mercers-have-cut-ties-with-steve-bannon_partner/

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Now we have something approaching an answer.

According to Jane Mayer, who chronicled the Mercers' grip on right-wing politics in her book "Dark Money," the Republican donors actually severed ties with Bannon months ago over his proposal to create a top income-tax rate of 44 percent for Americans earning more than $5 million annually — a proposal that would have directly impacted the Mercer family.

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The real reason the Mercers have cut ties with Steve Bannon [View all] applegrove Jan 2018 OP

Never heard of him doing that....sounds opposite of what he would seem to want Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1

It's part of his economic nationalism thing marylandblue Jan 2018 #4

Bannon sees us at economic war with China, thats his main concern Cicada Jan 2018 #6

Bannon is a pretty Jspur Jan 2018 #2

I think he wanted to create a new movement that cut across the US. He obviously believed applegrove Jan 2018 #3

That's because like most conservitive types, he is more comfortable in a small, controllable world. haele Jan 2018 #7

Like that 44% for the wealthy. Though still not high enough imo. democratisphere Jan 2018 #5

Oh yes, never far from their piles of money Thekaspervote Jan 2018 #8

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