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trotsky

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9. Not even looking at what we lose...

Reply to panader0 (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:31 PM

Nov 2017

"average" in this context is absolutely meaningless.

Let's say America was a nation of 10 people. One guy is rich and gets a $1,000,000 tax cut. Everyone else gets a $1 tax cut.

The AVERAGE tax cut everyone got in that scenario was $100,000! WOW!! What are you gonna do with your $100k?!?

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On Ryan's tax announcement . . . "We get a cup of coffee" [View all] fleur-de-lisa Nov 2017 OP

I'm betting that even that $1284 is Bull. panader0 Nov 2017 #1

Not even looking at what we lose... trotsky Nov 2017 #9

exactly n2doc Nov 2017 #13

Yep that trickery too. Lies and the lying liars who tell them. trotsky Nov 2017 #14

yes, his use of the word -average--is slippery. who is average? what income? etc riversedge Nov 2017 #15

my guess is it's like this: out of 1,000 people, one saves $1,284,000, the rest get zip. unblock Nov 2017 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #2

Well yeah - i could use two cokes a day (as i don't drink coffee) el_bryanto Nov 2017 #3

Every time I see his Faux pas Nov 2017 #4

How did they calculate that? Adrahil Nov 2017 #5

Who was the ass who said $1000 bucks would buy you a new car or remodel your kitchen? CrispyQ Nov 2017 #6

That was the "president's" principal economic advisor rsdsharp Nov 2017 #7

Yeah. 1% gets big tax cuts. Rest of us nothing Roland99 Nov 2017 #8

So the Koch Brothers,the Waltons, Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #10

Let's look at the word "average" lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #12