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Honeycombe8

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36. Trump Organization is a conglomerate, not a corporation.
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 08:40 PM
Sep 2018

He stands to gain more than $22M in tax cuts.

The Trump Organization is the collective name for a group of approximately 500 business entities of which Donald Trump, the current U.S. President, is the sole or principal owner. ... Trump Organization entities also own a New York television production company that produced the reality television franchise The Apprentice.

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Pathetic gtar100 Sep 2018 #1
You know what they used to say about Ghouliani...a noun, a verb, 9/11? Well with repugs... brush Sep 2018 #26
And it's no surprise that people are underwhelmed by these tax cuts... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #2
Indeed. When W cut taxes people saw it right away. apnu Sep 2018 #5
Not, tRump got $200 million taxcut for himself! at140 Sep 2018 #10
The people I knew back then were delighted about the tax cuts. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #39
Ordinary people have already seen they are not being helped by the previous cuts Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #3
Working class people watoos Sep 2018 #4
Reduced withholding is a LOAN from the IRS - payable after the midterms. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #15
T H I S Cosmocat Sep 2018 #18
here's the republican logic: unblock Sep 2018 #6
They dont lose support when they attack their own constituents, they know this. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #7
They may not be popular Soxfan58 Sep 2018 #8
Can you imagine the amount of guano coming out of Congress Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #9
My guess is their long term plan is to try and cripple the United States government thereby cstanleytech Sep 2018 #11
This is what happens when you live in the GOP bubble BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #12
Because . . Iliyah Sep 2018 #13
E X A C T L Y !! nt at140 Sep 2018 #14
Guess they never heard the definition of crazy: doing the same things over and over expecting Texin Sep 2018 #16
Bad news in August, and for the first 11 months of Fiscal Year 2018 progree Sep 2018 #17
Trump & gang are spending like drunken sailors at140 Sep 2018 #19
Since only the middle class cuts are temporary, a bill to make cuts permanent would be for them. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #20
I would be shocked speechless if the proposed GOP tax bill at140 Sep 2018 #22
The fact that they would make the middle class cuts permanent... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #23
First of all next congress & president can change anything at140 Sep 2018 #24
It's set to expire in 10 years. Not that far away. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #29
In just 26 months we could have at140 Sep 2018 #32
Not exactly, IMO. It's very unpopular to reverse a tax cut. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #33
taxcut received by middle class needs a microscope at140 Sep 2018 #42
The individual tax cuts are skewed heavily towards the wealthy too. nt progree Sep 2018 #25
Yes. But only the ones in the 2% and 3% cut categories... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #30
True, the only "permanent" ones were the corporate tax cuts, maybe some for highly compensated progree Sep 2018 #31
I agree about the Lexus. The Bush tax cuts were that way. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #34
Yeah. I stole the line about the Lexus and the muffler from back in the 2001 criticism of the progree Sep 2018 #37
They're popular with the folks who pay for these politicians. paulrevere2018 Sep 2018 #21
Trump delays taxes, he does not reduce them. Cicada Sep 2018 #27
Trump is spendings OUR money like a drunken sailor at140 Sep 2018 #28
Trump Organization is a conglomerate, not a corporation. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #36
Any reduction in current tax payment is merely a delay, not a cut. Cicada Sep 2018 #43
The money for the spending is borrowed and added to the deficit. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #35
Yes, both progree Sep 2018 #38
Thanks. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #40
😂😂😂 n/t progree Sep 2018 #41
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