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Why does a tax cut for the rich hurt you?

Oct 2, 2017, 5:35 PM

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Taxes. (Chris Potter, Flickr)

(Chris Potter, Flickr)

I want to see the fair tax plan, though I like President Donald Trump’s plan. But Washington D.C. is such a weird town where ideas that are simple and make sense are knocked down. We need to be Constitutional revolutionaries.

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Rand Paul has been talking about “use it or lose it” budgeting. People are rewarded for saving taxpayer money. It’s common sense and that’s what is being attacked.

And President Trump’s tax plan is pretty much common sense. We knew the media would only say that this is a cut for the rich. But even if it helps the rich as well as the poor, how does a cut for the rich hurt you?

Trump creates a tax cut and if Congress passes it, everyone gets it. Trump’s plan has been done out in the open; a bill that is transparent and debated.

It’s other things that are done behind closed doors.

If the president is going to get a tax cut, so are a 100 million other Americans.

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Why does a tax cut for the rich hurt you?