146 points

Let’s guess which five percent don’t get an increase…

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77 points

Only 5% of the wealthiest households would come out ahead under Trump’s plans.

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7 points

Which is his intention.

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113 points

I’m still pissed about having to pay more in taxes this year thanks to this moron’s prior “tax cuts.” The fact that this jackass wants normal Americans to pay even more in taxes should be enough to sink his campaign but here we are.

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82 points

This dude raised my taxes more than any previous administration.

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38 points

Somehow even more than Bush with his two pointless wars.

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4 points

Does anyone remember the oppressive taxation of the 1990’s?

No?

We had a budget surplus then, and we created the modern internet.

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Trump supporters don’t care, they’re happy to pay the Trump tax as long as the “right” people are being hurt/killed/displaced

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And they will look at you with a straight face and say how much better the economy was under Trump. They really don’t care about any other factors, they will literally attribute any good thing to have been the masterwork of Trump, and anything they don’t like is some evil plot by Democrats intentionally structured to hurt them specifically.

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TBF, they constantly hear lies about this by foreign controlled media.

(Fox News)

edit: they are probably naturalized citizens by now, but the point still stands

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bUt TrUmP iS bEtTeR fOr ThE eCoNoMy

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Well yeah, it’s called trickle down economics. The top 5% are all job creators, they invest in companies. It’s not true that the 5% just let their wealth sit there and accumulate on an imaginary score board to beat the next richest person.

It’s not like the richest people in the world are hurtling human civilization into a extinction level events to hoard more wealth.

It’s not like the rich are looting this country to pad their bank accounts.

The rich are going to use all that money to benefit everyone./s

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13 points

Better for the *Russian economy 🇷🇺

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27 points

Fucking duh. So you think any of the idiots that will vote for him will bother to read this?

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Yeah they still support him after the 2016 tax shitshow that cut taxes for the rich and raised it for everyone else.

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2 points

Yeah, but what if you become rich overnight, it might benefit you.

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TBH I don’t think it would. I truly believe the rich are voting against their own interests by impoverishing the masses, stripping regulations, and weakening democracy.

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Well remember many of them got $1000 bonuses as a reward from their employers for voting Trump, or something.

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