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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: locogringo who wrote (2284)	12/14/2016 1:20:50 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356923

I knew I couldn't get a simple answer, oh well And by the way, the "Obamaphone" was a program started under Raygun bet, yeah, blame it on the black guy

To: locogringo who wrote (2284)	12/14/2016 1:39:59 PM
From: gronieel2	Respond to of 356923

*...If everybody get the same percentage off how does one group suffer at the expense of another? It's not like obamacare where the middles class gets fleeced to pay for the freeloaders, is it?...* Of course it's different. One third of a Mexican Gardner's pay of 30 bucks a day is not quite the same as one third of a hedge fund managers income of a billion bucks. Of course the hedge fund manager will never pay more than 15 percent...carry interest you see. And they pay big bribes to keep it that way, to both parties. Mexican gardeners cain't do that. Seems to me that the fat cats are the real freeloaders here. They just ain't paying their way...and don't intend to.

To: locogringo who wrote (2284)	12/14/2016 1:50:36 PM
From: gronieel2	Respond to of 356923

...Everybody pays the same tax depending on income level and deductions. Are you saying that Mr Trump is telling rich people that they will get a higher percentage in tax relief than the middle class people? How much extra tax will the lower 47% pay?... Of course that is just not true. Carried interest is available only to a handful of hedge fund managers and others like Willard Romney, who hasn't paid taxes for years. Capital gains and losses are not something my Mexican Gardener worry's about...but has kept Trump off the tax rolls for years, if not forever. These guys have paid big bucks to politicians of all stripes for years to keep it that way...and they have. Chuck Schumer is in charge of protecting the loopholes this year....somebody else will be the bagman. Listen to me gringo...if I give some damn politician $50 million bucks, I expect something in return. And a speed dial number. And him to answer when I call.