Experts Revise Trump’s Tax Plan to Include Massive Tax Hikes

[geronl]

http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/05/11/experts-revise-trumps-tax-plan-include-massive-tax-hikes/?utm_content=buffer32f34&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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For people who are planning on voting for Trump in November, Trump has a message: he hopes you aren’t particularly attached to any of the specifics in any of his plans, because they are subject to major, massive revision without notice. And if you think that’s bad, wait until he gets to office and starts negotiating awesome deals with Democrats.

The latest Trump plan to undergo butchering and revision mid-campaign has been Trump’s tax plan. First came Trump’s own admission that the whole thing was really more of a negotiating position than an actual plan, combined with his bumbling over whether he planned to raise taxes on the wealthy. Now, Trump has asked some conservative economists to revise his tax plan to meet a certain deficit reduction target.

The result? Massive tax hikes as compared to his original plan:


Conservative economists Larry Kudlow and Steve Moore, tasked by Donald Trump’s campaign to revise his tax plan, have called their changes “tweaks” but what they submitted to the nonprofit Tax Foundation for a new deficit score amounts to a dramatic rewrite of Trump’s original plan.

The new plan, compared against Trump’s initial proposal, would increase tax rates across all income levels, dramatically reduce the number of people who would pay no income taxes at all and impose a new cap on charitable deductions for the wealthy.

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Donald Trump says "Psych!! Fooled you!!"

Mod note: Please do not change headlines. It leads to duplicate threads. Threads merged and retitled.

[Mechanicos]

Red State lies for Money. Fact is the "increase" is in context of Trump's Tax Plan not the current tax rate. But hey, the gullible eat it up.

[jmyrlefuller]

Red State lies for Money. Fact is the "increase" is in context of Trump's Tax Plan not the current tax rate.

If you read the article, that point is made clear. If you want to take issue with the headline, fine, but the direction Trump is taking is clear. Say one thing, then say another, and maybe do something else entirely.

[Mechanicos]

If you read the article, that point is made clear. If you want to take issue with the headline, fine, but the direction Trump is taking is clear. Say one thing, then say another, and maybe do something else entirely.

People with brains know Eric Erickson lies for money to a dwindling group of fanatics. I know what was said. And its not raising taxes. its the same thing as before, negotiating how much to lower them. This is why people are tuning out the $neverTrump garbage.

[Frank Cannon]

People with brains know Eric Erickson lies for money to a dwindling group of fanatics. I know what was said. And its not raising taxes. its the same thing as before, negotiating how much to lower them. This is why people are tuning out the $neverTrump garbage.

Take the tinfoil off your windows and look out at what is going on in the world. Erickson has not been involved in Red State in some time. He has his own site.

[roamer_1]

Donald Trump says "Psych!! Fooled you!!"

OK, this is me, trying it out for the first time... Here goes:

SEE, I TOLD YOU SO.

I have a feeling I ought to get used to typing that little phrase... I think I'm gonna be using it a lot this season.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

People with brains know Eric Erickson lies for money to a dwindling group of fanatics. I know what was said. And its not raising taxes. its the same thing as before, negotiating how much to lower them. This is why people are tuning out the $neverTrump garbage.

In a couple months you will be arguing that tax increases are conservative.

[geronl]

They are simply reporting what Trump's own team put out

[Mechanicos]

Red State lies for money. Trump's plan is still lowering taxes. Just not as much. The only raising of numbers is the bottom number inside of Trump's plan. Eric cannot show that there is a raise over existing taxes as hes arguing. Stop letting people like him control how you think.

[Timber Rattler]

Eric cannot show that there is a raise over existing taxes as hes arguing.

Hey, Erickson, can't do anything right now at Red State because:

1) He's no longer there: http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2015/10/erik-erickson-to-leave-redstate-214444

and

2) He almost died three weeks ago and is recovering:  http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2016/04/17/erick-erickson-reveals-serious-diagnosis-blood-clots-in-his-lungs/

[Mechanicos]

He still owns it, controls it and is the boss of those writing this agitprop crap.

[uglybiker]

If you like your tax rate, you can keep your tax rate.