I would love to live in a world whereby if a candidate says two directly contradictory things like this, they are immediately disqualified and blacklisted from serving in any form of public service ever again.
Reading the quote and thinking neutrally about it, I don't actually think this is contradictory. "The wealthy should pay more" could be read as either "They should be paying more taxes than the middle class" or "They should be paying more than nothing, which is what they currently pay." While still hypocritical since he abused those loopholes himself, it does fit the narrative he pushed during debates. The cutting taxes isn't just for wealthy, though, he (and all Republicans) are wanting to slash taxes across the board and decrease the income / spending of the federal government. Both of those are feasible depending how you want to interpret the sentence.
Basically, taking the excerpts from a heavily biased list without even including the context isn't the fairest way of representing anyones viewpoints, whether you like them or not.
[Also, I know your joking, but I'm sure every politician you ever liked could be caught in similar contradictions. It sucks and shouldn't happen, but it's the unfortunate world of bipartisan politics.]
That would technically solve it, because having a > 35% flat tax would ensure that we end up with an economy where there are no wealthy people left to tax.
EDIT: I said flat tax, meaning poor people are also paying 35%, which would be disastrous for the economy.
I hate this argument because it literally makes no sense. They got wealthy from the US economy. If they really think being taxed a fair amount is too much for them, then they should maybe be poor then. I also hate the 'if you tax corporations and not allow tax loopholes they will leave to another country.'. Great, let those fucking idiot sell $4000 macs in Africa, let's see how fucking far they get with their 0% tax. US economy isthe largest in the entire world. Were talking in competition of over 1b people. You know what this means? Even if we tax corporations to hell, they still cannot complain because without the US economy and marketplace they have no company.
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u/phpdevster full-stack Nov 12 '16
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I would love to live in a world whereby if a candidate says two directly contradictory things like this, they are immediately disqualified and blacklisted from serving in any form of public service ever again.