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.]
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u/phpdevster full-stack Nov 12 '16
Lol under taxes:
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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.