Sadly I doubt it will work against him much. Nothing else has, and the average person clearly doesn't care that much about billionaires paying tax, otherwise we'd all have stopped shopping at Amazon.
The Dems need to play this carefully. They should start by highlighting that if every American - not just taxpayers, but every of the 331m people - paid just $750 income tax a year, that would come to $248.25bn. Income tax accounts for 50% of the federal budget, so let's double that to $496.5bn and call that the annual budget.
The budget for 2019 was $4.4 trillion, which means our new budget is a mere 11.28% of what's required. Trump voters like their military prowess, and they can still fund about 3/4 of their armed forces, but only if every other federal expenditure is obliterated.
Even if you argue that the $2.2tn non-income tax half of the budget is unaffected and should remain, that still leaves us with a 39% shortfall. Goodbye social security.
If the Dems can't use this to crush Trump then they don't deserve to win. Which isn't to say it will be easy, but the numbers are entirely on their side. They just need to deploy them in a way that cuts through Trump's BS.
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Re: Trump
It's amazing that he's still hanging on to that line four years later. But yeah, as soon as I read the headline I knew that he'd just declare it fake news and move on.“Totally fake news, no. Actually I paid tax. And you’ll see that as soon as my tax returns – it’s under audit, they’ve been under audit for a long time. The [Internal Revenue Service] does not treat me well … they treat me very badly. You have people in the IRS – they treat me very badly.”
Would anyone here be surprised that they paid more income tax than Donald Trump did? The man's as crooked as they come, sure, but this is what the rich do; they hire people to find them loopholes, although I suspect that Trump's aren't so much "loopholes" as much as "completely lying to the IRS".
There's a Simpsons quote that always tickled me - it was when Homer sets up Hyperglobalcompumeganet, and is bought out by Bill Gates. Bill brings in hired goons who rough up the place, turns to Homer, and says "You don't think I got rich by writing a lot of cheques do ya?"
Re: Trump
“ Vice President Biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. If the president thinks his best case is made in urine he can have at it,” said Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager. “We’d expect nothing less from Donald Trump, who pissed away the chance to protect the lives of 200K Americans when he didn't make a plan to stop COVID-19.”
-Official Biden campaign statement after Trump suggesting a drug test for the debates.
-Official Biden campaign statement after Trump suggesting a drug test for the debates.
A man who could tell more truth and eat fewer pies.
Re: Trump
Parscale arrested....
˙ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʎuıʇ ʎllɐǝɹ uʍop ǝpısdnEverything on the internet is 100% true.
– Abraham Lincoln
Re: Trump
"I don't know anything about that but he is a troubled guy and I wish him the best but I don't know anything about that"
And nobody will push him on the subject, because generally speaking the American press are horrendous at getting answers.
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I'd no idea who that guy was until after I watched the video and I still felt bad for him the way the cops behaved.
Re: Trump
The president of the United States of America just told the proud boys to “stand back and stand by” on the debate stage.
What a shitshow that whole thing was!
What a shitshow that whole thing was!
A man who could tell more truth and eat fewer pies.
Re: Trump
Yeah, I've only seen snippets, but I get the feeling Trump dragged Biden down to his level; neither of them could get answers out without the other arguing constantly. At one point Biden uttered an exasperated "Will you shut up man?" which I've never seen in any sort of political debate, nevermind one between candidates for the US Presidency.
Re: Trump
There was a couple of times Biden seemed to be getting a bit mixed up and Trump not knowing when to keep his mouth shut saved him.
Like I said at every debate, why don’t they cut the mics when their time is up? Every single debate becomes childish rabble. D, R, DvR, is all the same.
Like I said at every debate, why don’t they cut the mics when their time is up? Every single debate becomes childish rabble. D, R, DvR, is all the same.
A man who could tell more truth and eat fewer pies.
Re: Trump
At this point they'd have a better chance of making salient points and maintaining dignity if they each composed and submitted a diss track.
My name's Sleepy Joe and I'm here to say
The big orange fucked up covid in a major way
WORD
My name's Sleepy Joe and I'm here to say
The big orange fucked up covid in a major way
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