Trump is going to make America great again by turning the clock back
He'll make things like they were in the 1960s; the days before high taxes, welfare programs and anti-business policies crippled America.
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pdqsailor1 路 61-69, M
You are HOW old? Did you ever pick up a book on history and READ it? In the 1960's the top marginal tax rate was ninety percent - yes so no low taxes there. The USA under John F Kennedy ran a budget surplus - yup true. Welfare programs started in the 1930's they were not a modern invention and they are he hall mark of a civil society particularly in America where the concentration of wealth today is unprecedented and this was NOT the case in the 1960's No lessor a president than Former General and Republican - GOP standard bearer Dwight D Eisenhower considered a maximum income - where any amount over the maximum level would be paid fully as taxes to the Federal Government. He stopped at ninety percent leaving some incentive left to make more money but he knew there should be a limit to what one person earned when others did not. So this turning back the clock you have in mind is a fantasy to a time that never - EVER existed. Just saying.
Heartlander 路 80-89, M
in the 50's, while the top tax rate may have reached 90%, the tax rate on just $1 of income was 20%.
A big difference between then and now was that in the 50's EVERYONE who earned income paid income tax, even people who earned peanuts.
Why aren't liberals yelling to have EVERYONE pay their fair share like they did in 50's? Everyone had a stake in America, everyone paid. It's part of what made America Greater then than it is now. Everyone paid.
What makes America "not so great" anymore is because liberals divided America between the rich and the poor, between black and white, between long and old. We are all on the same ship. Quit creating bulkheads between us.
A big difference between then and now was that in the 50's EVERYONE who earned income paid income tax, even people who earned peanuts.
Why aren't liberals yelling to have EVERYONE pay their fair share like they did in 50's? Everyone had a stake in America, everyone paid. It's part of what made America Greater then than it is now. Everyone paid.
What makes America "not so great" anymore is because liberals divided America between the rich and the poor, between black and white, between long and old. We are all on the same ship. Quit creating bulkheads between us.
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Heartlander 路 80-89, M
If Trump paid no taxes he had no taxable income. It's IRS rules that define taxable income, and define what's a legitimate business deduction.
America started being "not so great" when Democrats started fixing what they thought was wrong in America by breaking what was right. They destroyed school system and neighborhoods across America with forced integration. The decimated our cities with criss-crossing interstate highways through the hearts of those cities. And mostly, they turned America's struggling citizens into permanent wards of the Democrats.
Instead of me adding to this comment I'll default to Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory for a most eloquent explanation of why I classify my political affiliation as anti-Democrat.
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America started being "not so great" when Democrats started fixing what they thought was wrong in America by breaking what was right. They destroyed school system and neighborhoods across America with forced integration. The decimated our cities with criss-crossing interstate highways through the hearts of those cities. And mostly, they turned America's struggling citizens into permanent wards of the Democrats.
Instead of me adding to this comment I'll default to Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory for a most eloquent explanation of why I classify my political affiliation as anti-Democrat.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_YQ8560E1w]
@Distancerunner: Not far from that, I麓m afraid
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@Underconstruction: precisely why I brought it up!馃槈馃槈
pdqsailor1 路 61-69, M
Yes I am fearful that you are correct. I live in Canada and was just down to NY and then down to Palm Beach.
Let me tell you a pertinent story. My Mom just had a hip replaced this morning. She is fine, no complications. Good Doctor, good medicine, great health care. The cost to us in Canada for this surgery was $0. In the states it costs on average $40K and is very, very common these days. In the province we live in my Daughters University Tuition next year will cost us nothing. Now when I listened to your candidates campaign, Particularly Bernie Sanders, I understood what it meant to you all. Then Bernie worked with Hillary to get his ideas into the Democratic Platform which was great but the only problem was She did not pick him to be her VP and unfortunately too many of his supporters in critical small states and rural areas - stayed home and did not vote for Her - I think if he was the VP they might have tipped the scales.
Have you signed the petition on Change.org to have the electors vote for Hilary yet? This petition is of critical importance as it is one of very few ways to make a difference. There are almost five million signatures on it so far. The news about the Russians interfering in the US election for Trump - essentially means that his win is not in any way legitimate and I think the the only remedy is to re-run the campaign and the election because without legitimacy - he can not govern with clean hands.
Let me tell you a pertinent story. My Mom just had a hip replaced this morning. She is fine, no complications. Good Doctor, good medicine, great health care. The cost to us in Canada for this surgery was $0. In the states it costs on average $40K and is very, very common these days. In the province we live in my Daughters University Tuition next year will cost us nothing. Now when I listened to your candidates campaign, Particularly Bernie Sanders, I understood what it meant to you all. Then Bernie worked with Hillary to get his ideas into the Democratic Platform which was great but the only problem was She did not pick him to be her VP and unfortunately too many of his supporters in critical small states and rural areas - stayed home and did not vote for Her - I think if he was the VP they might have tipped the scales.
Have you signed the petition on Change.org to have the electors vote for Hilary yet? This petition is of critical importance as it is one of very few ways to make a difference. There are almost five million signatures on it so far. The news about the Russians interfering in the US election for Trump - essentially means that his win is not in any way legitimate and I think the the only remedy is to re-run the campaign and the election because without legitimacy - he can not govern with clean hands.
Heartlander 路 80-89, M
@pdqsailor1: You complain about Russians interfering in the US election yet you as a Canadian feel free to interfere?
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Heartlander 路 80-89, M
I well remember the 50's and 60's .... before LBJ screwed up America.
Xuan12 路 31-35, M
Texan presidents have a way of doing that.
SoulAsylum 路 31-35, M
False.