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Don't call them "tax cuts". (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jan 6 OP
Call it billionaire welfare SheltieLover Jan 6 #1
The rich get more and the poor just lose, so the Bible says, and it still is news Walleye Jan 6 #2
Damn right CousinIT Jan 6 #3
Absolutely criminal Clouds Passing Jan 6 #11
Damn straight. ms liberty Jan 6 #4
He said he wasn't going to tax Tickle Jan 6 #5
The term is already used but it's been used to mislead JI7 Jan 6 #6
Vaccuuming from the poors to fill the pockets of the rich, AGAIN. Bluethroughu Jan 6 #7
Tax giveaways to the filthy-rich Farmer-Rick Jan 6 #8
Trump raised my taxes last time Johonny Jan 6 #9
Call it wealth CONCENTRATION. Not wealth redistribution (we need that). There is no distribution, on net. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 6 #10
That and state exactly who the cuts are for, the very wealthy. appalachiablue Jan 6 #12
"Tax Shifts" is shorter and simpler. eppur_se_muova Jan 7 #13
I call all of it looting Meowmee Jan 7 #14
Legislative theft. GoodRaisin Jan 7 #15
Serfdom Blue Full Moon Jan 7 #16

JI7

(91,117 posts)
6. The term is already used but it's been used to mislead
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:05 AM
Jan 6

by claiming it's redistributing wealth from those that create and pay into it to those that don't want to work and illegals and whatever else the right wing makes up.


Johonny

(22,527 posts)
9. Trump raised my taxes last time
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:52 AM
Jan 6

I didn't get a fucking cut and I'm sick of hearing about his tax raise called a cut. The poor got dimes, the rich got billions, many in the middle class saw a fucking tax increase.

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,902 posts)
10. Call it wealth CONCENTRATION. Not wealth redistribution (we need that). There is no distribution, on net. . . . nt
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:58 AM
Jan 6

eppur_se_muova

(37,939 posts)
13. "Tax Shifts" is shorter and simpler.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:45 AM
Jan 7

Taxes shifted from those most able to pay, to those least able.

Blue Full Moon

(1,482 posts)
16. Serfdom
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:34 AM
Jan 7

Feudal society, and the lord of the manor and the serfs, were taxed to give money to the elites (nobles).

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