Donald Trump Proposes 10% Tax On The Rich To Pay Off U.S. National Debt
Trump made the pitch in 1999 when he was considering a run. We tried to contact The Donald this morning for comment and our call has not been returned.
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NEW YORK CNN -- Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has a plan to pay off the national debt, grant a middle class a tax cut, and keep Social Security afloat tax rich people like himself. Trump, a prospective candidate for the Reform Party presidential nomination, is proposing a onetime net worth tax on individuals and trusts worth 10 million or more.
By Trump's calculations, his proposed 14.25 percent levy on such net worth would raise 5.7 trillion and wipe out the debt in one full swoop.
No one has put forward a plan to make this country entirely debt free as we enter the next millennium, Trump said in a written statement.
The plan I am proposing today does not involve smoke and mirrors, phony numbers, financial gimmicks, or the usual economic chicanery you usually find in DisneylandonthePotomac, Trump said.
By my calculations, 1 percent of Americans, who control 90 percent of the wealth in this country, would be affected by my plan, Trump said.
The other 99 percent of the people would get deep reductions in their federal income taxes, he said.
Eliminating the national debt would save the federal government 200 billion a year in interest payments, Trump said. He proposes to earmark half the savings for middle class tax cuts, and the other half for Social Security.
Apr 11, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Reader Comments (7)
Yes. That's who I would get my financial advice from.
Why is sarcasm always so sarcastic?
Buffett’s Betrayal
http://blogs.reuters.com/rolfe-winkler/2009/08/04/buffetts-betrayal/
Billionaire Wealth Giveaways – Generosity or Tax Avoidance?
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/wordpress/2010/08/06/billionaire-wealth-giveaways-generosity-or-tax-avoidance/
If Government is so Great, Why don’t Rich Liberals Donate Money to it?
http://blog.pappastax.com/index.php/2010/10/19/if-government-is-so-great-why-dont-rich-liberals-donate-money-to-it/
Frankly though I view the government taking money from any of us for anything but essential services is theft. The taking from one to give to another is disgusting who the hell do they think they are that really galls me the foreign aid, welfare (for those capable of working), Americans forced to pick up the medical bills for illegal aliens all those things including Wars of choice should be stopped that would go along way in reducing the deficit and future spending.
The point to remember is that what the government gives it must first take away. ~John S. Coleman
You can throw around the answers to the big questions all day long...getting all buissnes to pay thAre fair share is a nother thing......right...?
"It Aint Gona Happen".........! It would fix this shit they brought apon us, all becouse of greed on thAre part....?
Sooooooo, we have the answers, and they have the keys to run this car in the ditch but once again.........?
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