Guess Who Trump's Tax Plan Benefits The Most... - YouTube

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YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT THE PROPOSED TAX CUT
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BY DONALD TRUMP WILL BENEFIT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY.
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FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE THE ESTATE TAX, WHAT THEY LIKE TO CALL THE
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DEATH TAX, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FOOL YOU INTO THINKING IT IS
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SOMETHING THAT IT MIGHT AFFECT YOU INSTEAD OF JUST THE AMERICAN
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ARISTOCRACY.
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AS OF RIGHT NOW WITH THE ESTATE TAX, PRE BEING
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CANCELED --
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>>THAT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER, 1% MORE, THAN THE TOP MARGINAL
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TAX BRACKET --
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>>DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS TO BE WORTH $10 MILLION, WHICH IMPLIES
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THERE WOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TAKEN AWAY IF THEY HAD THE
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ESTATE TAX.
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IF THEY COULD GET RID OF IT, THEORETICALLY IF YOU
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TRUST HIM ON HIS NET WORTH, IVANKA AND ERIC AND DONALD
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JUNIOR WILL SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX CUTS.
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THAT'S CONVENIENT.
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>>WE TALK ABOUT HOW HE'S INCREASING THE RATES AT
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MAR-A-LAGO, CALLING AT THE WINTER WHITE HOUSE, HAVING THE
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STATE DEPARTMENT DO PRESS RELEASES FOR IT, IVANKA IS
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SELLING MORE SHOES, MORE MONEY FOR THEIR HOTELS, PERSONAL
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ENRICHMENT, ETC.
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-- THAT IS PEANUTS COMPARED TO IF THEY GET
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RID OF THE ESTATE TAX, IVANKA, JARED KUSHNER, THE OTHER
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KNUCKLEHEAD SONS, WILL SAVE ALL THIS MONEY.
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I WONDER WHY HE RAN
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FOR PRESIDENT?
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>>AND HIS CABINET IS THE WEALTHIEST CABINET IN AMERICAN
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HISTORY, ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL BE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE
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ESTATE TAX AND THESE OTHERS WE WILL BREAKDOWN.
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LET'S MOVE TO
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THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMAL TAX, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IT'S A TAX
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SET UP SO THAT IF YOU ARE ABLE, WITH YOUR HIGH-PRICED
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ACCOUNTANTS, TO GET RID OF YOUR TAX BURDEN, YOU STILL HAVE TO
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PAY SOMETHING.
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IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TAX YOU
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LEGALLY SHOULD BE PAYING OTHERWISE.
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HE WANTS TO GET RID
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OF THAT TOO.
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HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT DONALD TRUMP?
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WE DON'T
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KNOW FOR SURE, BECAUSE HE IS BREAKING PRECEDENT AND NOT
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RELEASING HIS TAX RETURNS, BUT
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--
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>>THAT IS A PERFECT CASE STUDY OF HOW HE WOULD HAVE BENEFITED,
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AND WILL BENEFIT WHEN HE GETS RID OF THE AMT UNDER HIS
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PLAN NOW.
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>>HE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THIS IS FOR JOBS.
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NO, AGAIN, TENS OF
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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DIRECTLY IN DONALD TRUMP'S POCKET.
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A NICE
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LITTLE SIDE EFFECT OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IS THEY GET THE
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POWER, BUT IT TURNS OUT NORTH KOREA IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN
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HE REALIZED, NO ONE KNEW.
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HEALTHCARE IS MORE COMPLICATED
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THAN HE REALIZED, NO ONE KNEW.
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HE DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF THAT
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JOB, MNUCHIN, TREASURY SECRETARY, TOLD THE PRESS IN
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RELEASING THIS, THIS WAS ONE ISSUE THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS VERY
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INVOLVED IN.
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OF COURSE.
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KOREAN HISTORY, A PAIN IN THE ASS, WHAT
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DO I CARE IF A BUNCH OF SOUTH KOREANS DIE WHEN WE LAUNCH THE
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BOMBS?
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WAIT A MINUTE, THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMAL TAX, GET RID
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OF IT SO MY TAXES WILL GO DOWN TO LESS THAN 5% IN THE YEAR LIKE
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2005.
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OF COURSE HE LOVES THAT.
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THE ESTATE TAX, AT THAT POINT
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DONALD TRUMP IS DEAD.
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HIS KIDS CARE A LOT ABOUT IT, I'M SURE HE
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WANTS TO PASS ON MORE MONEY TO HIS KIDS, HE CARES ABOUT IT,
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IT'S A BIGGER AMOUNT.
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BUT THIS AFFECTS DONALD TRUMP TODAY.
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BUT THE NEXT ONE AFFECTS HIM MORE.
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>>THE CORPORATE THING?
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YEAH, AND OVERALL, IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS
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THE PERFECT TOPIC FOR HIM, AND IS IT WEIRD THAT HIS INTERESTS
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ALIGNED SO MUCH WITH REPUBLICANS -- THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO ARE
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SAYING LET DONALD TRUMP BECOME PRESIDENT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS
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WON'T WORK WITH HIM, THEY HATE HIM SO MUCH.
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THAT WAS RIDICULOUS
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IN GENERAL, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE ISSUES THEY SEEM TO
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DISAGREE WITH HIM ON -- THEY COULD PASS THIS TODAY IF THEY
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WANTED TO.
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HOW COULD YOU THINK REPUBLICANS WOULD GO AGAINST HIM
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ON HIS INSANE TAX POLICY?
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THE IDEA THAT IT WAS SAFER TO HAVE
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DONALD TRUMP IN OFFICE, THAT WAS LAUGHABLE THEN, WE ARE THE
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LAUGHINGSTOCKS RIGHT NOW AS THEY PROPOSE TO PASS THIS TAX PLAN.
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BUT THIS CORPORATE TAX RATE, TAKING IT FROM 35% TO 15,
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INTERESTINGLY IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT THE MASSIVE CORPORATIONS
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YOU THINK OF WHEN USING OF EXXON AND WALMART AND THINGS LIKE
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THAT.
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THERE ARE OTHER SORTS OF CORPORATIONS CALLED PASS-THROUGH
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CORPORATIONS.
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THAT BASICALLY IS WHERE YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
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PAYING AN INDIVIDUAL INCOME RATE TAX AS THE HEAD OF A
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CORPORATION.
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THEY DON'T PAY CORPORATE TAXES, THEY PAY
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INDIVIDUAL TAXES.
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INTERESTINGLY, DONALD TRUMP'S ORGANIZATION IS A
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COLLECTION OF THOSE PASS-THROUGH CORPORATIONS, AND UNDER HIS NEW
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PLAN, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY THAT NEW, LOWER 15%.
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NOT JUST
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FOR HIS INCOME, BUT FOR ALL THE INCOME OF ALL OF THOSE
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PASS-THROUGH CORPORATIONS.
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WHICH MEANS THAT HE WOULD NOT BE
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PAYING THAT NEW HIGHER TAX BRACKET OF, WHAT IS IT, 30%? HE
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WOULD BE PAYING 15% ON EVERY DOLLAR HE MAKES.
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EVERY DOLLAR EVERY DOLLAR IVANKA AND JARED AND ALL OF THEM MAKE.
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>>DOES IT APPLY TO SMALL BUSINESSES?
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YES.
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IS THERE
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ANYTHING WRONG WITH A PASS-THROUGH CORPORATION?
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NO.
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BUT WE SHOULD HAVE TAX RATES FOR THOSE CORPORATIONS.
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WHY DO THEY
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GET TO PAY 15%, AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE LESS WILL PAY A LOT MORE?
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THAT DOES MAKE SENSE.
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AND BOY, WHAT A LUCKY BREAK FOR TRUMP.
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IT
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TURNS OUT ALL THE TROUBLE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PASS-THROUGH
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BUSINESSES.
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THE HIGHER RATES ARE TOTALLY AND UTTERLY IRRELEVANT
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TO HIM.
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THIS CUTS HIS TAXES DOWN TO 15%, THAT'S IT.
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>>IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE -- THERE
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WERE EXAMPLES OF THIS IN THE PAST -- THAT MAIDS THAT A TRUMP
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HOTEL COULD BE PAYING HIGHER RATES IN THEIR TAXES THAN
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THE GUY WHO OWNS THE HOTEL.
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>>OF COURSE, AND TRUMP WILL THINK, I'M A SMART PERSON, I
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TRICKED YOU INTO VOTING FOR ME AND NOW YOU SCHMUCKS ARE STUCK
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WITH THE BILL.
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YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT?
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I'M MAKING MY POCKETBOOK GREAT.
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>>AND IN THE BACKGROUND THEY SAY WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID
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LOOPHOLES, STOP THE FRAUD -- WE'VE HAD EXPERIMENTS IN THIS
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AREA --
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>>EVENTUALLY BY 2014
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COSTING ALMOST HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, AND IT'S ONE OF THE
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REASONS THAT KANSAS IS IN THE BAD FINANCIAL TERRITORY THEY ARE
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NOW, BECAUSE OF INSANE POLICIES LIKE THIS THEY CHOSE TO PURSUE.
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>>AND THE TOP RATE OF THE INCOME TAX THEY ARE BRINGING
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DOWN FROM TO 35, IN REALITY THAT DOESN'T MATTER, THAT'S WHY THEY
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DIDN'T BRING IT DOWN THAT MUCH.
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TRUMP IS LIKE, IT DOESN'T AFFECT
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ME AT ALL, I'M GOING TO PAY 50% BECAUSE OF THIS PASS-THROUGH
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STUFF.
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IT'S A GIANT ROBBERY, IT REMINDS ME OF THE BEGINNING OF
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PULP FICTION -- THIS IS A ROBBERY!
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EVERYBODY BE COOL.
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AND
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TRUMP IS THE TOP BANDIT.
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JOHN IS RIGHT, MOST EVERYONE IN HIS
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CABINET WILL BENEFIT FROM EVERY ONE OF THESE PROVISIONS,
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COLLECTIVELY THEY WILL SAVE BILLIONS.
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ON THE PASS-THROUGH
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TAX ALONE, TENS OF MILLIONS, EVEN AT A MINIMUM, EVEN IF TRUMP
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ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR AS RICH AS HE SAYS HE IS, HE STILL WILL
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SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS A YEAR.
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THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO YOUR
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KIDS' EDUCATION, HOUSING, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, BRIDGES,
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ROADS -- IT COULD HAVE GONE FOR HEALTHCARE, IT COULD HAVE GONE
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FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE, BUT IT WILL JUST GO INTO TRUMP AND
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MNUCHIN'S AND GARY COHEN'S POCKETS, AND THEY WILL LAUGH AT
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YOU.
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WE GOT THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY -- BY THE WAY,
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PEOPLE WITH LESS EDUCATION BOARD FOR TRUMP MORE THAN PEOPLE WITH
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HIGHER EDUCATION, AND PEOPLE WITH LESS EDUCATION MAKE MORE
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MONEY.
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WE GOT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY
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IN THE COUNTRY TO VOTE FOR THE RICHEST PEOPLE TO GET EVEN
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RICHER.
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IDIOTS.
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HA-HA, WE ROBBED YOU.
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THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
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TODAY AS THEY CELEBRATE THIS TAX PACKAGE.
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IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR
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YOUR TAX CUTS, KEEP ON WAITING.
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THEY AIN'T COMING.
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THEY ARE
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GOING TO TAKE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND
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PUT IT RIGHT INTO THEIR POCKET, AND ONCE THEY DO, FOR EVERY YEAR
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THEY TOOK THOSE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.
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EVEN IF SOMEONE GREAT COMES INTO OFFICE LATER AND THEY WANT TO DO
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THINGS LIKE, HEY, LET'S GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE AT THE
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AMERICAN DREAM, YOUR KIDS CAN GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE AND YOU CAN
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BE RICH TOO, THEY WILL SAY, SORRY.
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>>OR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
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>>WE RAN OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE GAVE TRILLIONS TO THE RICH WHILE
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TRUMP WAS IN CHARGE.
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THIS TAX CUT, A DISASTER, ONE OF THE
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GREATEST AMERICAN ROBBERIES YOU WILL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE, AND
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PERSONALLY BENEFITS TRUMP TO THE TUNE OF AT MINIMUM TENS OF
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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT IF HE'S ANYWHERE NEAR RIGHT ABOUT HIS
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REAL WEALTH, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HIS POCKET.
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HE'S LAUGHING ALL
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THE WAY TO THE BANK, AND THE GUY HE'S LAUGHING AT, IF YOU VOTED
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FOR HIM, IS YOU.