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multigraincracker

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5. I think this whole tariff thing is about ending the income tax.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 07:52 AM

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A way for the rich to get out of a progressive tax and replace it with tariffs, a regressive tax. Next will be property taxes.

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Forty five years of Reaganomics. [View all] Duncanpup Tuesday OP

... EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #1

Reinstate the eealth tax! SheltieLover Tuesday #2

What wealth tax? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #18

Well, what can we do? OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #3

Take control of Congress & the WH & pass tax legislation, that's what we can do. CaptainTruth Tuesday #4

Awesome. You let me know when you get to do this. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #6

OK, you can sit this one out if you want. I won't, I will fight until I draw my last breath. CaptainTruth Tuesday #25

Hehe. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #30

Why does my gut churn blubunyip Tuesday #16

The alternative picture is much messier, & I don't see any way it cannot involve bloodshed. CaptainTruth Tuesday #26

"a chance it will work" blubunyip Tuesday #28

"...but when you're up against liars, cheats, thieves, criminals--how do you ever really "win." ??" OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #31

We have to give peaceful means a good fighting chance blubunyip Yesterday #33

Who said anything about killing? OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #34

Reagans "Create the Billionaire Class" tax cuts should have been rolled back (or attempted) by Clinton and each LiberalArkie Tuesday #17

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #32

I think this whole tariff thing is about ending the income tax. multigraincracker Tuesday #5

100% Blue Full Moon Tuesday #8

Someone should remind the republicans. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #7

laugher curve poozwah Tuesday #9

There's a rumor that Rand Paul has the votes to stop the tariffs. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #10

So Rand has two-thirds majority support for his bill in both the House and Senate? Because if not... Ol Janx Spirit Tuesday #21

The people in the top tax brackets moniss Tuesday #11

And that trickle down... 2naSalit Tuesday #12

Reagan was as much a crank as Trump, in my opinion. Midnight Writer Tuesday #13

it's not just at the federal level. mopinko Tuesday #14

Yet, Reagan had a Democratic House his entire presidency MichMan Tuesday #15

Much of the so called "Reagan Revolution" was carried over into a later doc03 Tuesday #20

IMO, Reaganomics (actually neoliberal economic theory) only had a 35 year reign Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #19

Aristotle quote IronLionZion Tuesday #22

"And the reason because the rich do not want to pay taxes." valleyrogue Tuesday #23

Deregulation predates Reagan, but he took it further with his rhetoric, tax cuts and weakening of unions. TRHST82 Tuesday #24

Weird how trickle down stays, no matter who was in office -- except BIDEN. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #27

The rich get richer. It's how the jobs are created? czarjak Wednesday #29