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BumRushDaShow

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4. He wants to have "tax breaks for tips"

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Thu May 8, 2025, 08:48 PM

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But without raising the minimum wage. So it's possibly to get those service worker votes as a supposed "campaign promise". They definitely aren't in the current tax cuts for the billionaires law (nor in the current blueprint).

Someone apparently whispered in his ear so he'll repeat what the last person told him.

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Trump Privately Pushed Speaker Johnson to Create a New Bracket to Raise Taxes on the Rich: Report [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

What do y'all make of that one? bucolic_frolic Thursday #1

Well it's interesting this would mean the bill would not be a simple word-for-word extension of the 2017 tax cuts BumRushDaShow Thursday #3

Mines sharpened ;) n/t Cheezoholic Thursday #8

And 'floated' is the exact right word AZJonnie Thursday #5

And note the income bracket not fooled Thursday #17

What kind of grift is this? Irish_Dem Thursday #2

He wants to have "tax breaks for tips" BumRushDaShow Thursday #4

He'll change his mind soon and/or screw us in other ways. But this is an interesting proposal, at least today. Silent Type Thursday #6

Trump and friends have prioritized their social agenda, right wing ideology, and quest for power andym Thursday #7

I would not give this airtime V850i Thursday #9

"I think DU should carefully choose how to word headlines." BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #19

Don't worry. There will be loopholes so most or all of it won't be classified as "taxable income." PSPS Thursday #10

Ha ha ha. He's not talking about "capital gains" is he? harumph Thursday #13

I don't believe it for a minute Skittles Thursday #11

And it would raise his own taxes, right? Bayard Thursday #12

theoretically Skittles Thursday #15

With all the screaming from the 1% should he actually propose (or do) slightlv Thursday #14

I say, if the rich leave, goodby and good riddance. rickford66 Thursday #16

Note: Millionaires, NOT Billionaires. eom ReRe 23 hrs ago #18

He also will want a couple of new loop holes to decrease the republianmushroom 12 hrs ago #20

This smells 100% political to me. Dear Leader realizes he's in peril of losing Congress next year so he'll Vinca 11 hrs ago #21

It's Bannon stuff BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #22