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So you think this is a good idea?

Do you think it's a good idea?

This would be a politically very smart thing to do. A while ago Fox News published a poll which showed overwhelming support for raising taxes on the rich. Even among Republicans.

Given that he's pushing not only to continue his tax cuts which were set to expire but actually increase them and he's had the IRS enforcement division staffing slashed, it really doesn't take a lot of thought to see where he wants to take America.

President Donald Trump’s inner circle is weighing whether the White House should back raising taxes on Americans earning more than $1 million per year as part of the GOP’s 2025 tax legislation, according to two administration officials and three other people briefed on the matter. While the prospect of a tax hike has gotten a largely chilly reception among Republicans on Capitol Hill, Vice President JD Vance and budget director Russell Vought have expressed openness to the idea in internal administration deliberations and are viewed as supportive, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks. Stephen K. Bannon, who served as the president’s chief strategist during his first term, has been publicly urging Trump to endorse the plan in part as a way to defang Democratic attacks on the GOP as the party of the rich. https://archive.ph/32WBl

I'll go one better. I'll launch another positive topic about the Trump administration

Why did Teddy Roosevelt hate America?

Right. I'm replying to your posts but you are not replying to mine? So how exactly did you get here? Via helicopter?

It certainly doesn't leave them here: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114370361342759621

Just another personal attack from you. You've still got nothing.

More of same. Still nothing.

Where's the fraud? You think if you keep making an empty allegation over and over again it becomes true? As for tax cuts stimulating the economy and producing more revenue. That was promised for one tax bill from Reagan,two for George W. Bush, and 1 far from Trump. In all 3 cases they added to to the national debt big time. As for income tax being created as a temporary measure...the current income tax system was authorized in constitutional amendment # 16 approved by 36 states. It was ratified on Feb 3, 1913. A constitutional amendment was enacted to authorize a temporary measure? If for some bizarre reason you're referring to the income tax authorized for the Civil War, how is that relevant?

If only he could give it a rest.

Your lack of substantive response continues. You've still got nothing.

From the article: He should get on well with Pam Bondi another election denialist.

What else is there to say to a reply like this: It's not substantive. It offers no reasoning. Just an empty taunt. You've still got nothing.

You've got nothing.

We seen lots of allegations of fraud. But virtually no evidence that there is any. What evidence DOGE thinks it has produced invariably turns out to be due to their ignorance. As for the debt. Trump wants not just to continue the tax cuts from his last term but to make them steeper. How is this cutting the debt? Doge has also slashed the IRS enforcement division. How does reducing tax revenue constitute addressing the debt?

CEO Elon Musk says China’s new trade restrictions on rare earth magnets have affected the production of the company’s Optimus humanoid robots, which rely on the exports. Speaking on a Tesla earnings call on Tuesday, Musk said that the company was working through the issue with Beijing and hoped to get approval to access the critical resources. China, earlier this month, imposed new export controls on seven rare earth elements and magnets used in everything from defense to energy to automotive technologies https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/teslas-optimus-hit-by-chinas-rare-earth-restrictions-says-musk.html.

I once witnessed a miracle on aseannow.com I don't expect anyone to believe this but there was once a member who confessed that he had actually lost money on the stock market. EDIT: Maybe I hallucinated this?

Come to think of it maybe there is no contradiction. Maybe Trump doesn't mean termination as in firing but something else instead.

A quote from the article linked to: "President Trump told reporters "I have no intention of firing" Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell even though he wants the policymaker to lower interest rates, making the comment less than a week after Trump asserted on social media that "Powell's termination cannot come fast enough."

How about a pause on making personal attacks on members via allegations that are unproveable and instead focusing on the issues? Personal attacks are the province of those who have nothing relevant to offer.

You chose the most extreme study out of all of those I could find. And since it's very effectively paywalled there's no telling whether or not it includes the Obama era. And I should hope not . It would obviously be nonsensicalwhen it comes to the Obama Era when inflation averaged 1.48%

You claim that Americans should defer to him. And no, he doesn't have unlimited license to run foreign policy. And the pushback he's gotten seems to have derailed his plans. Is that necessarily a bad thing? Given your views, apparently so.