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> a tax plan proposed by a President The corporate tax changes weren't his idea - they have been kicking around Capitol Hill with more or less bipartisan suppo
by eqmvii 9y ago
> a tax plan proposed by a President
The corporate tax changes weren't his idea - they have been kicking around Capitol Hill with more or less bipartisan support for years, and it almost happened while Obama was president. The full package of changes wound up being highly politicized and controversial, but the corporate changes were always seen as very likely to pass sooner or later.
- notyourday 9y agoThey may have been kicked around the Capitol Hill for years but while (D)s had control of the presidency it did not happen. There was a time when (D)s had control of Congress, Senate and Presidency with Obama as a President and it did not happen. To claim this tax cut is a result of bipartisan legislation is rather odd. [Edit] It must be really painful to downvote reality.
- pageandrew 9y agoThey only claim bipartisan responsibility when the tax plan seems to do good for the country (billions of dollars in new investments, tax revenue, repatriation etc.)
- zghst 9y agoHe was pretty much the only finalist candidate that proposed cutting taxes, and not just by a bit, Trump by his nature wanted the greatest change
- threeseed 9y agoThis is factually baseless nonsense. Jeb Bush: https://taxfoundation.org/details-and-analysis-governor-jeb-bush-s-tax-plan/ https://taxfoundation.org/details-and-analysis-governor-jeb-... Marco Rubio: https://taxfoundation.org/presidential-hopeful-marco-rubio-already-has-tax-plan/ https://taxfoundation.org/presidential-hopeful-marco-rubio-a... You can compare all candidate plans here: https://taxfoundation.org/comparing-2016-presidential-tax-reform-proposals/ https://taxfoundation.org/comparing-2016-presidential-tax-re... In fact it was Ben Carson who proposed cutting the tax rates the most (corporate tax rate -> 14.9%).
- spoiledtechie 9y agoI think you have your history wrong. Herman Cain started it...