Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Treasury secretary in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts.
The Trump administration is not considering a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to pay for tax breaks for the middle class, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Sunday.
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Mnuchin said the administration plans to release its tax plan in early September and is aiming for a vote on Congress on it by the end of this year.
Gee, I am so not surprised. Is anyone surprised that filthy rich assholes are not planning to pay one cent more than they are forced to do? I am seriously surprised than anyone might so much as surmise that the regime would consider raising taxes on the rich. Guillotines keep intruding on my thoughts whenever they center on the Regime show…
Via Raw Story.
Mnuchin’s worth $300 million. Surely you can’t expect him to forgo a 4th residence, or a spare mistress, or whatever?
I remember Mitch Kapor once told a story about when he sold Lotus 1-2-3 to IBM and suddenly was worth about $100 million. He said he went out and bought everything it had ever occurred to him to want: sports car, huge wardrobe, nice apartment with a hot tub, fancy watch… he spent a week shopping and managed to spend almost $1m. That was when he started giving money away.
Marcus:
At least he still had sense after his spending spree. I’m afraid it works the other way with most people. Jesus, 300 million. I can’t even imagine. I just can’t.
‘course Mnuch’ also bragged on the US-Russia joint anti-hacking plan that Trump had endorse the night before and then backed away from last night…
Reminds me of something Hitchens once said. i can’t remember precisely, but it was about the word “Tumbrel” being underused.