Dang, that would make perfect sense, because it would -- yet again -- be a "middle class tax cut" that largely benefited the wealthiest. Par for the GOP course, in other words.

I hadn't heard this yet, but again, it certainly wouldn't surprise me. Thanks for pointing it out.

Mezzomamma [8] -

I've written about this before, can dig the link out if necessary. Interesting tidbit: when polled, something like 95% of Americans say they are middle class. The upper-mc and above don't like to think of themselves as "rich." The lower middle class and below don't like to think of themselves as "poor." So just about everybody thinks they're in the middle class.

What set me off were Democrats who were proposing adjusting the cap on Social Security so that those making below roughly $120K/yr would pay full price, those making above $250K/yr would pay almost the full price, but those in the $120-250K donut hole would still get a big tax break and pay a far lower percentage than everyone else. Funnily enough, these are the people who regularly make political donations to the parties. Maybe it's just me, but making a quarter-million a year is above where I'd define "middle-class" personally.

Like I said if you're interested, I can dig out the link.

And as for [12] -

Didn't I hear that "Game of Thrones" was based loosely on the War Of The Roses? There is indeed nothing new under the sun. Heh.

-CW

The Small Business Admin. defintion includes businesses up to 1500 employees with up to $57M in revenue averaged over 3 years.

good point. "middle" class is kind-of like "small" business. once you get into the nitty gritty, there are a lot of people the legislators include that most of us would not.

JL

But I'll bet a whole pecan pie that their 'middle class' is richer than anyone else's middle class.

The proposal was to cut the Capital Gains tax by 10%, and sell it as a middle-class tax cut, reasoning that millions of middle class Americans own some stocks at least, and they numerically outnumber rich investors, so it's a middle class tax cut, right?

This is the sort of thing that would perk Trump's ears up, since it would benefit him directly. He's jumped the gun on policy proposals before, after all.

Then again, he's also not above spewing pure bullshit in order to get votes, so there's that...

In other words, don't assume that Trump's congressional allies will even consider an actual middle class tax cut anytime soon, no matter what shit Trump tells his faithful.

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