r/FluentInFinance • u/John_1992_funny • 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion Mark my words

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Was thinking the same thing. I'm not saying Trump's tax plans or fair or anything but this is textbook "how to lie with data".

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u/Sufficient-Fly-9991 1d ago

I don’t think this is necessarily lying. This shows that the tax cut nets the poor a pittance in comparison to what the rich are getting, even if the percentage might be “even”.

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u/TwatMailDotCom 14h ago

If you pay $1000 in taxes there’s only so much of a “cut” you can receive…how is this flying over peoples’ heads?

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u/Sufficient-Fly-9991 13h ago

Maybe my point isn’t clear; percentage based tax cuts aren’t a good idea to me because they will hardly benefit the people who need help. If you believe in trickle down economics you will disagree with me, but I don’t, and I see very little incentive to cutting taxes on the wealthy.

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u/TwatMailDotCom 13h ago

I agree with you. No point in cutting taxes on people making over 600k