r/WallstreetWhales • u/Bignblk • 7h ago

NEWS Trump just called for Congress to abolish the income tax.

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Thoughts???

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u/Dapper-Sherbert-2476 6h ago

He's just saying things and hoping it helps with midterms

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u/pakapab 6h ago

This is it. Promises of $5,000, sending out $90 to people on social security and $500 to people on ACA, running around to battleground states talking up huge infrastructure projects that will never happen, buying Russian diesel.

It all smells like desperation since he's quickly running out of time on the mid terms.

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u/Future-Guarantee-573 5h ago

The problem is, a good chunk of the country would jump at that beach front property in Kansas you try to sell them.

This nonsense may yet work.

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u/TYNAMITE14 6h ago

Exactly. People need to stop trying to analyze everything he says. Just think of the easiest way he'd benefit and that's the reason. He's literally not smart enough for complex plans or cares enough to even bother

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u/suejaymostly 6h ago

When he says I get a pony and a bubble machine I'm switching to vote red!

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u/Strict_Owl941 6h ago

He is smart enough to know there are enough stupid people for this to work.

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u/Dapper-Sherbert-2476 2h ago

Republicans only have 3 levers: threats, bribes, and blame. If you can fit whatever was said into one of those buckets, whatever was said was bullshit.

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u/Strict_Owl941 6h ago

Sadly there is enough stupid people in USA that this guy still has a chance in the midterms.

So people have to explain why these ideas are stupid.

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u/ministerspinister 5h ago

He's a carnival barker. What's behind the bright red curtain?

5000 dollars? No income tax?

Find out what awaits! Only costs your vote!

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u/Dapper-Sherbert-2476 2h ago

Grifting always looks the same.

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u/Separate-Ad9638 5h ago

Midterms are probably gone, he's too smart not to know