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I really don't think there is anyone here who thinks that Donald Trump is conservative.
People do believe however that he is anti-illegal immigrant and that he will really build the wall. People here believe he will build up our military and then he will stop the apology tours that president Obama has been giving since he has been in office.
If I thought that the above reasons were the only things that Donald Trump would do I would still vote for him.
I gave money to Cruz. I think he threw my money away. Donald Trump is by no means the best candidate that we could have come up with but because he may really fix immigration, may really fix the military may really fix the bad deals that our country has made with other countries including the United Nations, he may fix the stupid responses we have had towards about Palestinians and made just really show that Israel is our ally.
On top of all the above I really think he may influence a change in our tax policies. This may be unpopular but I'll say it anyway: the super rich in this country have nothing to do with their money but invest it, then they collect interest without working and without paying taxes at the same rate that you and I pay. That needs to change. The other thing that needs to change is we need to get rid of business tax. Businesses don't pay taxes, they raise their prices and then you and I pay taxes for business. Getting rid of business tax would be the single greatest incentive to bring businesses that are now overseas back to this country where they could make a profit.
Trump may not be conservative, he does however have a record of getting things done.
He will get nothing done unless Congress is gutted and replaced, which will never happen because local and state elections are entirely different and people 98% of the time keep the incumbent.
So his next move would be to move left and cater to his home party to get something.
You were doing great until you got to this.
The "super rich" invest their money in things that put you (and/or others) to work. Without their money, there would be no venture capitalists, and no startups that are likely to fail. But, they keep investing in them, hoping that one of them pays off.
Even if they were to deposit that money in a bank and earn interest, they are loaning that money to banks who then loan it to start/expand a small business, or to people that borrow money for cars or houses. Or, they buy goverment bonds and loan the money to the US government (so they don't have to borrow it from China).
Interest is taxed at their highest marginal rate. Qualified dividends are taxed at a preferred rate, but that's after the corporation has already paid corporate income taxes on the profit that generated the dividends.
Long-term capital gains taxes offer some advantage, for assets held less than about 5 years. But after that, you'll pay as much (or more!) tax on the paper gain due to inflation than you saved on taxes.
Very few people know how much the "rich" actually pay in income taxes. Setting aside corporate taxes, the IRS provides that information, back to 2001:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/13in01etr.xls
It's an Excel workbook, but it's safe to open it. Whatever you think of the IRS, they won't (yet) install a macro virus on your computer.
A hint: the average tax rate (income taxes divided by Adjusted Gross Income) paid by the "rich" is almost certainly higher than yours.
I think you are in need of a basic high school Econ 101 course.