Posted on 08/15/2015 6:30:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump will unveil a series of position papers in early September, he said in an interview Friday, beginning with a plan to address immigration policy that was crafted with the counsel of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a favorite of conservative activists and an outspoken border hawk. That document will be followed soon after by his proposal for revamping the U.S. tax code.
“My immigration paper, my tax paper — they’re pretty much done. But I don’t want to do them in August. I’ll wait until September, when everyone is back, in all fairness,” Trump told The Washington Post. “We’ll release a number of them. We’ll start with immigration and then we’ll do tax. Those will be the first two.”
The reveal of these parts of his agenda will coincide with the run-up to the second Republican presidential debate, Trump said. That forum, set for Sept. 16, will be hosted by CNN and Salem Radio at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
Trump’s consultation with Sessions, which came in a mid-July phone call, is the latest sign that the celebrity billionaire will continue to take a hard-line stance on immigration, which has rallied many conservatives this summer to his campaign.
Sessions, who is closely aligned with the tea-party wing of the GOP and is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on immigration, has argued that lowering legal immigration levels will improve employment prospects for low-wage U.S. workers. He also for years led efforts to increase fencing and barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“I like him,” Trump said of Sessions. “Tough guy. I like that. We have a similar thought process.”
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I believe Trump has already presented his tax plan, I wonder if anything will change.... but based on what he has articulated in the past, here it is:
4 brackets; 1-5-10-15%; kill death tax & corporate tax
My 5-part tax plan involves reforming the income tax. The government confiscates way too much of your paycheck. The tax code is also a very complicated system that forces Americans to waste 6.1 billion hours a year trying to figure it out.
What does that tell you? It tells me that it’s time we restore simplicity & sanity to the income tax. Here’s my income tax plan:
Up to $30,000, you pay 1%
From $30,000 to $100,000, you pay 5%
From $100,000 to $1 million, you pay 10%
On $1 million or above, you pay 15%
No other special deductions which will complicate the code.
It’s clear and fair. Best of all, it can be filled out on the back of a postcard and will save Americans big bucks on accountants and massive amounts of time wasted attempting to decipher the tax code.
Our country is hungry for real tax reform. That’s why we should implement the 1-5-10-15 income tax plan. And we need to enact [the rest of] my 5-part tax policy: kill the death tax; lower the tax on capital gains & dividends; eliminate corporate taxes; and a 20% import tax.
If he listens to Jeff Sessions, we’re good.
Don't you just HATE that?
(addressed to wapo)
The MSM (including Fox) will continue to claim that he hasn’t presented any policy plans. But, Obama’s plan, which consisted of nothing more than “hope and change” was touted as a brilliant and detailed set of specific plans.
I'm hoping that his detailed plan will include estimates as to the money that will be raised. Will it be revenue neutral? Bring in more? Bring in less? I have to believe that Trump has done the work to have evidence for one outcome or another. Let people see.
Article written by Robert Costa who is a member of the media wing of the Democratic Party. Just in case some young Freepers are reading this and want to cite this article properly for term papers or essays.
That said - GO CRUZ!!!
Read his book>>>>>>no anchor babies…only people who benefit the country…not coming to live off the country…build a wall
But will he have the balls to abolish the IRS and send those gdamn traitors to jail?
Doubtful, but revising the code is a start I guess.
The IRS cannot be abolished, someone has to collect the taxes.
It can be significantly downsized though and its intrusive enforcement unit abolished or converted to immigration enforcement.
It sure as hell can be abolished. If someone has the will.
RE: It sure as hell can be abolished. If someone has the will.
OK, so which agency collects the taxes?
If he presents a plan Sessions approves of... WOW!
He will have the balls to abolish ANYTHING HE wants, EVERYONE’S heads are going to explode I can not wait for the fireworks to begin!!!! BYE, BYE, EPA, BYE BYE Dept. Of education, Trump knows how to run a HUGE business I believe he will fight the unions and he will win!!!! Scott Walker won because he brought it to the people, how much these unions get paid with THE PUBLICS money!!!! He will win!!!!
Trump
“My attitude is, I’m a closer,” Trump said before heading to his plane. “Jack Nicklaus, he was a great closer. He didn’t fold under pressure. I won’t. People are calling me, telling me they’ve never seen anything like this in their lives.”
If nothing else this sure is fun to watch….maybe the media will wake up to what is going on…has one heard anything from Salena Zito…she is the best on this
Hopefully, Trump will adopt the suggestions of Jeff Sessions, with whom he recently met to discuss the issue. If he does, Trump will decimate the field.
Geesh -Social Media is hated and never used personally, but do miss the ‘like’ button they have. Only wish other sites would have the same. To many of those comments above, consider a dozen ‘likes’ in regard to your comment. OK, I voted more than once -but for the moment that is allowed. :)
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