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To: papertyger
Yeah, it's amazing what a search engine turns up.

Here's a golden oldie for you:

Donald Trump Once Proposed the Biggest Tax Hike Ever

Donald Trump takes a lot of flak for failing to offer specific policy proposals, but there was a time when he offered a very specific tax plan -- one that raised taxes on the wealthy so much it might have made Bernie Sanders blush.

In classic Trump fashion, the plan was big and bold. If enacted, Trump's plan would have been biggest tax hike, in total raw dollars, in history. In a word, it would have been huge.

The year was 1999 and Trump was toying with the idea of running for President as a third party candidate. The idea, which Trump says he no longer supports, was to impose a one-time tax of 14.25 percent on every American worth more than $10 million and raise exactly enough money to pay off the debt...

73 posted on 08/26/2015 11:17:30 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

Is he running on that tax plan?


75 posted on 08/26/2015 11:22:03 PM PDT by papertyger (When the left wins, they're in power; when the right wins, they're in office)
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