Posted on 09/28/2015 11:05:48 AM PDT by TigerClaws
At Trump Tower, only a few blocks away from the meeting of world leaders at the United Nations, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump announced his new plan to reform the U.S. tax code. After the main announcement, he took questions from the press.
On how his plan would address income inequality:
TRUMP: In terms of income inequality, we're going to create a lot of jobs. You know, right now we have a false [unemployment rate] 5.4%, 5.3%, 5.6%, every month it is different. It is such a phony number. Because when people look and look and look and then they give up looking for a job, they're taken off the rolls so the number isn't reflective.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
That’s where the high end of Trumps 20-40% range came from. He didn’t pull it out of his ass, or say he agreed with it.
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