We're not discussing what YOU'VE said... Moron! You seem to be confused. I suggest YOU go back and read over.
You've not provided jack shit other than liberal left-wing propagandist talking points that free market conservatives have been refuting with fact for the past 40 years. You and Trump are sounding more and more like Bernie Sanders supporters. Maybe THAT is who Trump and you are attempting to appeal to?
We are discussing what Trump stated, and he didn't state what you are claiming. He didn't state he was going to "tax the rich", he never once stated "we need to increase the tax rate on the top marginal earners". This is all your projection based on his response to a question. You're the one providing liberal left-wing propagandist talking points to try to protect what you claim are free market conservatives, when you don't really seem to have a basic understanding of what the free market actually is, let alone what a conservative is.
Well yes he DID state it. You maybe missed it because you were busy doing your victory dance... but he said it. In fact, he has used the term "we're going to tax the rich" several times. It is one of the primary reasons I don't believe he is a conservative and I have problems with him as a candidate.
You can be his apologist, you can live in denial, you can make excuses... it's not going to change what the man has said. If you AGREE with what he has said, you're not a Conservative and you fail to recognize Marxist-Socialist propaganda.
Again, if you LIKE the ideas Trump is presenting for increasing the minimum wage and raising taxes on the rich but you don't like Trump's personality... check out Bernie Sanders. Same thing, nicer guy saying it!
He stated he was going to "tax the rich" and that "we need to increase the tax rate on the top marginal earners"? Google must really be off today as I can't find him making those statements anywhere. What I did find was him saying he wanted to close loopholes which in effect would cause wealthy peoples taxes to increase yet their tax rates would be lower, doesn't that pretty much wash? I wasn't able to find him exclaiming to increase tax rates on anybody, in fact what was found was that he was cutting taxes rates for everybody, including the rich and the wealthy.
Because I agree with what Trump is claiming because I am able to understand his positions, now I'm not a Conservative? I stated before I am a
Classic Liberal, just like you stated you were a social libertarian. Trump never stated he was going to increase the minimum wage. SMFH This is nothing but Marxist-Socialist propaganda that you are falling for, to you if it is in a headline or made up via interpretation of out of context soundbites, it must be true. As I have already stated, you don't seem to be able to do basic research let alone provide credible links that back up your inane claims.
I am not responsible for Google or what you can or can't find online. On Wednesday, he was asked about the minimum wage by Wolf Blitzer... the same old liberal whine about people not being able to live on what they make... Trump replied that "we'll have to look at it" talking about "looking at" increasing it, as he AGREED with the liberal Blitzer that people have to earn a living wage. Previously, as recently as the debates, Trump stated that raising the minimum wage kills jobs... I applauded him for that and defended his statements on this very board against liberals who had a conniption when Trump said "wages are too high in this country!" But apparently, that was Trump as he ran against Conservatives.... now that he has won the nomination, it's a different tune!
On Thursday, in an interview with CNBC, he was asked by a liberal about his tax cuts going mostly to the "Top 1%" which again, is textbook liberalism.... we've been battling this nonsense for years. 95% of ALL tax is paid by the Top 5%... so whenever you have a tax cut, MOST of it goes to the top earners... they pay most of the taxes! But again, instead of Trump making the Conservative case and correcting the Liberal meme... he agrees... He's not a big fan of his own tax proposal. Then he quickly covers that by claiming "you have to negotiate!" But he's NOT negotiating yet... he hasn't been elected yet... his plan hasn't even been challenged yet. He has just arbitrarily conceded the key aspect of his own tax plan because a liberal interviewer questioned him. And just like with his original position on the MW, I supported his tax proposal.
Now.... Let me get you straightened out here.... Wealthy people don't pay taxes. Their wealth was already taxed whenever they earned it. They will sometimes use their wealth to grow their wealth, through investments and such... and they pay taxes on the wealth they grow. But this is very important to remember... they don't HAVE to grow their wealth! It's purely THEIR choice! If you want to tax their investments excessively, they will simply choose not to invest.... it makes no difference to them. This "closing loopholes" meme is another Marxist propaganda rant that means eliminating investment incentives for the most part. Killing investment is not going to help the economy. Now, if you want to discuss specific "loopholes" you don't like, we can debate those... what are the pros and cons... why do we have those loopholes... what are they supposed to achieve? But this just mindlessly bowing up and being opposed to any and all loopholes is simply buying into Marxist propaganda.