{"id":135268,"date":"2017-11-02T23:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T05:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135268"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T21:05:31","slug":"im-shocked-shocked-find-gop-tax-cuts-will-benefit-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/02\/im-shocked-shocked-find-gop-tax-cuts-will-benefit-donald-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m shocked, SHOCKED, to find the GOP Tax Cuts will benefit Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The various bits and bobs to the middle class will help some, hurt others, and a lot of the helpful bits expire in a few years.<\/p>\n<p>But guys like Trump &#8212; they will be saving many, many millions of dollars every year (and be much more able to funnel that money to their kids) indefinitely. Which, of course, was what this tax reform bill was all about.<\/p>\n<p>Nice work, if you can get it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/donald-trump-stands-to-gain-millions-from-the-republican-tax-bill\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/_H4_9nTw3umH2PJPb7ZdkUjGdyK1LlN7JeugIzuOp-V5Ey1JFv6fPv2w4xh92O2HlYe_wPNqNSMfjB51n35fkSaUSTZUFKpYsXRMdXBQRZjlHMurrL_Jz2YBnsT8_uoW3O7Wl_6TrQ96YD25BFj3b24-jR1jw12wt8D_ETYScjiLLqsOPxKH4UvJXmgrgt18p2lnCcWG0JmpPbin39UHlF4E7pTgXRMF=w506-h910\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/donald-trump-stands-to-gain-millions-from-the-republican-tax-bill\">Donald Trump Stands to Gain Millions from the Republican Tax Bill | The New Yorker<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/SVu2gRBPiWp\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The various bits and bobs to the middle class will help some, hurt others, and a lot of the helpful bits expire in a few years. But guys like Trump &#8212; they will be saving many, many millions of dollars every year (and be much more able to funnel that money to their kids) indefinitely. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/02\/im-shocked-shocked-find-gop-tax-cuts-will-benefit-donald-trump.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m shocked, SHOCKED, to find the GOP Tax Cuts will benefit Donald Trump&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,528,374,376,1071],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-economic-justice","category-money-politics","category-taxing-spending","category-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-in-shadow.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135323,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/08\/trump-makes-ultimate-sacrifice-middle-class.html","url_meta":{"origin":135268,"position":0},"title":"Trump makes the ultimate sacrifice for the middle class","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Nov-17 9:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Never mind what you've heard from ... well ... pretty much everyone. The GOP Tax Plan doesn't help the rich (like Trump). It actually hurts the rich (like Trump). How do we know? Trump is telling us. Or, rather, telling moderate Democrats, to encourage them to vote for the GOP\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tax-code-2017.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":134921,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/04\/actually-1-5-trillion-burn.html","url_meta":{"origin":135268,"position":1},"title":"So if we actually have $1.5 Trillion to burn &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Oct-17 2:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Trump Tax Plan (as being actually written by GOPers in Congress) is being done purely as a give-away. Under the current plan going through the Senate, there are no program cuts included, just an authorization to go another $1.5T into debt over the next decade in order to give\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131553,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/15\/trumps-taxes-are-far-too-confusing-for-most-of-us-mere-mortals.html","url_meta":{"origin":135268,"position":2},"title":"Trump&#039;s taxes are far too confusing for most of us mere mortals","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 15-Sep-16 10:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump has tried to claim that he can't release his tax records because he is being audited by the IRS. Which, for the record, doesn't forbid the release of tax records.Donald Trump, Jr., has a new explanation: Trump's tax returns are so YUUGLELY complicated that it would just be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133464,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/12\/donald-releases-his-tax-returns-um-no-i-mean-his-tax-lawyers.html","url_meta":{"origin":135268,"position":3},"title":"Donald releases his tax returns. 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