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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:04 AM Apr 2018

CBO: 80% of projected economic growth of Trump tax-cuts will be in foreign economies.

http://www.newsweek.com/republican-tax-plan-donald-trump-cbo-884129

President Donald Trump touted the economic growth triggered by his tax cuts in a speech Thursday afternoon, pointing out the projected growth of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next 10 years had increased because of the plan.

But 80 percent of the economic growth generated by the Republican tax cuts will eventually go abroad and benefit foreigners, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.




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Those evil foreign countries. Always taking advantage of the US.
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CBO: 80% of projected economic growth of Trump tax-cuts will be in foreign economies. (Original Post) DetlefK Apr 2018 OP
So much for COUNTRY FIRST....... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2018 #1

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
1. So much for COUNTRY FIRST.......
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:08 AM
Apr 2018

Republicans care more for what goes on outside of our borders than within. Democrats will use this information against them in the midterms.
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