Trump promises 'inspirational' new tax cuts for middle class after lying about last ones

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By
Josh Israel -
September 13, 2019

Remember when he pledged a surprise tax cut for the middle class before the 2018 midterm elections? Don't expect this one to happen either.

Donald Trump on Thursday returned to one of his favorite pastimes: making a vague, empty promise that he was about to do something terrific to help middle class families.

Hours after the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration had abandoned his oft-repeated promise to devise a new "terrific" universal health care system to replace the Affordable Care Act, Trump told congressional Republicans at a Baltimore retreat that he would soon announce a big new tax cut for middle-class Americans.

While offering zero specifics, Trump said that next year he would announce a "very substantial tax cut" that would be "very, very inspirational."

As a candidate, Trump promised in 2016 that he would propose a $4.4 trillion tax cut (but that he would pretend it was a $2.6 trillion tax cut for accounting purposes). He also claimed that he would cut taxes for middle-class families by more than a third. He assured voters that he would quickly balance the budget and would pay off the national debt entirely during his time in office.

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1. And I promise an "inspirational'

explosion of the budget deficit.