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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by jjtheblunt on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:57PM (#18925114)
You're not at all in the minority: the (interesting) US president was elected in large part because enough people were sick of ever-expanding federal government that they got to the polls and voted.
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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by millstone on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:04PM (#18925225)
What a strange take.

The 2016 campaign had absolutely nothing to do with the size of the government. Trump's campaign promises included $550 billion federal investment in infrastructure, deporting all illegal immigrants, and providing health insurance for everybody, paid for by the government.

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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by davidcbc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:35PM (#18925558)
Even if this was the reason everyone voted for Trump (a dubious claim at best), that still wouldn't make it the majority opinion because the majority of voters didn't vote for him.
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