Trump vows his 'tax revolution' will be the 'biggest' since Reagan's

Donald Trump ignored 14 interruptions from protesters Monday to present "the biggest tax revolution since the Reagan Tax Reform." During his economic policy address in front of the Detroit Economic Club, Trump proposed greatly simplifying the tax code by cutting it down from seven brackets to the House Republicans' proposed three, and suggested an "across-the-board income tax reduction, especially for middle-income Americans."
Of his plan, Trump said, "It will present a night-and-day contrast to the job-killing, tax-raising, poverty-inducing Obama-Clinton agenda," highlighting how Hillary Clinton "short-circuited again" when she "accidentally told the truth and said she wanted to raise taxes on the middle class."
Trump also repeatedly emphasized the importance of keeping jobs and wealth in America by slashing over-regulation, focusing on "trade enforcement with China," and exiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership and possibly even NAFTA. "We are in a competition with the world," Trump said, "and I want America to win."
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