Donald Trump has sensationally suggested that he could abolish federal income tax for Americans entirely if he wins the presidency.
Trump made the comments during a visit to a barber shop in the Bronx after he was asked if there was “a way to eliminate federal taxes.”
Suggesting that America could return to the policies of the late 1800s, when income tax funds were replaced by new trade tariffs, Trump said America could go back to a time “when we were a smart country” and “relatively the richest it ever was.”
“It had all tariffs — it didn’t have an income tax,” said Trump.
“Now we have income taxes, and we have people that are dying. They’re paying tax, and they don’t have the money to pay the tax,” he added.
The presidential candidate said that during the 1890’s, America was becoming so rich, “We had to set up committees, blue ribbon committees (on) how to spend our wealth – we had no idea how to spend it there was so much money.”
“Then we went to the income tax system and the rest is sort of history,” said Trump.
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