“You've seen my statements, I do very well, I don't mind paying some taxes. The middle class is getting clobbered in this country. You know the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys, but I know people in hedge funds that pay almost nothing and it's ridiculous.”

—  Donald J. Trump

Interview on Bloomberg's With All Due Respect — * 2015-08-26
Donald Trump Says He Wants to Raise Taxes on Himself
David Knowles
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-26/donald-trump-says-he-wants-to-raise-taxes-on-himself
2010s, 2015

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