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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly fallen into a coma, says a former South Korean official. Reports also say that Kim Jong Un has ceded some of his power to his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong.
Chang Song-min, former aide to late-South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, alleges that Kim Jong Un is seriously ill.
“I assess him to be in a coma, but his life has not ended,” he said to South Korean media. He added that the leader’s younger sister is poised to step in.
“A complete succession structure has not been formed, so Kim Yo-Jong is being brought to the fore as the vacuum cannot be maintained for a prolonged time,” he said.
Although she hasn’t been named as his successor, spies revealed that she now serves as his “de facto second-in-command.”
After rumors swirled about Kim Jong Un clinging to his life in April thanks to a botched heart operation, though some hoped it was something more minor, like knee arthritis treatment. He’s only been seen a handful of times in public.
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he will not raise taxes for Americans who make less than $400,000.
However, he also stated that everyone should pay “their fair share” of taxes.
“I will raise taxes for anybody making over $400,000,” said Biden to ABC’s David Muir. “It’s smart to tax businesses that are in fact making excessive amounts of money and paying no taxes.”
“It’s how we did it last time,” he said in reference to the 2008 recession.
“Look [at] what he’s doing,” said Biden, about Trump. “The money was supposed to go help small businesses. You have one in six small businesses that have already closed. You’re finding a situation that over 60 percent of the money–only 40 percent of money for small businesses went to small businesses.”
When asked if taxes will be raised on small businesses, Biden said, “No.” He went on to say that he will not raise taxes on the “90 percent of the businesses that are mom and pop businesses that employ less than 50 people.”
“We have to provide them with the ability to reopen. We have to provide more help for them, not less help,” said Biden.
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