re: Here's the new tax brackets in case you're wondering.

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Why does a single person pay more taxes when they are already paying city taxes for couples that have kids that go to school.

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I don't personally know you however most couples that have children were once single with no children. I assume when you do have children you want there to be good schools with quality teachers there to teach your children? There are times in life when we must "pay forward" in order to reap future benefits. If the community as a whole doesn't pay taxes to support the education of it's future leaders and citizens, then you end up with a failing society. Even if you never have children, the educating of children is still very important to you as a citizen. If you don't believe me, go spend some time in North Baton Rouge.

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This is essentially the government bribing the constituency to have kids.

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maybe if healthcare would just list their prices like every other service industry

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Public knowledge of medical costs would work in some minor circumstances, but it's not 100% fluid.

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maybe if healthcare would just list their prices like every other service industry people wouldn't feel the need to buy expensive insurance policies all the time?

they would actually know how much stuff cost and how much they needed to save

or is that just too much common sense?

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If the business was cash pay then this would absolutely be the case. Also, patients see the cost of services on their EOB.

The problem is that each insurer pays different amounts for the same service, and that amount varies from provider to provider.

I can charge $10000000 for bunion surgery, but what I get paid depends on the insurance contract. There's no continuity to it.

If medicine was cash pay it would be this is how much X surgery costs. No clandestine billing and reimbursements.

It would also lower costs by forcing hospitals and physicians to be competitive in their prices.

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so I just went from 33% to 35% that sucks

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I get it, but also

I wish I was gay. It'd be so much easier...
#gayprivilege

So the largest US companies with the most revenue and income are able to use the tax code to the largest scale? Makes a lot of sense to me.

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only 1.5% of the entire American population earns 200k+. Watch how many post here.

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Its really not hard to do in a 2 income household.

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or married couples filing jointly, here’s how the proposed rates work out under the GOP tax bill:

New Rate New Income Bracket | Old Rate Old Income Bracket
10% Up to $19,050 | 10% Up to $19,050
12% $19,050-$77,400 | 15% $19,050-$77,400
22% $77,400-$165,000 | 25% $77,400-$156,150
24% $165,000-$315,000 | 28% $156,150-$237,950
32% $315,000-$400,000 | 33% $237,950-$424,950
35% $400,000-$600,000 | 35% $424,950-$480,050
37% $600,000+ | 39.6% $480,050+

***Correct me if I'm wrong but it appears that literally everyone is getting a tax break except for couples who earned between 400k-424k. They were in the 33% bracket previously and now will be in the 35%. Everyone else has a lower bracket now. (Am I looking at that correctly?)

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Damn i went from 39.6% to 37%


Lol i wish