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Do you know anyone stupid enough to think this tax plan is bad?

Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:54 am
Posted by TDcline
American Gardens building 11th flor
Member since Aug 2015
9281 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:54 am
I don’t get it. Everything I’ve read on it gives more money back to tax payers, but I’ve had a couple libs (womenz) tell me that it’s bad because you can’t write-off as much.

I’ve tried explaining simple economics to these people but I can’t get it through to them. They are blinded by hatred for Trump to see the good he’s doing.
Posted by flyAU
Scottsdale
Member since Dec 2010
24850 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:55 am to
Rosie
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
73823 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:55 am to
Bamaatl and co
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118846 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:56 am to
If anyone feels like they are not paying enough to the federal government they are always winning to take more than you legally owe.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55492 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:56 am to
The only legitimate counter-argument is about how this will affect budgetary concerns. That is a legitimate concern, but the real solution to a decrease in revenues is an even sharper decrease in expenditures.

ETA: Anything that doesn't involve revenue shortfalls is just shrill nonsense and the product of misinformation, or the result of some pinko nonsense that thinks that all productivity is owed to the collective.
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 10:01 am
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
99065 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:57 am to
I hope you are at least able to deduct the costs of caring for abandoned puppies.

Also, have you gotten any recent updates or pics of them?
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
53018 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:57 am to
Republican values: letting the underprivileged starve so that you can save a couple thousand on taxes
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
24795 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:57 am to
Lots of sheep and some elderly believe whatever the MSM spouts off.
Posted by Tiger Attorney
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
19663 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:57 am to
Sadly, yes.

Some fairly intelligent people too. Let me re-phrase...highly educated people, but it doesn't carry over to real world intelligence.
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
73512 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:57 am to
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Bamaatl and co


The only two that seem to actually believe it.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18797 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:57 am to
Yes. My facebook wall is littered with "friends" that have gone full retard over this.

I had no idea how many of my high school classmates would eventually embrace socialism and be Bernie bros.
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
Top secret lab
Member since Feb 2004
52833 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:58 am to
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Republican values: letting the underprivileged starve so that you can save a couple thousand on taxes


Is the ONLY reason I vote Republican!
Posted by ElectricWizard0
Member since Jul 2017
2702 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:58 am to
Twitter
About 52k people from New Jersey. I don't think most people even know what this bill does. They just see trumps name next to it and automatically oppose it. they would rather see trump fail than something good happen for the American people. That is the epitome of bigotry and idiocy. It really is just hard to understand sometimes
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:59 am to
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letting the underprivileged starve so that you can save a couple thousand on taxes




If they'd work, maybe they wouldn't starve. Also, if enough of them starve, there will be less of them, and maybe the ones that don't starve will get the message. "Hey... maybe I better work, so I don't starve."

Posted by Ingloriousbastard
Member since May 2015
917 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:59 am to
As someone who understands how taxes work, it’s quite astonishing they keep saying that this will increase taxes for the middle class. With an increased standard deduction and lowering of tax rates, this is virtually impossible. My guess is that “‘middle class” to them means people making roughly $200K in states with higher income taxes.
Posted by 9th life
birmingham
Member since Sep 2009
7310 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 10:00 am to
i dont think anyone knows enough about it to know if it is good or bad, per se. i think it is popular, which i dont equate to be the same thing.
Posted by TigerBait1971
PTC GA
Member since Oct 2014
14865 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 10:00 am to
My grandma because she will have to eat cat food.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84909 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 10:01 am to
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Do you know anyone stupid enough to think this tax plan is bad?


Roughly 7.5% of filers in Louisiana will see a tax hike, 10.8% will see no change, and 81.6% will see a tax cut. It's understandable that some people would be upset and vocal with a hike, and perhaps some that won't see any personal benefit too, but the vast majority will be in better shape.
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
28504 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 10:01 am to
Sitting here right now trying to explain the personal benefits to my mother in law. Its tough because she knows nothing about finances or taxes....but I think she's getting it.
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
21912 posts
Posted on 12/20/17 at 10:01 am to
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