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jmowreader

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1. This is something Reagan did too

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 16, 2017, 08:29 PM

Sep 2017

To make his rate cuts work, Reagan eliminated several tax breaks beloved by the middle class. Before Reagan, non-mortgage interest was deductible and Social Security wasn't taxable. Saint Ronnie got rid of that shit quick.

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To make their tax plan work, Republicans eye a favorite blue-state break [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2017 OP

This is something Reagan did too jmowreader Sep 2017 #1

None of the middle-class folk I know care about the federal state-tax deductions. Igel Sep 2017 #2