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Merlot

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5. "healthcare, education, senior assisted living and more"

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 09:50 AM

Sep 2017

Americans don't get what we pay for in taxes. We get military spending and handouts to corporations instead of the things that we should be getting with our taxes like infrastructure, health care, better schools, etc.

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Trump reportedly plans to raise bottom tax rate to offset tax cuts for wealthy [View all] applegrove Sep 2017 OP

The first $34K is exempt from federal taxes exboyfil Sep 2017 #1

Not true Johnny2X2X Sep 2017 #7

You are right exboyfil Sep 2017 #8

The plan is a Trojan Horse IMO Johnny2X2X Sep 2017 #10

and investment income needs to be taxed the same as labor income HuskyOffset Sep 2017 #11

lower tax rates in Sweden KT2000 Sep 2017 #2

"healthcare, education, senior assisted living and more" Merlot Sep 2017 #5

Also, they do not live in fear KT2000 Sep 2017 #9

Supposedly, they are doubling the standard deduction which might offset increase in rate. Hoyt Sep 2017 #3

A lot then depends on where you live karynnj Sep 2017 #6

But they are eliminating the personal exemptions. dawg Sep 2017 #13

Yes, I saw that in "details" released other day. When folks catch on, they are going to yell. Thanks Hoyt Sep 2017 #15

One has to remember that the rich get all the tax rates as they earn (steal) more Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #4

As if the lsos knows anything at all about this proposal randr Sep 2017 #12

As a head of household filer who currently has *just* enough deductions to itemize ... dawg Sep 2017 #14