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39. The people I knew back then were delighted about the tax cuts.

Tue Sep 11, 2018, 08:48 PM

Sep 2018

Even now, I asked my Trumper dad (he brought the tax cuts up), but the cuts for the working & middle class are tiny, with the bill being mainly for hte purpose of large tax cuts for corporations & the wealthy. He said (paraphrasing), "That's okay. I don't care what other people get. As long as I get a tax cut." He didn't know they were set to expire, though. He didn't say anything when I told him that. He suddenly had to get off the phone.

AND my dad thought the cuts were immediately effective. He was all happy with his tax cut for the taxes he'd filed this year for 2017. It was a shocker to him that the tax cuts don't take effect until 2018 taxes. See? They just don't know what's going on.

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The GOP tax cuts aren't popular, so Republicans want to do more of them [View all] at140 Sep 2018 OP

Pathetic gtar100 Sep 2018 #1

You know what they used to say about Ghouliani...a noun, a verb, 9/11? Well with repugs... brush Sep 2018 #26

And it's no surprise that people are underwhelmed by these tax cuts... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #2

Indeed. When W cut taxes people saw it right away. apnu Sep 2018 #5

Not, tRump got $200 million taxcut for himself! at140 Sep 2018 #10

The people I knew back then were delighted about the tax cuts. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #39

Ordinary people have already seen they are not being helped by the previous cuts Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #3

Working class people watoos Sep 2018 #4

Reduced withholding is a LOAN from the IRS - payable after the midterms. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #15

T H I S Cosmocat Sep 2018 #18

here's the republican logic: unblock Sep 2018 #6

They dont lose support when they attack their own constituents, they know this. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #7

They may not be popular Soxfan58 Sep 2018 #8

Can you imagine the amount of guano coming out of Congress Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #9

My guess is their long term plan is to try and cripple the United States government thereby cstanleytech Sep 2018 #11

This is what happens when you live in the GOP bubble BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #12

Because . . Iliyah Sep 2018 #13

E X A C T L Y !! nt at140 Sep 2018 #14

Guess they never heard the definition of crazy: doing the same things over and over expecting Texin Sep 2018 #16

Bad news in August, and for the first 11 months of Fiscal Year 2018 progree Sep 2018 #17

Trump & gang are spending like drunken sailors at140 Sep 2018 #19

Since only the middle class cuts are temporary, a bill to make cuts permanent would be for them. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #20

I would be shocked speechless if the proposed GOP tax bill at140 Sep 2018 #22

The fact that they would make the middle class cuts permanent... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #23

First of all next congress & president can change anything at140 Sep 2018 #24

It's set to expire in 10 years. Not that far away. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #29

In just 26 months we could have at140 Sep 2018 #32

Not exactly, IMO. It's very unpopular to reverse a tax cut. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #33

taxcut received by middle class needs a microscope at140 Sep 2018 #42

The individual tax cuts are skewed heavily towards the wealthy too. nt progree Sep 2018 #25

Yes. But only the ones in the 2% and 3% cut categories... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #30

True, the only "permanent" ones were the corporate tax cuts, maybe some for highly compensated progree Sep 2018 #31

I agree about the Lexus. The Bush tax cuts were that way. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #34

Yeah. I stole the line about the Lexus and the muffler from back in the 2001 criticism of the progree Sep 2018 #37

They're popular with the folks who pay for these politicians. paulrevere2018 Sep 2018 #21

Trump delays taxes, he does not reduce them. Cicada Sep 2018 #27

Trump is spendings OUR money like a drunken sailor at140 Sep 2018 #28

Trump Organization is a conglomerate, not a corporation. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #36

Any reduction in current tax payment is merely a delay, not a cut. Cicada Sep 2018 #43

The money for the spending is borrowed and added to the deficit. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #35

Yes, both progree Sep 2018 #38

Thanks. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #40

😂😂😂 n/t progree Sep 2018 #41