IMO most people aren't really savvy/smart enough to understand tax plans and economics. However, they are savvy enough to turn on their TV and to see the all out assault on white people that the MSM, Hollywood and Democratic Party, and all the minority special interest groups have been perpetuating against non-elite white America, so they vote for what they do understand.
If you are white and not a multimillionaire living in California, Massachussetts or New York the Democratic Party and MSM has nothing but contempt for you. So you vote for the other guys, even if they are con men hucksters. At least they don't outwardly show their spite and disdain for you.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
I am upper middle class, educated, atheist, white and live in California. I am basically the Democratic Party demographic, except for the part about having awareness to how unproductive, dangerous and divisive it is to operate on a platform that intentionally alienates 45% of the populace.
How is that? The only bracket I see getting an increase is the $200k-$500k (single) and $450k-$1mm (married-joint)
The personal exemption change is a nerf, but only if you have a lot of kids.
I'm not doubting you, but can you point to a source? Everything I've looked into so far suggests that this plan saves me money. And that's even before I get off my ass and register a pass-through, which I really need to do. =/
lol if you're referring to this, give me a fucking break
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/u...plan-poor.html
The projections assume that repeal of the so-called individual mandate would result in many lower-income Americans choosing not to buy insurance, and thus not claim tax subsidies that help them defray the costs of health coverage.
As a result, their total tax liability would rise.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
Trump is so awful. If you still like him at this point, you are a garbage person.
Can we not stoop to FPS_Jewlips levels of discourse and try talking about this like adults? I'm completely willing to change my view on this tax plan. I just don't understand the mechanism by which it's supposedly raising taxes on the poor or middle class. It appears to be a decrease from the figures I've looked at, but I'm far from an expert on the subject.
I live in a swing state. If this bill is as awful as you guys are saying, maybe I can be persuaded to vote democrat in the midterms.
Last edited by SrslySirius; 11-19-2017 at 04:47 PM.
Not even sure what side he's coming from anymore. Change his mind from what position exactly?
https://twitter.com/twt/status/932397369655808001
Most Americans on this board are more fit for the Presidency than that attention whore troll.
It eliminates a lot of deductibles that middle class families rely on, for starters.
This makes for a pleasant read:
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/201...-capital-wages
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
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