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lastlib

(25,986 posts)
1. I never got one from the first three GOPee idjits that "gave" me one.
Mon May 19, 2025, 01:51 PM
May 19

It was all smoke and mirrors, typical GOPher lies. I'm still waiting for Raygun's "tax cut" to trickle down to me--all I've gotten was pissed on, and now shit on.

I remember Dimson's spiel that the "average American" would get a thousand dollars a year tax cut. Well, the "average Americans" he was using was Bill Gates and me. Bill got $999.999, and I got $0.001

chowder66

(10,595 posts)
2. It sure as hell won't cover the cost of tariff increases passed on to us or the cost of a military parade or a retrofit
Mon May 19, 2025, 02:27 PM
May 19

of a Qatari plane or help all of the Federal employees who have lost jobs, or our loss of services in general.

lees1975

(6,566 posts)
3. The last Trump tax "cut" cost me about $1,300.
Mon May 19, 2025, 02:49 PM
May 19

Because they used smoke and mirrors to create an image that didn't exist. For those who took standard deduction, the exemption amounts. $7,500 per taxpayer, were cut out, which increased, by $15,000, my taxable income.

dsc

(52,947 posts)
4. I can't offer a direct comparision since I bought my house after
Mon May 19, 2025, 04:48 PM
May 19

Trump's term but I know my taxes were higher than they otherwise would have been. I barely cleared the standard deduction despite massive medical expenses and being in the first years of my mortgage. I doubt I will clear it this time.

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