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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The Massive Tax Cut".....What do you plan to do with yours, DUers??
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What little we will be getting back won't be enough to buy a new set of tires for the car in 2018, nor add to our investments.
We will look to cut spending overall in the coming years, which will not help the economy.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)I wouldn't mind paying a little more if I thought the money would go toward something useful, like affordable health care, public education, infrastructure, or even reducing the deficit. But instead it will be used to line the pockets of the Republican donor class, and to manufacture a "debt crisis" that will be used to justify slashing our already inadequate safety net programs.
tanyev
(42,717 posts)kairos12
(12,916 posts)Bengus81
(6,944 posts)Who gives a crap about the nickle and dime tax cut I will get............
DemoTex
(25,413 posts)Gowdy-Doodie is my congresscrapper, and I have put him on notice.
hack89
(39,171 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)Xolodno
(6,422 posts)I'll buy extra cans of soup to stock up on for the years it goes up.
Oh and it goes up higher than the reduced couple of years. So I'll be cutting back in spending as well, because the increase, when you account for inflation, pretty much eats up any raise I get that year.
Freethinker65
(10,123 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,235 posts)Order 2 Big Macs, 2 Filet o' Fishes, and a large chocolate shake.
That should pretty much cover it.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)That is all that will matter to most people. The GOP knows human nature and understands that the fact that most people will see a bigger paycheck starting in January is what people will remember when they vote in 2018. Any negative repercussions won't be seen for a few years and even then the GOP will find another way to put those on the democrats.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)rates start to soar and wages sink...will that be before the election?
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
GeorgeGist
(25,328 posts)Democrats.
spanone
(136,008 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)thanks to the "uncertainty" the asshole Republicans created in the individual insurance market with all of their attempts to repeal the ACA. Now thanks to the repeal of the individual mandate, I can expect another hefty increase for 2019.
Any tax cut we get will be used to offset my increased insurance premiums.
MiniMe
(21,730 posts)Mine is going up $500/month and I thought that was bad
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