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Dan

(3,551 posts)

18. Well, I think

Reply to rusty quoin (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:09 PM

Apr 2019

Financial pain freshens your mind... especially if you are not part of the top percent.

Even for the upper middle class financial pain freshens your mind and clears your thinking.

Some, not all, will wake up with a fresh new outlook and have to ask themselves the question, how much hate can I afford.

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I'm predicting there are going to be a lot of people who will see this administration in a new light [View all] woodsprite Apr 2019 OP

Yeah, I don't know if higher taxes will move Republicans. They have been fixed for a long time. rusty quoin Apr 2019 #1

Well, I think Dan Apr 2019 #18

Paying $3600 to Uncle Sam but getting back $500 from state of California. displacedtexan Apr 2019 #2

That asshole Grover Norquist is quiet on this, trying to distract with federal gas taxes lately. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #21

Oh,.. what is the big deal,... ? magicarpet Apr 2019 #3

I actually got a fed refund this year (Californian) rufus dog Apr 2019 #4

That is similar to what my husband BlueMTexpat Apr 2019 #9

we did something similar scarytomcat Apr 2019 #11

Many of them are happy to pony up oldtime dfl_er Apr 2019 #5

Unfortunately, my relatives (or rather my hubby's) are like that. n/t woodsprite Apr 2019 #12

Yup durablend Apr 2019 #13

Or they'll justify it by saying that Trump didn't mean to hurt them personally gratuitous Apr 2019 #14

"Stick it to the libs" comes from almost four decades of unchallenged hate radio. CrispyQ Apr 2019 #15

Right now is the time one of these pacs or whatever should be hammering Trump Historic NY Apr 2019 #19

Paid $4,356 this year. James48 Apr 2019 #6

According to my accountant: My deductions were reduced to give impression of tax savings for 2018. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #20

I have to pay too, quite a bit (to me) for the first time Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #7

"...come on man it wasn't the democrats !! Democrats didn't raise your taxes !! I know, I know ..." uponit7771 Apr 2019 #8

K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #10

"If only the fuhrer knew!" DirtEdonE Apr 2019 #16

GOP knew exactly what they were doing benld74 Apr 2019 #17

I actually benefited greymattermom Apr 2019 #22