I feel "dirty"...anyone else?

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Anonymous wrote:One thing driving Trump is the desire to get Federal estate tax eliminated so his business can pass to his children without any tax consequences once he's gone. It's all about issues important to the 1%. Bait and switch for the rural poor who helped put him in office because they thought coal was going to make a comeback under Trump.

I am for such a deal and I am neither wealthy nor did I vote for Trump. If the government can't get it's share during a persons lifetime they should not be entitled to it in death.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing driving Trump is the desire to get Federal estate tax eliminated so his business can pass to his children without any tax consequences once he's gone. It's all about issues important to the 1%. Bait and switch for the rural poor who helped put him in office because they thought coal was going to make a comeback under Trump.

I am for such a deal and I am neither wealthy nor did I vote for Trump. If the government can't get it's share during a persons lifetime they should not be entitled to it in death.

As a business owner, I benefit from tax incentives and other government plans to help businesses. Children who inherit wealth have done nothing more than win the genetic lottery. They should pay up for the privilege of picking the right parents.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing driving Trump is the desire to get Federal estate tax eliminated so his business can pass to his children without any tax consequences once he's gone. It's all about issues important to the 1%. Bait and switch for the rural poor who helped put him in office because they thought coal was going to make a comeback under Trump.

I am for such a deal and I am neither wealthy nor did I vote for Trump. If the government can't get it's share during a persons lifetime they should not be entitled to it in death.

As a business owner, I benefit from tax incentives and other government plans to help businesses. Children who inherit wealth have done nothing more than win the genetic lottery. They should pay up for the privilege of picking the right parents.

It's that kind of nonsense that reinforces my belief.

As a small business owner myself there are no tax incentives nor government plans that help my business. None. Every dime after expenses earned is taxed as ordinary income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. All I keep reading are hateful and ugly rantings by liberals. Both here on DCUM and on FB. It goes on and on and on... not to mention the fake reports of "hate crimes" that are later disproved or admittedly fabricated, outright lies like a "Muslim registry," and the throwing around of terms like "racist and xenophobic" to describe people who simply want illegal immigration to stop.

So yes, I'm feeling queasy and "dirty" as well.

That poor Vietnam vet in Silver Spring. Bad enough he was treated horribly when he came home. Now he has to endure more abuse and vandalism?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel dirty when I read how much I may benefit from Trump's tax plan and now maybe school voucher program. I feel terrible because I know the cost it will be for others. But then I think, "this is what America wanted!"

Simply write a large check back to the IRS - you don't have to take the money, nor do you have to apply for the voucher. Act individually!

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Anonymous wrote:Me too, to some extent. I feel sort of like a veil has been lifted and I'm exposed to a lot of hatred and anger that I didn't know existed in my super diverse and inclusive DC bubble (e.g., reading about the hate crimes since the election, when watching a video clip of the alt-right Spencer speech at Maggiano's, reading comments from racist/xenophobic/sexist Trump supporters).

For example, one guy posted a hateful comment on a news article on FB--when I went to his page, I saw a picture of him wearing a t-shirt that said something like "I wish Hillary Clinton had married O.J. Simpson."

Yes, this sort of thing does make me feel a little dirty/ill.

I suggest you read about the fact that many racist acts were hoaxes

Many but not most. Doesn't excuse them away. The knee-jerk apologizing for bad acts discredits your case.

When so many have been hoaxes, you can't trust the integrity of those that weren't. That's on liberals.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel dirty when I read how much I may benefit from Trump's tax plan and now maybe school voucher program. I feel terrible because I know the cost it will be for others. But then I think, "this is what America wanted!"

And why do you feel bad about these things? If trump's tax plan is in place I can expand my business and hire 1-3 new staff people. Isn't that a GOOD thing? And what's wrong with failing public schools, bad teachers and bloated school bureaucracies having people vote with their feet and leave? Do you really care more about the bad schools than the kids who are suffering there?

I just don't get all this pesdimism, but I realize that being a liberal democrat requires a measure of guilt and self loathing

I don't get it either. I don't see the anger at Trump in the conservative websites, but then I don't really pay much attention to the right's version of Jezabel, etc. No one really cares, for instance, if Trump himself pursues putting Hillary in jail, because conservatives know that the investigations into the foundation weren't dropped, and have faith in our law enforcement to do their jobs. Did they honestly think we thought that he would handcuff her himself and drag her off? Lock her up means that she should not be above the law anymore, that no one should.

As for schools, etc, liberalism is about the collective, not the individual. So yes, they care more about the bureaucracy then they do about the individual child.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel dirty when I read how much I may benefit from Trump's tax plan and now maybe school voucher program. I feel terrible because I know the cost it will be for others. But then I think, "this is what America wanted!"

And why do you feel bad about these things? If trump's tax plan is in place I can expand my business and hire 1-3 new staff people. Isn't that a GOOD thing? And what's wrong with failing public schools, bad teachers and bloated school bureaucracies having people vote with their feet and leave? Do you really care more about the bad schools than the kids who are suffering there?

I just don't get all this pesdimism, but I realize that being a liberal democrat requires a measure of guilt and self loathing

As a product of public schools, I find the myth of bloat to be so annoying. Public school are running on shoestring budgets and have cutback on so many things and just teach to the test. Appalling!

I think what PP was referring to is that the poorest schools get the most money thrown at them and still remain poor performers. The wealthy schools run on shoestrings (my friend's parents have to bring her paper for God's sake), yet still do well academically. A lot of this has to do with the administration and frankly, the parents of the children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One thing driving Trump is the desire to get Federal estate tax eliminated so his business can pass to his children without any tax consequences once he's gone. It's all about issues important to the 1%. Bait and switch for the rural poor who helped put him in office because they thought coal was going to make a comeback under Trump.

I am for such a deal and I am neither wealthy nor did I vote for Trump. If the government can't get it's share during a persons lifetime they should not be entitled to it in death.

As a business owner, I benefit from tax incentives and other government plans to help businesses. Children who inherit wealth have done nothing more than win the genetic lottery. They should pay up for the privilege of picking the right parents.

It's that kind of nonsense that reinforces my belief.

As a small business owner myself there are no tax incentives nor government plans that help my business. None. Every dime after expenses earned is taxed as ordinary income.

What has person B done to to deserve the money of person A? Seems person B will have won the government lottery at the expense of person A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know of a place where I can buy some discreet symbol of anti-Trumpism? Like a ring or a bracelet...

If you don't know where one is, seems to me you have a business opportunity in front of you! Welcome to conservatism.

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Anonymous wrote:http://taxfoundation.org/article/details-and-analysis-donald-trump-tax-reform-plan-september-2016

Check out Table 6. Individual tax rates go down for all but mostly for the very wealthy. Sure, we could stand to lower the corporate income tax but he's gutting so much revenue to the Treasury that he can't fund any of his initiatives at the same time. Standard Rich Guy Tax Plan. He gets lots more money and those of us in the middle are happy because he gave us a small kickback. Deficits slow economic growth. You just can't increase spending and cut revenue at the same time.

I think Trump is not going to be a good economic leader in the long run for many reasons. Of course, he changes his mind so often it's impossible to say what he'll end up trying to do but he does make me nervous.

And, his plan is to create economic chaos by backrupting America so the oligarchs can come in and buy up our infrastructure.

This is systematic.

And scary as hell.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel dirty when I read how much I may benefit from Trump's tax plan and now maybe school voucher program. I feel terrible because I know the cost it will be for others. But then I think, "this is what America wanted!"

And why do you feel bad about these things? If trump's tax plan is in place I can expand my business and hire 1-3 new staff people. Isn't that a GOOD thing? And what's wrong with failing public schools, bad teachers and bloated school bureaucracies having people vote with their feet and leave? Do you really care more about the bad schools than the kids who are suffering there?

I just don't get all this pesdimism, but I realize that being a liberal democrat requires a measure of guilt and self loathing

As a product of public schools, I find the myth of bloat to be so annoying. Public school are running on shoestring budgets and have cutback on so many things and just teach to the test. Appalling!

I think what PP was referring to is that the poorest schools get the most money thrown at them and still remain poor performers. The wealthy schools run on shoestrings (my friend's parents have to bring her paper for God's sake), yet still do well academically. A lot of this has to do with the administration and frankly, the parents of the children.

Poor people are generally undernourished and more concerned with simply having a place to sleep and food to eat. Rich people worry about what travel lax team their kid will be on. Which one is going to do better academically?

[Anonymous]

There were remarks by Newt, Coulter and Lindsey Graham about so much so for putting her in the jail, there were plenty of comments by his supporters complaining the same. Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear but conservatives are gonna take it lying down especially when they can have Pence.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing driving Trump is the desire to get Federal estate tax eliminated so his business can pass to his children without any tax consequences once he's gone. It's all about issues important to the 1%. Bait and switch for the rural poor who helped put him in office because they thought coal was going to make a comeback under Trump.

I am for such a deal and I am neither wealthy nor did I vote for Trump. If the government can't get it's share during a persons lifetime they should not be entitled to it in death.

As a business owner, I benefit from tax incentives and other government plans to help businesses. Children who inherit wealth have done nothing more than win the genetic lottery. They should pay up for the privilege of picking the right parents.

It's that kind of nonsense that reinforces my belief.

As a small business owner myself there are no tax incentives nor government plans that help my business. None. Every dime after expenses earned is taxed as ordinary income.

What has person B done to to deserve the money of person A? Seems person B will have won the government lottery at the expense of person A.

More nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel dirty when I read how much I may benefit from Trump's tax plan and now maybe school voucher program. I feel terrible because I know the cost it will be for others. But then I think, "this is what America wanted!"

And why do you feel bad about these things? If trump's tax plan is in place I can expand my business and hire 1-3 new staff people. Isn't that a GOOD thing? And what's wrong with failing public schools, bad teachers and bloated school bureaucracies having people vote with their feet and leave? Do you really care more about the bad schools than the kids who are suffering there?

I just don't get all this pesdimism, but I realize that being a liberal democrat requires a measure of guilt and self loathing

As a product of public schools, I find the myth of bloat to be so annoying. Public school are running on shoestring budgets and have cutback on so many things and just teach to the test. Appalling!

I think what PP was referring to is that the poorest schools get the most money thrown at them and still remain poor performers. The wealthy schools run on shoestrings (my friend's parents have to bring her paper for God's sake), yet still do well academically. A lot of this has to do with the administration and frankly, the parents of the children.

DCPS is the ultimate example. The worst schools get the shiny new buildings and the higher per capita funding.

And, surprise surprise, they remain bad.

It's nuts.