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Anonymous wrote:Just got our #s from our accountant. We will pay $50k less under the new system compared to the old. $50k! Which is great. But we are not the people who need to pay less. This is not good on a macro level.

45% people pay zero or even negative income tax. It's really tough to help them pay less...

Not sure of your point. My point, since it blew over your head, is that we are high income and got a pretty big benefit from the changes. Which is great on an individual level. But terrible on a macro level where people like us need to pay more (or at least the same) to support government programs. A huge and growing deficit is not good. It is pure stupidity that we are paying $50k less.

At a macro level, the best government program ever is to have a great economy and full employment -- which we have as a consequence of this tax reform, smartly primarily aimed at corporations, not individuals.

Now, if you want to spend that $50k, nothing prevents you from hiring a publicist and launching a coalition of folks who want to donate more to good causes.

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our #s from our accountant. We will pay $50k less under the new system compared to the old. $50k! Which is great. But we are not the people who need to pay less. This is not good on a macro level.

45% people pay zero or even negative income tax. It's really tough to help them pay less...

Not sure of your point. My point, since it blew over your head, is that we are high income and got a pretty big benefit from the changes. Which is great on an individual level. But terrible on a macro level where people like us need to pay more (or at least the same) to support government programs. A huge and growing deficit is not good. It is pure stupidity that we are paying $50k less.

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our #s from our accountant. We will pay $50k less under the new system compared to the old. $50k! Which is great. But we are not the people who need to pay less. This is not good on a macro level.

45% people pay zero or even negative income tax. It's really tough to help them pay less...

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Anonymous wrote:We're paying $10k less after making $40k more.

401k and 529 funds are 35% up since 2016.

What's not to like.

Most of my friends who are low paid state workers are having to pay much more this year, after not having substantial wage increases in years.

This tax reform helps the rich and works for the poor. Everyone is screwed.

Anonymous wrote:We're paying $10k less after making $40k more.

401k and 529 funds are 35% up since 2016.

What's not to like.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait till all of the Trump voters with pre-existing conditions lose their health care. The tax shock will seem like small potatoes then!

So.Much.WINNING.

This is a shameful post

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our #s from our accountant. We will pay $50k less under the new system compared to the old. $50k! Which is great. But we are not the people who need to pay less. This is not good on a macro level.

45% people pay zero or even negative income tax. It's really tough to help them pay less...

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our #s from our accountant. We will pay $50k less under the new system compared to the old. $50k! Which is great. But we are not the people who need to pay less. This is not good on a macro level.

45% people pay zero or even negative income tax. It's really tough to help them pay less...

Anonymous wrote:Just got our #s from our accountant. We will pay $50k less under the new system compared to the old. $50k! Which is great. But we are not the people who need to pay less. This is not good on a macro level.

Anonymous wrote:We're paying $10k less after making $40k more.

401k and 529 funds are 35% up since 2016.

What's not to like.

First, many people will technically have lower taxes, but the cuts are so tiny as to be hardly noticeable. The Tax Policy Center estimates the 60% of Americans at the lower end of the income distribution will have federal tax savings of less than $1,000. Also, most people believe the tax cuts didn’t benefit people like them but the very wealthy. They are right. Those in the top 1% save $51,000.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the TL;DR is that this tax thing has been a political loss for the Republicans.

I've seen some Rs express frustration that people are just too stupid to see how the tax changes helped us, and that if only we were a little smarter - and/or the biased media (ok) did more to promote how GREAT the tax changes were - we'd all be thanking Republicans instead of cursing them.

Well, as politicians their jobs are a mix of policy and marketing. And whatever you want to say about the policy side of this, they did a real craptastic job at marketing these tax changes.

signed,
we are paying an unexpected $8k tax bill

^ we are not Trump voters and so I guess we are not among those who are regretting our votes. but my husband is a sometimes-republican voter who says he is going for all ds going forward.

Ummm, I’m a Republican and pissed at this Tax Bill as much as anyone else.

But do you understand the other increases in taxes you would face if it was All Democrats controlling everything? How about the new top tier income tax rate proposals coming from them? Also if we get a universal healthcare system, don’t you think your taxes will go way up to pay for it to subsidize the people who will be getting it for free without working?