[Beave Meister]

I'm surprised they started the article off with the word "Opinion." Do any of these people that wright for Market Watch have any knowledge of economics? Howard appears to be another anti-Trump-hating liberal. Did the corporate tax cuts not help bring millions f jobs to our country? DO we not have historic low unemployment numbers especially with minorities?

[EvilCapitalist]

What a complete load of bovine excrement. Ever since the tax cuts took effect, I’ve been busier than ever.

[facedown]

Howard Gold is a columnist for MarketWatch and founder and editor of GoldenEgg Investing which offers simple, low-cost, low-risk retirement investing plans. A popular speaker at MoneyShows, he was executive editor for MoneyShow.com and founding editor of Barrons.com. Mr. Gold was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Financial Journalism at Columbia University, where he received an MBA in finance. A winner of the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, he has written for Forbes, Barron's, Money, and USAToday.

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[greatvikingone]

I’m very happy with the tax cuts.

[Intolerant in NJ]

I found them quite beneficial - looks as though I’ll save several thousand in taxes......

[BreezyDog]

I just got back from my tax accountant. All I can say is I got screwed based on the changes. On the same income as 2017 I went from getting a ~$6,000 refund for both state and federal to owing ~$2,000 total. These tax changes are terrible. If lil ole middle class me got nailed you will to. Good luck! I’m not a shill...just telling you like it is.

[Teacher317]

tax cuts boosted gross domestic product and jobs a bit — and just for one year. Its effects are fading as U.S. GDP growth appears likely to weaken in 2019.

Oh, wow... so an increase in employment to record numbers isn't sufficient? Millions more people working isn't enough? It's somehow not worth it if we don't add more jobs than there are workers? Pathetic.

The only thing that “rocked” were corporate profits and the stock market.

And the stock market is by far the most inclusive and color-blind and fair avenue for wealth accumulation. Anyone can join at any time and in any amounts. Most Americans have a 401k or similar account that is mostly (or entirely) based in the stock market, meaning that about half of the nation just had their retirement accounts boosted, and that nobody was excluded if they did not want to be.

And we’re facing trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see.

Good point. Let's start cutting spending then, the only justifiable option remaining to us.

[MrEdd]

Turned out fantastic for me. We went from difficulty finding enough employees to really struggling to find enough employees.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Fed rate hikes & trade wars are the reason. Tax cuts are helping avoid recession now.

[MayflowerMadam]

We were surprised when we met with our CPA tax guy. We’ve always given a lot to charities, churches, etc., and were able to include those donations on our tax returns. No more; they mean nothing up to $26,000 — or so we were told. I had been under the impression Trump wanted us to help the less fortunate and was pushing faith charities.

[Paladin2]

So, cut my taxes to Zer0 [like at least 50% of Americans] and watch my spending/inestment grow....

[Drew68]

I'm very happy with my tax cuts and even happier with my tax returns this year. With four kids, that child tax credit increase was a very pleasant surprise.

Donning my flame suit for the incoming butthurt from childless tax payers.

[silverleaf]

Everyone I know is paying much lower taxes this year

Where do these people come from?

[Sirius Lee]

Marxist Watch is a joke. I’m sure the record number of employed are very upset that they now have jobs. Stupid tax cuts!

[Bommer]

Maybe we need to do it bigger then!

[rb22982]

Considering the fed reserved has raised rates 8 times in the last two years and withdrew 0.4T from QE, 3% gdp growth at this stage of the cycle is amazing. It likely would have been 5% absent the feds.

[ravenwolf]

The socialist are ticked off because America is once again producing. but what else can we expect from them.