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To: SkyPilot
"I love the man, but he raised my taxes. And the taxes of millions of other Americans."

Do you live in a state that has high SALT (State and local taxes)? The president made those taxes, paid to those states, less deductible on the fed. level.

You know, the low SALT states were subsidizing the graft and corruption and waste of the New York, NJ, CA... politicians. The high taxes you pay to their machinery didn't hurt so much because you could reduce it from the federal side of the ledger. If you do live there, that is where you need to direct your anger.

2,355 posted on 03/16/2019 11:39:52 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: outofsalt
I thought candidate Trump said he would cut taxes for the Middle Class. I am Middle Class.

What is your retort?

2,358 posted on 03/16/2019 11:42:38 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: outofsalt
So your argument is that millions of American (veterans, Christians, Conservatives, Republicans) are screwed over, and deal with it.

Nice.

2,362 posted on 03/16/2019 11:45:59 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: outofsalt

not just a SALT state issue.
No longer can deduct the “miscellaneous itemized deduction” portion for home office business expenses, which effectively takes away the Home Office deduction for a lot of us, which, in our case, makes the difference between being able to itemize or not.


2,387 posted on 03/16/2019 12:10:09 PM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: outofsalt; nclaurel

Would you two stop your virtue-signaling! There were items in the Trump Tax Cut that weren’t good for some Americans, and we reserve the right to bitch about it!

If you own your home, no mortgage deduction. Use your home equity to obtain a loan, no longer able to deduct the interest. Have a fee-only investment advisor, boom, you can no longer deduct his entire fee for managing your investments. Deductions for moving used to be deducible, they aren’t anymore; same for unreimbursed expenses for
continuing education, required medical tests and memberships required to keep your job, and there are plenty more.

I still would vote for Trump, 1,000 times, if I could. I look upon the 2018 tax cut bill as revenge of the GOPe, “The Hillary Tax”.


2,431 posted on 03/16/2019 1:26:58 PM PDT by LSAggie
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