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To: SkyPilot

If I understand his plan correctly, he wants to double the standard deduction. That would help my middle class family immensely.


3 posted on 10/21/2017 2:02:06 PM PDT by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither. Democrats are the party of sore losers and pedophiles.)
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To: gop4lyf

I don’t pay state taxes. This helps me immensely. Maybe more states should drop their taxes.


5 posted on 10/21/2017 2:04:30 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” - DJT)
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To: gop4lyf
he wants to double the standard deduction. That would help my middle class family immensely.

Until you eliminate the deductions they take away. Higher math is difficult, but it must be used.

31 posted on 10/21/2017 2:25:22 PM 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: gop4lyf
If I understand his plan correctly, he wants to double the standard deduction. That would help my middle class family immensely.

Remove the $4050 personal exemption that you have for yourself and each member of your family, as this plan does, and then tell me what your additional standard deduction nets out to. Plus now I understand that they're talking about capping the tax-free 401K deductions at $2400. What does that do to you?

98 posted on 10/21/2017 3:39:42 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: gop4lyf

Same here.


104 posted on 10/21/2017 3:53:15 PM PDT by madison10
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To: gop4lyf

In high-tax states like NJ, tripling the standard deduction probably will not offset the lost credits for property taxes and mortgage interest (if those are both targeted).

These deductions are among the few real incentives to buy a home; home ownership is already shaky, and it appears we are heading towards a massive change in how people make living arrangements. We are already seeing in young people a trend where large numbers will never buy a home or car, or invest in children; the consequences of these trends are already seen in the Third Worldization of areas with the highest costs of living. The ultra-rich in NYC and LA are increasingly surrounded by areas devoid of American taxpayers, where imported hordes speak a babble of tongues.


184 posted on 10/21/2017 7:08:45 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: gop4lyf

If it spurs business growth it will help the middle class immensley


197 posted on 10/21/2017 8:53:06 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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To: gop4lyf

Removal of SALT deductions is a non starter.

Doubling of the standard deduction won’t remotely make up for this in most cases..

Same thing with the home mortgage interest deduction and the 401k limitations.

Not sure what is going on here it’s like they are trying to poison this thing out of the gate with some of this stuff


230 posted on 10/22/2017 5:08:03 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: gop4lyf

It also eliminates personal exemptions.
That’s going to mean a tax increase for my family.


270 posted on 10/22/2017 2:19:43 PM PDT by Scotswife
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