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Senate bill is looking pretty good for us now....


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2017 Dec 2, 8:39am   21,853 views  113 comments

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#poltics All the changes helped my $200k dual income family.... even though we won’t itemized anymore. Losing the SALT deduction and home equity loan interest deduction make it impossible to itemize now... but atleast the lower brackets and ability to get a $2000 tax credit for our child offset any higher taxes due to not being able to itemize.

Hopefully the house passes this thing with minimal changes since the property tax deduction survived. The house bill was horrible for upper middle class earners in blue states. This softens the blow. There’s about a $3000 difference now between the senate and house bills for us.

It’s still stupid all these tax changes and it’s basically a wash for our family all said and done. Just glad we didn’t stretch and buy a really expensive house.... those people in our income level are getting screwed if they can’t combine those interest payments with SALT for a fat deduction.

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104   RWSGFY   2017 Dec 6, 5:15pm  

Rew says
Goran_K says
They don't let 10 year olds vote on laws or vote for politicians.


Anyone eligible to vote has a voice on anything up for debate.


And everybody else can give their assessment regarding the value of her opinion.
105   anonymous   2017 Dec 6, 9:05pm  

@Patrick,

It looks like this Goran guy is running rampant censoring people left and right... to the point that the jailed comments are now more interesting to read. Not good for the site.

FP
106   Patrick   2017 Dec 6, 9:07pm  

I disagree. Maybe there are a few edge cases that are hard to classify, but think Goran is very fair.

Note that you can now actually see which user jailed any comment in jail. It's in the header line of the comment.
107   Rew   2017 Dec 6, 9:29pm  

anon_c8b23 says
... to the point that the jailed comments are now more interesting to read. Not good for the site.


I noticed some fascinating reads there as well.

KimJongUn says
And everybody else can give their assessment regarding the value of her opinion.


Absolutely, but she still gets to vote, and you can never take that away because she is poor, or doesn't pay to be able to vote.

I know less fortunate people than I, who are far better with money than I am, because they have to be. I want their opinions and votes on taxes, far more than I want some trust fund baby's voice anywhere near government.

Goran_K says
Sure, I've always agreed that women have a right to kill their babies.


And so your argument is what, you have to pay taxes to be able to vote? How much do you have to pay? What's the threshold? Do you get more than one vote if you pay more?
Do you have to pay taxes to be able to ... oh, I dunno ... be President too?
What about run for any office?

I don't think a Plutocracy is what is intended for the US, and I think your ideas would poll in single digits with the American public.

The Dems are elitist? Hah!
108   LeonDurham   2017 Dec 9, 11:52am  

Goran_K says
ou were lying when you said "Goran proposed eliminating college loans." This isn't an opinion, it's a fact, you lied.


Just quoting this to show Goran's complete bias.
109   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2017 Dec 9, 12:02pm  

LeonDurham says
Goran_K says
ou were lying when you said "Goran proposed eliminating college loans." This isn't an opinion, it's a fact, you lied.


Just quoting this to show Goran's complete bias.


What is this supposed to prove?
Is there a poster here who is not biased?
110   RWSGFY   2017 Dec 9, 1:03pm  

LeonDurham says
Goran_K says
ou were lying when you said "Goran proposed eliminating college loans." This isn't an opinion, it's a fact, you lied.


Just quoting this to show Goran's complete bias.


Go open a special thread about moderation and another one about Goran's moral flaws. Stop shitting in this thread.
111   anonymous   2017 Dec 9, 3:12pm  

KimJongUn says


Go open a special thread about moderation and another one about Goran's moral flaws. Stop shitting in this thread.


Fair enough. I will do it.
112   bob2356   2017 Dec 9, 5:14pm  

Goran_K says
HappyGilmore says
Because of the Constitution? Ever heard of it?


Sure.

But I'm talking on a purely water cooler level. Does it seem fair that people who contribute nothing to the system get to vote on how money is spent? Seems pretty unfair.


I wasn't aware we had switched to a referendum system for the federal budget. I didn't get the memo. As far as I knew no one but congress gets to vote how the money is spent, although lobbyists get to write a lot of stuff in to be voted on. People get to vote for their representatives to congress. Something all American citizens SHOULD know.

How can anyone contribute nothing? That's absurd. They pay fica, they buy things from business that pay taxes, they pay fees, they pay sales taxes, they pay property taxes, gasoline taxes, etc., etc..
113   MrMagic   2017 Dec 9, 5:56pm  

bob2356 says
How can anyone contribute nothing? That's absurd. They pay fica, they buy things from business that pay taxes, they pay fees, they pay sales taxes, they pay property taxes, gasoline taxes, etc., etc..


The whole discussion on the tax bills concerns FEDERAL taxes, not all the other taxes. It would be beneficial to read and not to jump in at the end of a thread.

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