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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:06 AM Feb 2019

Suckers realizing that they have been conned.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trusted-trump-voters-seethe-realizing-theyre-getting-screwed-gops-tax-plan/

Multiple supporters of President Donald Trump over the past couple of weeks have taken to Twitter to air their grievances about the president’s signature tax cut plan.

Even though the 2017 GOP tax cut is leading to spiking federal deficits thanks to its generous benefits to corporations, many middle-class Americans are winding up having to pay more because the bill eliminated multiple deductions used by middle-class families to lower their annual tax payments.

Among other things, the tax bill ended deductions for taxes paid to state and local governments, while massively increasing the amount of money you must donate to qualify for a charitable giving deduction.

Several Trump voters who have done their taxes are not happy about this and they’re letting both the president and the Republican Party hear it — check out some of their tweets below.
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Suckers realizing that they have been conned. (Original Post) DetlefK Feb 2019 OP
Womp Womp bearsfootball516 Feb 2019 #1
underpants Feb 2019 #3
uponit7771 Feb 2019 #9
School is in session, dumbasses. theaocp Feb 2019 #2
No one knew he was a con man dalton99a Feb 2019 #4
I knew people would get upset after doing their taxes. liberalmuse Feb 2019 #5
Texas has a lot of pricey suburbs NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #6
Millions of people who didn't vote for him are receiving painful surprises with their tax returns. LonePirate Feb 2019 #7
God dammit, Raw Story! Does no one else mind how that fucking website drains data and RAM??? DontBooVote Feb 2019 #8

theaocp

(4,244 posts)
2. School is in session, dumbasses.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:10 AM
Feb 2019

I love the ones who are "reconsidering" their support for 45. ROTFLMAO.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
5. I knew people would get upset after doing their taxes.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:14 AM
Feb 2019

The GOP just had the IRS take less out of our paychecks so people would be fooled into thinking their infamous tax cut benefitted them as well as “people of means”. Surprise! Another GOP mass transfer of wealth from your pockets to theirs and their corrupt benefactors.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
6. Texas has a lot of pricey suburbs
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:18 AM
Feb 2019

around cities like Dallas, Houston and Austin and high property taxes - people losing property tax deductions over $10K won't be too happy. Maybe with the right candidate, it's a swing state in 2020?

Same with blue states like NY, NJ, CT and Mass, but they already hated Trump. (not sure about property tax levels in Maryland and VA, and I know California has high home prices, but a different way to calc property taxes)

LonePirate

(13,431 posts)
7. Millions of people who didn't vote for him are receiving painful surprises with their tax returns.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:24 AM
Feb 2019

I have my doubts people will remember this in 21 months, though.

 

DontBooVote

(901 posts)
8. God dammit, Raw Story! Does no one else mind how that fucking website drains data and RAM???
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:32 AM
Feb 2019

That'll teach me to let my guard down when I'm excited about trumpers seeing the light! If I had noticed it was a Raw Story link, I wouldn't have clicked on it.

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