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ACA did not cost people. Yes they had to be insured but overall medical cost for a person is lower. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #1
If you are 25 and told you HAVE to get insurance or pay a fine, then they are going to say it is LizBeth Jul 2020 #3
It costs them money - until they break a leg skateboarding or catch COVID in a bar. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #12
I understand that. That would be invoking reason and responsibility and they are talking increase LizBeth Jul 2020 #15
Trump/McConnell billionaire tax cut is a tax increase for large swath of the middle class. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #2
Yes, but that would be end of year taxes and payroll taxes show a decrease. That is certainly one. LizBeth Jul 2020 #5
Exactly - Trump stripped away many important deductions. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #13
Getting rid of the SALT deduction has really hurt people in many blue states DBoon Jul 2020 #4
Would this be where we had to pay higher end of year taxes in the blue states? I knew there was LizBeth Jul 2020 #6
capped the federal deduction on state and local taxes DBoon Jul 2020 #8
Yup - it was intended to hurt us. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #14
Yes LizBeth Jul 2020 #16
The price of everything has seemed to go up. I used to buy candy bars at roughly .50 to an $1... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #7
Cost certainly have gone up, and Health insurance has risen, too. Especially during the pandemic LizBeth Jul 2020 #9
I know. And they rec'd a decent tax break in 2017 too. Did we see a reduction in prices as a ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #11
Food prices are jumping Miguelito Loveless Jul 2020 #10
"the payroll tax decreased" - uh what? no it didn't. Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #17
I do not know what I meant but that we get more in our paycheck with trump tax plan then the past. LizBeth Jul 2020 #18
ok. Fair enough but you should know the difference. Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #19
Thank you, I think I will just copy and paste after the first sentence if you do not mind. LizBeth Jul 2020 #23
Tariffs and SALT Reduction JustAnotherGen Jul 2020 #20
Thank you for this information. I am gonna piece some of this in copy and paste if you do not mind. LizBeth Jul 2020 #24
I am interested what products this really affected. I know one thing I will discuss is they limited LizBeth Jul 2020 #28
Links JustAnotherGen Jul 2020 #29
Thank you sister. This is what I am looking for. A copy and paste. He is going to throw out LizBeth Jul 2020 #30
Food Prices... orwell Jul 2020 #21
Good point about housing/rent. Anything Trump did or just flat out greed? LizBeth Jul 2020 #25
Everything that has to do with the basics of everyday life. Doreen Jul 2020 #22
Food prices are what's killing my budget and we're not living large on steaks, either. Vinca Jul 2020 #26
+1. Prices are truly crazy. I pay attention to cost and saw an huge increase in April. The first LizBeth Jul 2020 #27
Mine have been food and just basic items. And our leftyladyfrommo Jul 2020 #31
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