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LizBeth

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30. Thank you sister. This is what I am looking for. A copy and paste. He is going to throw out

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:42 PM

Jul 2020

admittedly uninformed shit, he is going to listen to me. He started it, lol. Next is going to be the poor abused police and me not caring they die. Pragmatic, realistic, fair reforms. Then I will move onto another he threw out. But all in my time. It may take a couple days. Lol.

Thanks.

I will probably be reaching out often the next 5 months for people that know this on hand so I do not have to do all the researching.

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What has increased in cost under Trump. Had one saying Trump better because less taxes, ACA cost him [View all] LizBeth Jul 2020 OP

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