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After losing Virginia and Alabama........ the Reddest states in America, I can't wait to see the other R-E-D states they're going to lose.......let alone BLUE states!
I hate to break it to you (not really ), but Virginia isn't....and hasn't recently been....one of the two reddest states in America.
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Maybe if you learned a trade and got a job somewhere other than McDonalds, you'd get more than $20 on payday for a tax break too. Like most republicans. I'll take $200 a month, thanks.
McDonald's? I make $52k/year driving a semi-tractor and I only get $18.17/week back. I doubt min wage workers will get more than $3-$4/week back if anything
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Ditto on saving thousands. Those saving $20 a week are less than even middle class, and $20 is a windfall to that group. ($49k, single, Ct, save $20. That's a clerical salary in Ct.)
I only save $18.17/week making $52k/year. $52k/year is a middle class wage last I checked
I only save $18.17/week making $52k/year. $52k/year is a middle class wage last I checked
Depends on where you are. In some areas $52K is top rate, in others it's pretty much poverty level. In fact, and I'm not going to link a PDF, it's about $5K below the 2016 median family income. It is above the $44.6K individual median of 2015.
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Depends on where you are. In some areas $52K is top rate, in others it's pretty much poverty level. In fact, and I'm not going to link a PDF, it's about $5K below the 2016 median family income. It is above the $44.6K individual median of 2015.
Per capita in this metro is $27k/year to give you an idea
What does a blue state Republican do when their party just created a one party tax plan designed to target blue states and colleges? Do they tell the blue state "Sorry, but re-elect me so I can make it even worse"?
Really looking forward to seeing Republicans in blue states trying to run for re-election after this.
McDonald's? I make $52k/year driving a semi-tractor and I only get $18.17/week back. I doubt min wage workers will get more than $3-$4/week back if anything
how much benefit could a minimum wage worker see when they already pay little or no federal income taxes?
Per capita in this metro is $27k/year to give you an idea
OK, so you're in one of those areas, which many people don't want to recognize, where you're doing way above the norm. Transfer your $56K to, say, Seattle and you're probably bottom feeding.
There are hundreds (thousands?) of places in the US where $18/hour is top rate.
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), but Virginia isn't....and hasn't recently been....one of the two reddest states in America.
