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He promised the middle class a raise. I hear it every day on a commercial no doubt paid for by the Koch Bros about how the 'middle class tax cut' is benefitting everyday families!
So I've been reading on CD everyone crowing about how much bigger their paychecks are and I can tell you my paycheck just went DOWN.
What up?
I didn't really have a chance to review it with a magnifying glass or anything ~ but it appears my health coverage went UP.
Thanks Trump!
What does a pay raise have to do with health coverage? The only thing that has changed is the mandate, so your HC was going to go up anyway.
Thanks Obama!
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Originally Posted by WaldoKitty
You contradicted yourself.
There's no such thing as a contradiction to a progressive. These people honestly do not realize how they appear to anyone using common sense. Sadly, SNAFU and FUBAR have become the norm for the extreme.
Lots of sour grapes with the Democrats these days.
Lots of people who understand that getting crumbs while putting our country deeper into debt is a bad thing. Thats facts, and reality. Not "sour grapes"
I'd take it, too. Just bear in mind, that's not happening for many of your fellow Americans.
My fellow Americans aren't my problem, and I am not theirs. Many of them probably didn't get as big a raise and bonus as I did last year either. Too bad for them, but yay for me.
Not only do I get to keep more of my money, I don't get continually scolded for being successful like I did from Jan 2009 to Jan 2017. The current President is OK with me making more money. He doesn't seem to vilify me for doing well, very unlike his predecessor.
If you live in a blue state, complain to your state reps and tell them to cut their budgets or learn to live within them instead of raising taxes for pork projects and their cronies. Tell them to boot out illegals.
Not every company is generous. There are bad bosses.
it's not just blue states. I live in a red state. My taxes are going up slightly according to the tax calculator that has been posted frequently on this site because of loss of deductions I used to take and taking away exemptions. I did get a bump in my check based on new withholding rates, but I am going to have to make withholding adjustments to give it all back and some more. The new withholding rates, like the old ones, do not take into account, personal circumstances like multiple jobs, additional income etc and people should not assume they are going to get to keep that money come next April.
My fellow Americans aren't my problem, and I am not theirs. Many of them probably didn't get as big a raise and bonus as I did last year either. Too bad for them, but yay for me.
Not only do I get to keep more of my money, I don't get continually scolded for being successful like I did from Jan 2009 to Jan 2017. The current President is OK with me making more money. He doesn't seem to vilify me for doing well, very unlike his predecessor.
#feelsgood
Obama never vilified Americans for doing well or for getting raises. No one scolded you for being successful. But if you are defending President Trump's remarks that all Americans were going to get to keep a lot more of their money because of the tax cut, then when that doesn't happen it is your problem. If you say that President Trump was mistaken, or misspoke, or that he lied, then your "fellow Americans aren't" your problem. But if you are taking a position on Trump's promises, then the experiences of other Americans that contradict that position are a problem for your position.
There's no such thing as a contradiction to a progressive. These people honestly do not realize how they appear to anyone using common sense. Sadly, SNAFU and FUBAR have become the norm for the extreme.
Progressive = "I'm supposed to get a raise".
Nuff said.
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