This tax day, some truckers are unhappy with trump (wages, Mexicans, legal)

[Sheepie2000]

Originally Posted by ottomobeale

First in with: Whining losers who should get edumacation and real jobs.

Do I get a cookie?

I am a bit surprised anyone was buying the act as anything but lower corp taxes with a small bone thrown to some of the masses in red states.

Why make fun of truckers? They have real jobs. They make decent money without college debt.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by Sheepie2000

Why make fun of truckers? They have real jobs. They make decent money without college debt.

Deplorable's!

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by loves2read

3.5 million—not mother jones but a trucking site
Truck Drivers in the USA | AllTrucking.com

You would think something like a Google for Trucker numbers would be so easy others might do it

One would think.

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by loves2read

I think you said it all when you said “I worked for a company”

These people are considered self-employed—
Ergo, not employees of a company.

Did you read the article?
You should. "Not employees" were covered at the end.

[shiftymh]

Give them some tax breaks if they truck illegals back to Mexico.

[Enigma777]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Mother Jones....gee....the lefts equivalent of infowars. I'll pass.

"Millions employed as truckers" riiiiiiight, sure there are....why not just say billions? Or goobertillions?

It is not the equivalent at all. Infowars makes stuff up and has admitted it.

https://www.motherjones.com/about/awards/

[ottomobeale]

Originally Posted by Sheepie2000

Why make fun of truckers? They have real jobs. They make decent money without college debt.

Did you turn your sarcasm meter off? I see so many, "In low paid job get skills and education because anyone can be an astronaut" type posts. I was just being first to say it.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

As luck would have it, the fleet owners will come out smelling like a rose. The W-2 drivers, not so much.

What a shock.

Apparently, some fleet owners were going to bump the per-diem up from 10 cents/mile to 16 cents/mile to offset this as the per diem income is not taxed. Wonder if that ever happened.

https://www.fleetowner.com/driver-ma...it-new-tax-law

[WaldoKitty]

Mother Jones?

hahahahahaha They hate Trump.


NPCs Triggered -> "Orange Man Bad"

[shadowne]

Originally Posted by loves2read

I think you said it all when you said “I worked for a company”

These people are considered self-employed—
Ergo, not employees of a company.

This article is specifically complaining about the plight of company drivers. The self-employed/ owner operators benefit from the new law.