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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 12:56 PM Dec 2017

"The Massive Tax Cut".....What do you plan to do with yours, DUers??

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What little we will be getting back won't be enough to buy a new set of tires for the car in 2018, nor add to our investments.

We will look to cut spending overall in the coming years, which will not help the economy.
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"The Massive Tax Cut".....What do you plan to do with yours, DUers?? (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2017 OP
I will be cutting my spending because of the tax HIKE I'm expecting. subterranean Dec 2017 #1
Donation to ACLU or Planned Parenthood. tanyev Dec 2017 #2
Buy half a moon pie and split an RC cola. kairos12 Dec 2017 #3
Watching what the hell happens with the ACA.... Bengus81 Dec 2017 #4
I am using my tax cuts to campaign against Trey Gowdy. DemoTex Dec 2017 #5
Increase my 401K contribution. nt hack89 Dec 2017 #6
Yep, 401k or Roth GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #12
My "tax cut" is less than 1% for two years, which is chump change. Xolodno Dec 2017 #7
Same Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #9
I think I'll go to McDonald's. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2017 #8
I will go to the Checkers that recently opened in my hometown. muntrv Dec 2017 #10
8 of 10 tax payers will see a reduction of their tax bill. AJT Dec 2017 #11
True. They have as much as admitted this is also a massive bribery attempt. But when interest Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #15
One woman, one beer and one movie Bob Loblaw Dec 2017 #13
I'm going to donate it to ... GeorgeGist Dec 2017 #14
I'm going to buy a Brand New Car spanone Dec 2017 #16
My health insurance premiums are going up by $1200 next year PA Democrat Dec 2017 #17
A month? MiniMe Dec 2017 #18

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
1. I will be cutting my spending because of the tax HIKE I'm expecting.
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:07 PM
Dec 2017

I wouldn't mind paying a little more if I thought the money would go toward something useful, like affordable health care, public education, infrastructure, or even reducing the deficit. But instead it will be used to line the pockets of the Republican donor class, and to manufacture a "debt crisis" that will be used to justify slashing our already inadequate safety net programs.

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
4. Watching what the hell happens with the ACA....
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:13 PM
Dec 2017

Who gives a crap about the nickle and dime tax cut I will get............

DemoTex

(25,400 posts)
5. I am using my tax cuts to campaign against Trey Gowdy.
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:13 PM
Dec 2017

Gowdy-Doodie is my congresscrapper, and I have put him on notice.

Xolodno

(6,398 posts)
7. My "tax cut" is less than 1% for two years, which is chump change.
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:18 PM
Dec 2017

I'll buy extra cans of soup to stock up on for the years it goes up.

Oh and it goes up higher than the reduced couple of years. So I'll be cutting back in spending as well, because the increase, when you account for inflation, pretty much eats up any raise I get that year.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
8. I think I'll go to McDonald's.
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:18 PM
Dec 2017

Order 2 Big Macs, 2 Filet o' Fishes, and a large chocolate shake.


That should pretty much cover it.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
11. 8 of 10 tax payers will see a reduction of their tax bill.
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:26 PM
Dec 2017

That is all that will matter to most people. The GOP knows human nature and understands that the fact that most people will see a bigger paycheck starting in January is what people will remember when they vote in 2018. Any negative repercussions won't be seen for a few years and even then the GOP will find another way to put those on the democrats.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
15. True. They have as much as admitted this is also a massive bribery attempt. But when interest
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:34 PM
Dec 2017

rates start to soar and wages sink...will that be before the election?

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
17. My health insurance premiums are going up by $1200 next year
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:40 PM
Dec 2017

thanks to the "uncertainty" the asshole Republicans created in the individual insurance market with all of their attempts to repeal the ACA. Now thanks to the repeal of the individual mandate, I can expect another hefty increase for 2019.

Any tax cut we get will be used to offset my increased insurance premiums.

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