Anyone else notice that the gas price rise ate up most of the tax cut?

[rurallib]

for us poor and middle class. Gas now cost @ $5 more a week eating up all of that $1.50 a week tax cut.

Thanks Trump, Ryan and McConnell. And a special thanks to Iowa's republican loons - Grassley, Ernst, Blum, King and Young!

[Yonnie3]

1. It was already gone on healthcare insurance and then some. n't

[democratisphere]

2. The wealthiest got their tax cut and they wanted yours too!

Mission Accomplished!

[CountAllVotes]

3. I rec'd $2.38

a month.

Not even enough to buy a solitary gallon of gasoline here. Was $3.85/gallon yesterday and I cannot afford to go anywhere!



Dump this tRump dude ASAP to Save America!

[Freddie]

4. Lots of surprises in store

[link:https://www.irs.gov/individuals/irs-withholding-calculator

That "bigger paycheck"? Lots of folks going to be quite upset next spring.

[WhiteTara]

5. My SS payments exploded by $2 something a month!

WooHoo

[Yonnie3]

6. I don't recall the exact amount for me.

Medicare and the Supplemental Insurance increased much more than I got.

[CountAllVotes]

7. Neither my husband or I rec'd anything at all

The "increase" (COLA) all went to Medicare, all of it. My two-bit pension went up just a bit over $2.00/month but the other employees that are retired that were CEO level retirees got 5%!

Feed the rich and starve the poor!

[WhiteTara]

13. Now you know how lucky I am!

I've become a dollar-aire

[CountAllVotes]

14. We should get together at Starfucks for a cup o'coffee

Whoops, forget that idea.

And you thought those $2 were really going to help a lot eh?

[WhiteTara]

19. I was saving for my dream vacation!

of course, it is just a dream. This is the first increase I've gotten since I started drawing on my social security funds, but hey; I am grateful that I have this. I can't imagine my life without it.

[CountAllVotes]

25. I can't imagine my life without it.

You earned it and so did I. Maybe it wasn't exactly how I had planned things to work out but we wouldn't get a cent had we not paid OUR FAIR SHARE into Social Security!

Enjoy your life as a retired person. You earned it, every cent of it and YOU deserve it and a hell of a lot more, especially if you are a woman!

[nolabear]

8. We are one big money laundry between the GOP and the corporations.

[Chipper Chat]

9. $3.02 a gallon in indiana.

But hey, no worries. Trump voters just pay it with a smile. After all, Donnie is going to give us an extra $12 a week.

[spanone]

10. trump's threatening to pull out of the Iran deal is a major factor in pricing right now..thanks don

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/01/investing/oil-prices-iran-sanctions-trump/index.html

[safeinOhio]

11. There goes my

Costco membership.

[gratuitous]

17. First thing I thought of

How is that secretary Paul Ryan was extolling going to afford her annual Costco membership now?

[redstatebluegirl]

12. Especially those of us who have to drive a lot for our work.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. My ARM just popped and went up 1.25%. Luckily, I'm half the way though the loan, else I'd be fucked.

.

I'm a single parent with four kids and three of them are in or college bound.

.

[XRubicon]

16. The Koch's need their donation money back

[elocs]

18. As a poor retiree I don't pay income tax and I don't drive. So I haven't noticed anything. n/t

[XRubicon]

20. If the price stays up you'll notice

The cost of food will go up and if you live in a rural area your home value will drop.

[rurallib]

22. sadly you are so right - and the price of heat and cooling etc, etc.

[elocs]

23. "If the price stays up you'll notice" Probably not.

I don't buy much food, don't live in a rural area, don't own a home. I'm poor but I know how to follow the steps and jump through the hoops to get what I need.
There's nothing I can do about the price of gas so there's no point in getting wound up about it.

[kentuck]

21. Health costs got the rest and more...

....when the price of gas goes up, we notice it immediately. When you have to pay $10 a week more, it can make a big difference sometimes.

[Scurrilous]

24. Lunch ate up mine.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. Gas, food, healthcare, and a helluva lot more.

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. Oh, we are so far behind now. I am so much worse off now than

at the first of the year.