Beth Callori of Long Island: "I thought, wow, Trump is great, I love him." Then it was TAX TIME.

[Miles Archer]

Beth Callori of Long Island, New York, said she was thrilled to receive about $90 more in each paycheck last year. Thanks to the new lower federal income tax rates, Callori’s employer, a financial services firm, was withholding less from her paycheck for federal tax purposes.

“I thought, ‘Wow, Trump is great, I love him,’” Callori said.

But last week Callori heard from her tax preparer that she owes the federal government more than $5,000 ― almost five times as much as she had to pay in previous years.

“I almost fell out of my chair. I could not believe it,” she said. “I voted for Trump. I thought he was going to be good for this country, but when I got that phone call, that’s it, I’m done.”

Callori’s tax bill went up for two reasons. One is that the law directly disadvantaged her by limiting deductions for state and local taxes, which increased the amount of Callori’s income subject to tax and added an extra grand to her bill.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tax-refunds-gop-law_n_5c671dcee4b033a799429900

[Freedomofspeech]

1. Thoughts and prayers...

She deserves it for voting for the orange monster. Too bad we are all suffering because of morons like her.

[Roland99]

5. +5,000

[Martin Eden]

18. +$5,000

Anyone who couldn't see tRump for what he is BEFORE the election is a moron, or blind, or deplorable.

Possibly all three.

[moose65]

33. Amen to that a million times!!

Who in their right mind would ever say "Trump is great! I love him"?? Just the fact that she said that makes me think she's mad as a hatter!

[workinclasszero]

43. The MAGA redhats knew exactly what they were voting for!

They just thought tRump was gonna screw over the poor, uppity women and PoC.

Not the 'salt of the earth' God fearing, coal rolling, national park destroying nazi MF killers in Cville white folk!

[scarytomcat]

64. the brainwashing goes on

that is so sad
The greatest generation fought and defeated hitler and here these fuckups give the salute for dump. So sad so sad they think we are the enemy.

[workinclasszero]

67. I'm glad that my Dad and uncles

who risked all to fight and defeat fascism in Germany and Japan did not see America itself turn to the vomit of GOP fascism.

[scarytomcat]

68. we need to start calling out these facists

and take back the words socialist and liberal
These are only bad words because of the right wing propaganda
To me all government is socialist, democratic socialist, communist socialist and fascist socialist. You might even call a monarchy socialist if someone in society benefits besides the royalty. Saudi Arabia spreads its wealth down to the people, its just the right people like republican fascists spread to the top 1%.

[Martin Eden]

72. Deplore Morons

Deplorable because of WHY they voted for tRump, and Morons because they thought he would make their lives better instead of screwing them over.

[brush]

55. She's from NY and should know better, But LI is full of repugs.

[janterry]

30. +++You nailed it

n/t

[Demovictory9]

59. Yep

[ffr]

65. EFF-yeah!

[uponit7771]

70. +1

[phylny]

2. No excuse for not knowing who he always was

when you live on Long Island. EVERYONE in the metro area knew, from the 80s and beyond.

[Squinch]

3. You're an asshole, Beth. We always knew you were racist and sexist and stupid because you

voted for him. Now at least YOU know you're stupid.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. That's what she gets for thinking a grifter bankruptcy declaring liar would be good for the country.

[Nonhlanhla]

6. No sympthy for her

Thanks to her vote, my family's taxes went up by nearly $2,000 last year (we got an increase of about $1,000 in higher wages between us over the course of the year, and our tax refund went down by over $3,000) - total taxable income went up significantly because of the changes in deductions, so total taxes paid went up by nearly $2,000. We're middle class but we're trying to pay off debt and this is not helping.

[MichMan]

58. Since Trump didn't win any delegates from NY

Her vote really had no effect on the outcome of the election

[Nonhlanhla]

71. Yes, I know that.

Even if he had won NY delegates (which I know he did not), obviously no single vote brought him to the White House. I meant "her vote" in a more general sense of her kind of vote.

[obamanut2012]

7. "I loved he was racist and owned the libs"

"But now his actions are hitting my wallet, so fuck him! Until it's time to vote for him again."

[workinclasszero]

45. Yup

[Vinca]

8. "It hurts me, so I'm done."

Trumphumpers emulate their idol: greedy, self-centered, willfully ignorant and mean.

[padah513]

10. This right here

[Blue_Tires]

15. +1

[workinclasszero]

46. Totally right!

[zipplewrath]

9. Dear Beth:

Dear Beth:

First of all, let me say, I'm sorry for you and your tax situation.

However, I'm a bit surprised that you are just figuring this out now. When his tax plan was passed, probably the single most covered aspect was that state and local taxes would no longer be deductible and the most significantly impacted tax payers would be those in high tax areas LIKE NEW YORK! But apparently you weren't paying attention, or worse, you were watching Fox News.

So, you might also have missed a few other details in the last 2 years that might concern you. Environmental protection laws on clean air and clean water have been eroded. That means that the air and water will be more contaminated. Ya know where the air and water will be most affected? It will be in densely populated and industrial areas, ya know, LIKE NEW YORK!

Oh, and we pulled out of the Paris Accords, so weather is going to get worse going forward. It will most affect coastal areas, LIKE LONG ISLAND!

Just a little tip going forward. You don't know about these things because you apparently only watch Fox News. But if you could just reach back a little bit to high school when you were required to do something called "critical thinking", if you missed these things, what else do you suppose that you didn't hear about that might concern you?

Oh, and "Thoughts and prayers" and all that.

[Lochloosa]

13. You need to post more Spot on.

[NewJeffCT]

39. Long Island and Westchester County in NY

have some of the highest property tax rates in the country, and also the highest in terms of dollars paid/year. Same with northern New Jersey and Connecticut.

[mercuryblues]

11. The man you LOVE

Admitting to grabbing women by the …
Mocked a disabled man
calls women pigs, cows, fat ugly and so on
would "date" his daughter if he could
said he wants to date a 10 year old in a few years.
Separates parents and children and tosses the babies in cages
loses over 1,000 of those kids
gutted environmental regulations
hacked away at the ACA so less people are insured and dying
whines worse than a 3 year old

But you draw the line at $5,000 out of your pocket.


Democrats tried to warn you this was a tax scam, you wouldn't listen. You cheered. Are you tired of winning?

[Miles Archer]

14. This is what I have been saying on DU for two years...

...the MAGAts are never going to blink until it hits them personally.

Right after Trump was elected. I shared an exchange with my brother in law.

I had immediate concerns about Paul Ryan and Social Security / Medicare / Medicaid.

His response was "If it doesn't affect me, I don't care."

I think he was speaking for a lot of red hats on that day.

For the record, in addition to his Medicare and Social Security, he has a fat pension from the San Francisco Airport and "Rolls Royce" healthcare. He has hearing aids...one in each ear, $3000 each, and he gets them replaced every three years at no cost. He had a tumor on his neck removed...$25,000...and he also didn't pay a penny for that.

[mercuryblues]

16. So have I

They believe that they are special and will somehow be exempt from trumpubliklans policies. They refuse to believe that they are in the group of people that trump promised to hurt.

"He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting:" Ms Minton

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211640387

[malaise]

25. This should be an OP - the man you LOVE

Wish I could rec it

[brush]

57. And it's not just this year's taxes. Better save up 5G more for next year.

[subana]

12. yes, they ALL should have known better!!

I remember in the campaign he was saying lots of stuff that gave people the impression that he was going to be the champion for the average guy. I thought....wait a minute! This is a 70 yr old guy who has never done anything at any time unless it financially benefited himself or his family & now these guys think he's going to do something for them? There was no way any of that stuff would ever happen, no matter what he said!!

yes, they should have known better but we are talking about republicans, the party who never met a conspiracy theory they didn't like!! They seem to love fairy tales & this was the biggest fairy tale of all!!

[mercuryblues]

17. They added 2 + 2 and came up with 100

He promised a great new health care plan that cost less. While ignoring he kicked his own disabled nephew off insurance coverage. If he was willing to do that over a perceived slight, what made them think he gave 2 shits about them?

[subana]

21. yes, they all need to go back to school!

but I'm sure that would be too much work for them! Trump is neither educated nor intelligent! You can tell that much from the spelling in his tweets!

I forgot about the nephew. He seldom says anything unless it has a vindictive or insulting quality in it!

[Martin Eden]

19. "Flyover country" voted for a New York con man

Too far fetched for fiction.

[Wounded Bear]

20. They all love it when someone else gets hurt...

but when it's them personally, they go all snowflake.

[Grammy23]

22. What happened after he was "selected" will be the subject of books, seminars

and studies far into the future. But suffice it to say, he is a textbook example of how you woo followers and enlist a small army of true believers. Like most Pied Pipers, many of the enlisted will find out too late how they were swindled, duped and enticed into joining his gang of thugs and thieves.

Sadly for the rest of us, it is hard not to say, “I toldja so.” The blinders will come off as the truth pinches them where they will feel it. The shock of having to pony up an extra thousand or two or five will bring it all into sharp focus. We won’t have to say a freakin’ word. Just smile sweetly with a twinkle in our eyes.

[stopbush]

23. Unfortunately, tRump's tax scam hurts those of us who have hated this asshole

from long ago.

My tax return last year was around $2000. This year, we look to owe around $5000. And it’s all because of the fucked up withholding tables that were used to calculate payroll deductions.

[GeorgeGist]

24. I thought, wow, ...

Beth Callori of Long Island is really, really, really stupid.

[Achilleaze]

26. republicans have pissed on Americans with their Tax Cuts for the Rich

Deplorable.

[smirkymonkey]

27. Sucks to be you, Beth.

Unfortunately, your ignorant, racist, hateful choice of a president cost a lot of other people money as well. Decent people who didn't vote for this lying, cheating pig. Thoughts and prayers!

[New Hampshire Man]

28. "Trump is great, I love him."

We told you over and over and over you were being conned.
Now sit down and STFU.

[Initech]

29. When you vote for a con artist, don't be surprised when you get conned.

[New Hampshire Man]

31. ReThugs have been waiting

for a moron to sign this tax legislation. They needed you morons to vote him in first.

[Johnny2X2X]

32. She is the worst kind of human being IMO

She was all for Trump's racism and sexism and was all too happy that he was going to make other people suffer terribly. And everything was going great for her, Trump was really making minorities suffer terribly, he was really harming others and Beth was happy. It was only when Beth herself saw monetary pain that she cared one bit about the monster in the Oval Office.

Fuck her, I hope she can't pay the IRS and they make her life hell.

[SammyWinstonJack]

69. Surprised she didn't blame THE DEMOCRATS! Can't believe she actually blamed tRUMP.

[jpak]

34. Womp Womp

[Horizens]

35. More "Good" News for Beth

"Individual Income Tax Deductions and Exemptions

Trump's tax plan doubles the standard deduction. A single filer's deduction increases from $6,350 to $12,000. The deduction for married and joint filers increases from $12,700 to $24,000.

It REVERTS back to the current level in 2026."

[jmowreader]

54. And the personal exemptions stay gone

[spinbaby]

36. My taxes actually did go down

I paid slightly less in total taxes, but my refund was only half of what it usually is.

Republicans screwed themselves over with these new withholding tables because people are going to remember not getting the refund they were expecting a lot more than they’re going to remember a few extra dollars in their paycheck.

[ooky]

37. It took her until now?

Another one who thinks he's hurting "the wrong people" I guess. Just another stupid, evil, selfish tool. And now she's made herself famous for it.

[catbyte]

38. Where did that idiot think the extra $90/week came from? That it was a big fat gift from the gop?

[Lotusflower70]

40. Suck it up buttercup

Dear Beth,

You are a complete fucking idiot and moron. I don't feel sorry for you whatsoever. This is what happens when you don't do your homework and you don't pay attention. You make other people suffer when you vote against your own and others self-interest. It's time to get your head out and get your shit together.

Fuck off and then fuck off some more.

Signed,

An American that actually gives a shit about the country and the people.

[BSdetect]

41. $90 per monthly paycheck? Or twice per month?

90 x 12 = 1080?

Or was it 2160?

That swayed her vote?

For that lying crap artist.

[haele]

49. So, she voted for the party that would "give her a raise" by simplifying her taxes?

A couple thousand dollar "raise" for at least double that in taxes owed the beginning of next year.

I didn't notice how the tax table changed any. Just the "deductions".

Haele

[workinclasszero]

42. She was all in with Trump selling out America to the Russians

And f***ing over the libs, gays, PoC and the poor.

But now she discovers her god emperor was f***ing her too and she's done!

Eat shit lady and I mean that from the bottom of my heart!

[magicarpet]

44. Cut me in on some of the plunder and we are best buds...

.... cost me a few more in taxes,... then go shit in your hat.

Me, me, me,.. if I don't realize an instant gratification gain immediately then I will find a new best friend. .. fuck you !

[JDC]

47. F her.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

48. Dear Beth, you knew he was a snake when you invited him in.

He fucking told you that several times and yet...

[WeekiWater]

50. This is the voter we cannot get...

Yet many think we should target.

[RockRaven]

51. If it takes Trumpanzees getting personally hurt for them to turn on him, I guess I'm in the ignoble

position of hoping pain and suffering upon each and every Trumpanzee. It seems so uncouth and petty, but apparently it is the only way...

[Thunderbeast]

52. If you live in a blue state with high taxes

he doesn't give a crap...even if you did vote for him. He knows he will never be competitive in those states, so screw 'em.

This was no accident. Nothing makes his idiot base happier than watching liberals suffer.

[mr_lebowski]

53. I'll let John Oliver sum it up for me ...

[The Genealogist]

56. It's all fun and games til the tax bill comes

This idiot was fine with all the hate, the xenophobia, the homophobia, the racism, the power grabbing, the ripping of babies from parents' arms, the pissing on the military, the infantilism. But, like a selfish rightwinger would, she gets all pissy when it hits her bank account. Cry me a river, lady.

[Totally Tunsie]

60. Ohhhhhhhh, your story is so sad, Beth.

Now go write your check like a good little girl. Boo Hoo.

[jcgoldie]

61. Heres the worlds tiniest violin

If she thought "Trump is great" right up until she got screwed on her taxes then she can go fuck herself.

[Vogon_Glory]

62. No Sympathy Here Either, Beth

You voted for a scamster despite the ample warning you had before the 2016 elections.

You’re a big girl and you should have known better.

[Goodheart]

63. So, let's assume she gets paid twice monthly (like most people)

24 paychecks x $90 = $2160 per year.

So, she was willing to sell out her country, present and future, for $2160 per year?

FUCK HER AND EVERYBODY LIKE HER.

So, now at the end of the year she has to pay $5000 instead of her usual $1000, a $4000 hit. So...

$4000 less the $2160 she has already saved means she has to pay $1840 per year more over all.

Well, now.... isn't $1840 per year a small price to pay for her trumpian paradise?

FUCK HER AND EVERYBODY LIKE HER.

[Dawson Leery]

66. Beth Callori typical self-absorbed white flight bigot.

She only cares about herself. She does not care that others have been hurt.
Ms. Callori, as well as the vast majority of farmers are getting what they voted for.
They now must bear the results of their vote. If anything good could come of Trump's tenure, it is the conservative will finally
learn to live by their words.