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blondebanshee

(353 posts)
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 01:47 PM Apr 2019

Gold Star Widow Called White House To Discuss Taxes, They Hung Up On Her

Millions of Americans found themselves on the short end of the stick when they filed their taxes under Trump’s new scam of tax laws this year. One of the most affected groups of people were Gold Star families that are collecting survivors’ benefits — leaving those families to pay out thousands more in taxes at the end of the year. Considering these specific families have already lost their main financial support, it makes this added financial turmoil that much more disgusting.



[link:http://dctribune.org/gold-star-widow-called-white-house-to-discuss-taxes-they-hung-up-on-her/|

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Gold Star Widow Called White House To Discuss Taxes, They Hung Up On Her (Original Post) blondebanshee Apr 2019 OP
She didn't follow the chain of command. Oooops, that's right ... no one there in command. marble falls Apr 2019 #1
I Think it was more than 10 million paid more in taxes and Red Don paid less uponit7771 Apr 2019 #2
And a lot of mega corporations paid nothing. lpbk2713 Apr 2019 #3
I'm sure that MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #4
The M$M hasn't reported on this adequately. They never call trump iluvtennis Apr 2019 #5
The notion of "sacrifice" is foreign to cadet bone spurs Fritz Walter Apr 2019 #6
Did she vote for him? boston bean Apr 2019 #7
could be a good campaign ad for 2020... dhill926 Apr 2019 #8
LOL WHUT Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #9

lpbk2713

(42,764 posts)
3. And a lot of mega corporations paid nothing.
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 03:12 PM
Apr 2019


The following is a list of the country’s largest publicly-held profitable corporations that paid no federal income taxes in 2018 on billions in U.S. income, according to ITEP analysis of 560 companies. ITEP reports U.S. income before federal taxes, and takes into consideration paid state and local taxes, which could reduce or increase U.S. income. The report does not look at total tax provision, a number that could include foreign taxes and deferred taxes. All figures, except for tax rate, are in millions.


Article dated 04-19-19: https://publicintegrity.org/business/taxes/trumps-tax-cuts/you-paid-taxes-these-corporations-didnt/

MyOwnPeace

(16,936 posts)
4. I'm sure that
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 03:49 PM
Apr 2019

IQ45 will tweet some nasty thing about those "Gold Star Families" being nothing but beggars and Democrats.
After all, he has shown such respect to veterans in the past.

iluvtennis

(19,865 posts)
5. The M$M hasn't reported on this adequately. They never call trump
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 03:51 PM
Apr 2019

the liar he is about the non middle class tax cut

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
6. The notion of "sacrifice" is foreign to cadet bone spurs
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 04:24 PM
Apr 2019

As evidenced by his unvarnished contempt for Gold Star families, including Khzir Khan and his wife during the 2016 campaign. So this news comes as no surprise.

As my father — a career US Army NCO — used to say: he wouldn’t make a decent pimple on a PFC’s butt!

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