+50 50 0
Published 6 years ago by ckshenn with 11 Comments
Additional Contributions:

Join the Discussion

  • Auto Tier
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Post Comment
  • ubthejudge
    +10

    Solidifies what he'll get in his Christmas stocking: tons of clean coal.

  • socialiguana
    +9

    What a burn for all the poor Trump voters. But sadly nobody will care. Everyone who still supports him at this point is basically a lost cause.

    • Nelson
      +9

      They're literally behaving like a cult.

  • jasont
    +7

    That 200k membership fee is now way worth it!

  • NotWearingPants
    +5

    Oh look. The Hill has another unnamed source "verifying" a Dem talking point. They have convinced poor people that the only reason they are poor is because other people are rich. and that they should vote for other rich people who allegedly have their best interests at heart.

    According to the calculator, I'm paying $690 less. On top of a bonus and a raise.

    Am I supposed to be mad that people who pay tens or hundreds of thousands a year in federal income tax paid less, or sad that the people who pay little or no federal income tax still pay nothing?

    • AdelleChattre
      +4

      another unnamed source

      Can't they let The Washington Post have just that one thing?

      They have convinced poor people that the only reason they are poor is because other people are rich

      I dunno. Ending the estate tax does change the U.S. into a hereditary aristocracy, so that's exactly the case now.

      they should vote for other rich people who allegedly have their best interests at heart

      I'd vote for Sens. Sanders and Warren. Would you?

      According to the calculator, I'm paying $690 less

      This year. You might be surprised to hear there's been some fudging in the way this rolls out.

      On top of a bonus and a raise.

      Congratulations! Hope you weren't looking forward to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

      mad that people who pay tens or hundreds of thousands a year in federal income tax paid less

      Yes. Like, hell's teeth mad.

      sad that the people who pay little or no federal income tax still pay nothing

      Maybe you'd prefer the American peasantry pay their taxes by ritually sacrificing their children? Or do they?

      • ttubravesrock
        +7

        As usual, I fall between the Republicans and Democrats on this piece of legislation.

        I don't believe that, as Republicans say, this is the best piece of legislation in decades and that all of our problems will be solved.

        I also don't believe that, as Democrats say, this piece of legislation is going to destroy our country and kill old people and children.

        At this point, I believe that both sides use old people and children as a straw man and neither side actually cares about anything but beating the other side.

      • NotWearingPants
        +5

        Can't they let The Washington Post have just that one thing?

        Considering how often these sources have proved to be outright wrong?

        hereditary aristocracy

        Yeah, already there.

        I'd vote for Sens. Sanders and Warren. Would you?

        Sanders may be going to jail with his wife. Warren, maybe.

        fudging

        There always is. Accounts, economists, and statisticians seem to always come up with the numbers to please the boss..

        Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid

        That's the bogeyman that always gets trotted out. Before the social programs "go broke", they'll be fixed. Or politicians will be hanging from lamp posts.

        ritually sacrificing their children?

        Absolutely not! Those little buggers need to grow up and get jobs to pay the taxes to support me in my dotage (assuming I'm not already there).

Here are some other snaps you may like...