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weirdly, even as corporations paid $90 billion less in taxes under the GOP tax scam bill, individual Americans paid $90 billion more
professor zovek
Jun 11, 10:24
Your typical misleading headline. Individuals paid less per person. More people working, more hours, and higher pay accounts for increase.
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PhoneHome
Jun 11, 10:31
This was exactly how it was supposed to work. Booming economy means less tax per person, but more tax revenue. Awesome news!
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PhoneHome
Jun 11, 10:33
Beyond the misleading headline: People not only paid less throughout the year, they got $12 Billion MORE in refunds.
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forlorne
Jun 11, 11:48
Also: 65% had tax cut, 6% paid more (BTW, this 6% is high income people from high tax states). And yes, lower incomes got less cut because
forlorne
Jun 11, 11:50
Total personal income went up 1.4 TRILLION $. Try to spin that into something negative.
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forlorne
Jun 11, 11:52
Where are you seeing $1.4T? I get 17.57 - 16.82 = $750B
Antibody
Jun 11, 13:43
2016 total=16.1T$, 2018 total=17.5T$
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forlorne
Jun 13, 08:34
Not that much more considering it went up $1.1T from 2014 to 2016, or $1.3T from 2009 to 2011 (Obama's first two years).
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Antibody
Jun 13, 09:10
My point was, personal income rising is not negative.
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forlorne
Jun 13, 12:59
Initially I thought Jimmy was just gullible. But it's become clear he's just a common troll repeating fabrications. Gets off on the reaction
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PhoneHome
Jun 11, 15:21
families got a huge break with high deductions per each dependant..so go out and make babies!!!
chipshot
Jun 12, 10:10