It'll be interesting to see what the inflation figures are when they're next released in the US. I'm predicting a sharp increase.

MeisterEckhart wrote Yesterday at 8:55am:


trump has given Billionaires like himself good solid tax breaks.
At the expense of the voters

greggerypeccary wrote Yesterday at 9:50am:


The FAFO MAGA people going into meltdown and are #LeavingMAGA had no idea.  They did not cast their votes for Trump with the expectation that he would strip them of their food stamps, destroy their livelihoods, or jeopardise their farms. Yet, that is precisely the reality they now face.

If their devotion to MAGA was so absolute that they existed within an impermeable echo chamber, utterly impervious to warnings of the consequences, can we truly say they were warned? Or were they simply cocooned in wilful ignorance, intoxicated by the rhetoric that fuelled their delusions but a leader who claimed to hate the same people they did?

But regardless of their regret, their suffering, or their belated realisation that they have been deceived, the fact remains, they voted for Trump, and in doing so, they authored their own misfortune.

I have no sympathy for them.

Let them weep into the void of social media, their lamentations mean nothing. Forgiveness is not owed to those who, in their blind allegiance, inflicted harm upon others.

At the end of the day, they had a choice. And they chose wrong.

KangAnon wrote Yesterday at 10:33am:



tissue, petal? or should I say Cassandra? 




Also
KangAnon wrote Yesterday at 8:35am:



you are such a projecting machine, Sad Scrots.

Frank wrote Yesterday at 10:44am:


OOOO, I feel more slurs coming on...  Someone's getting skirty.

Is it that time of the month Frannie?

Leroy wrote Yesterday at 11:53am:


In short, Trump's tax plan makes the rich richer by taxing them less while making the poor poorer while taxing them more...



Trump’s tax and economic proposals would, in 2026, cut taxes for the richest 5% of Americans and increase them for everyone else, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).

On the other hand, as ITEP announced Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposals would do just the opposite.

If her tax proposals are in effect in 2026, the richest 1% would pay an average of 4.1% of their income more in taxes while those in all other income groups would ­receive tax cuts. That includes an average tax cut of 2.7% for middle class families and an average tax cut of 7% for the poorest Americans.

ITEP looked at what Trump’s tax proposals for a second term in office would do: Extend the temporary provisions in the 2017 tax law that are set to expire in 2025;; reduce the corporate tax rate to 20% and then to 15%; repeal green energy tax credits enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act; and impose a new 20% tariff on imported goods.

By 2026, according to ITEP, the top 5% of earners would see lower tax bills under Trump’s plan, and more specifically, the richest 1% would save about $36,320 a year. That’s more than the annual income of the poorest 20% of families — who, under Trump’s plan, would be forced to pay an additional $790 in taxes a year, or nearly 5% percent of their income. Every other income group would also pay higher taxes, according to the ITEP analysis.

Under Harris’ tax plan, the richest 1% of Americans would see an average tax increase equal to 4.1% percent of their income, and those in other income groups would see tax cuts averaging from 2.7%-7% depending on how much they earn per year.

https://www.afscme.org/blog/trumps-tax-plans-would-benefit-the-rich-harris-plan-...