No not most especially. FFS. Trump clearly did illegal shit to win with musk, avoiding any penalties simply bc we have dinosaurs in the federal legislative body who still need to catch up to the internet. Yet folks like you wanna blame Palestine protest voters. Wake up asshole! You are a warmonger.
I blame all non voters regardless of their reason. People act as if they’re entitled to a democracy without putting forth the minimum of effort. Plus gerrymandering & Space X changing votes. So gfy
I don’t think my votes really mattered. I couldn’t vote for her policies on Gaza. I can’t ever vote for a woman. There’s no way Trump will win. Just as bad as following orders in my book
To many votes never count for anything due to the geographical position of the voter.
For years we have heard Americans telling us that they have the best system and are superior in every way. No one here believed that but reasoning with Americans have
Well they're learning now. Those were lies leading up to the election which of course they did not honor and did the exact opposite. But the thing is those tax cuts will be coming back to the public coffers and then some. They're going to find out the real harshness of accountability to the fullest
Most of Trump's voters won't hear that the proposed budget ignores all the goodies they believed Trump would give them.
They don't see or listen to any news outlet that would tell them. So they'll go on thinking they'll get what they voted on "soon" (or maybe "in two weeks").
They won't learn because the only lesson they have learnt is the one they really care: democracy is not for them, freedom of others who differ from you in opinion, skin color/ ethnicity are to be denied, the only ones who deserve to live the American Dream are white, male and evangelical!
We had a meeting at work where my back office staff wondered allowed how our reporting etc would change with these new laws. I advised to worry about things that will actually happen.
What if...all American tax payers paid taxes based on the lowest amount paid by the richest millionaires/billionaires: no Medicare, no Social Security, no Medicaid/Healthcare, limited Medicare, limited national security, no FEMA during Climate Change, fear of attack by foreign powers, etc.
Surprise, surprise. His voters were gloating when Trump won.
Watch as they now squirm along with the rest of the country that Trump is destroying. Hard lesson, but it had to be learned. They put Trump on a pedestal, THIS is the result
From what I’m seeing, they’re mostly still gloating. And FNC is telling them that everything is just fine. They’ve still got some road ahead before they fully get it.
It's still early days, and it starts with a slow trickle. The full impact is yet to be felt, and even FNC will come to the party and start condemning this regime for what it is. The rumblings are already there. It's all gonna snowball
Of course there’s no tax on tips when there are no restaurants left and no tax on overtime when it shifts from OT based on a 40 hour week to OT based on an 80 hour week/pay period. And no they won’t.
Sadly, true!
A little part of me is suspicious that Trumusk (Co-Presidents) are hoping that the people will rise up and causing significant civil disobedience so Marshall Law can be declared and they use our military to undermine our rights and freedoms! Not likely, but possible!
As a white soldier in the army during early 2000's most of my brother in arms where minorities, the military would crumble instantly if Trump declared Martial Law to promote his racist policies
"Try" but not likely. Too unorganized. Be millions marching against entitlement cuts by that time. He'd resign and special elections pushed by the masses
So why pay taxes? Any of us, why? Taxes, as outlined in our founding documents, are to be collected & used for common good. Not just to enrich billionaires
-- I pay to be protected at home and abroad by a smart and strong military. There's a moron in charge and I am much less safe now.
--I pay for roads waterways, and airports that allow me to travel safely. In less than a month I have become far less safe due to irrational firing, halting of needed work, and poor leadership.
--I pay for strong health and education systems for myself in the future and that is being gutted.
--I worked and I paid for security and care for myself & others as we age; all in the crosshairs.
--I pay for the protection & use of our treasured national parks & forest systems; more cuts there.
No one said "screw parks & grandma and buy Cybertrucks." No one. This is a fight that can be won.
I read somewhere, that the GOP is working on just how much they plan to cut on SS, Medicare/Medicaid, food stamps this past week.
Anyone know if this is true or not?
Wish I could remember where I read it, but...
Let's see if the news says this? And how fox news spins it. Most importantly how is the dems telling non democrats that this is happening. We all know, but others don't.
You're right! Instead, they could RAISE them on 99% of the population. In order to run a country, and, since he's cut taxes by 4.5 trillion for BILLIONAIRES, he'll have to RAISE them on OTHER PEOPLE, like all the NONE-BILLIONAIRES who voted MAGA. 🙄
The time for *I told you so* is over, George. Be useful or be quiet.
Nobody needs anybody to be pointing out the obvious especially some out of touch C-list celebrity who knows nothing about policy and probably gets paid by the DNC for their likeness so some teenage intern shit-posts as you online.
I swear the Trump voters are just stupid and ignorant because they believe everything he said, even though he lies and has done it before, but they still believe
As usual they were able to as they always are to pull the wool over the eyes of the sycophant Maga morons. They believe everything he says and he breaks every promise made. Except the ones that are to his advantage.
No, they won't. That is why we have to unite and organize. Democrats may not be perfect, but we can work on that once they are in control. We've got no chance with Republicans.
He said that he loved the uneducated! And a lot of his voters are.But what about those that are educated that voted for him.How the fuck did the Democrats lose almost 12million voters between’20 & ‘24? “Everyone”?!? says he won legit,I’m not convinced. Him winning all Swing States?Votes suppressed?🤷♂️
They didn't. Musk Rat, 🐀 Starlink, and his MuskRateers rigged the election. Trump has said as much. He even said before the election he didn't need people to vote for him.
This is financial suicide! We the people reject the $4.5T in tax cuts & the cuts to Medicaid & snap. We cannot afford another round of tax cuts. The math isn’t mathing
Obviously. They aren't there because not only did Trump lie, but they are going to take that stuff away from people. There is no reason for no taxes on them because they won't exist.
We don't usually talk about politics as a house rule, but my roommate mentioned that Trump is going to make SS tax free again. I said "Before or after he takes it away altogether?" And I just laughed.
Yeah I totally screwed myself on SS when I underreported my tips for the 15+ years I waited tables, and bartended. Not a great idea, but you don’t think of those things when you’re young, and broke.
I'm not surprised it isn't top of mind when people are living month to month. In their 20s, everyone that I've ever met has been supremely confident that SS will be gone before they can retire.
They believe this because a lot of people in power keep telling them that it won't be.
Actually, they are talking about no tax on Social Security. The problem is that low income people don't pay tax on Social Security. This will bankrupt the system sooner and take money from families and young people to give to wealthy seniors.
True, VERY low income people don't pay tax on Social Security. However, because they have not changed the income amount that triggers the tax in 42 years, it hits an awful lot of middle income recipients. Somehow, $25,000 just doesn't seem to go around as well it did in 1983. It needs indexing.
The original tax for "higher-income recipients" hit about 20%. Now it's over half of recipients. A single person with over $25K from ALL income, not just SS, pays tax on 50% of benefits. At about $35K, it's on 85% (set in 1993). Adjusted, that $25K would be about $70k+ now I know why nobody's
done it, because that would mean less money to SS and just feed into RW narratives of SS in trouble, but it would be better to get the $ from raising the withholding cap than continue to gouge seniors unfairly while everything else under the sun, including benefits, is indexed for inflation.
Social Security Funding doesn't works quite like that as I understand it but here's a Website to navigate that Explains exactly where the funding is fm & how it's disbersed so ppl don't worry if they are poor & recieve tax refunds that effects their future SS in any way
Her comment I replied to was "The problem is that low income people don't pay tax on Social Security. This will bankrupt the system sooner"
As ppl are scared of losing their SS or SSDI or SSI or ever getting it I didn't want them to worry if they're not paying Extra taxes SS will be compromised
What they need to do is tax rich people on Social Security so that when they make all that money that it goes into the Social Security pot and the Social Security won’t go bankrupt, which is what the Republicans have wanted it since the day after the bill was signed to put it into effect in 1933.
That is the plan to de-fund it like they tried with ACA they though that pulling the mandate and the fine for not having insurance would make it collapse and it didn't. That way they can say we didn't get rid of it.
They weren't paying attention when they locked kids in cages, were told to inject bleach during Covid (actually I wish they would have) or January 6th, then we need to go through one hell of a harsh lesson to rid us of Trumpism. The US is like an out of control crack addict who hasn't hit bottom yet
Allowing businesses to take tips is actually written in Project 2025. Calculating overtime on a monthly basis (rather than weekly) is actually written in project 2025.
Stephen Moore, co author said to slash SS and called SS a Ponzi scheme.
The giant bonuses the CEOs and management get will be considered tips! Also the shares of company stock they receive as compensation! ITS ALL ABOUT THE OLIGARCHS!!!
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Trump is banking on the fact that his maga base have the collective memory of a colander. And time and again they prove him right. So long as he keeps their attention away from what he promised by focusing them on what he hates, they'll go along willy nilly to our destruction.
Yes, I was really upset when I found out that I paid over $8000 in taxes on one of the years that Trump paid $750. They’re a whole lot of things that are wrong with this country but closing all the agencies is not the answer. He’s trying to take over the country again.
That's what the cuts are for. They are cutting the waste (programs that help every day workers) and using those cuts to pay for more tax cuts for the filthy rich. It's a robbery in broad daylight of the grandest scale.
Musk has only one aim and that's to be, for whatever reason, the worlds first trillionairre. He didn't care about any consequences, just that one goal drives him.
Also increased deficits while also reducing services to go along with his tariffs. I'd really love an explaination from his supporters as to how this is good for anyone...?
Shitler said he could shoot a man on 5th Ave and not lose supporters… he can also clearly shoot his own supporters right in the proverbial face and they will still blindly (as it were) support him. 😒
Kindermörder Putin and Triebtäter Dummy Do have doubled their bet!
It looks like Triebtäter will win his bet to ruin the USA in just 100 days!
So Trumpists, get on with it and keep supporting your chosen one... from Kindermörder Putin himself!
No,they never do.I’ve had people praise him for no tax on tips and overtime,and pretty much knew it wouldn’t happen.
Are people ever not going to fall for his bullshit?
What a shock? I am enjoying farmers complaining about not getting government subsidies for their farms. Don’t you guys remember, socialism is bad. It would be a shame if all those Republican voting farmers go bankrupt.
The MAGA cult only believe the orange shitgibion. They are sure everything he does is for their benefit, and no one else. They will do whatever he suggests he needs done.
This is what people voted for. It was all on Project 2025. Yet, because the GOP said "nuh-uh", people called us the liars and even labeled us insane and hysterical. We did everything we could not warn people. But, it's impossible when people simply take the GOP's word as gospel.
The problem is that most people don't have opinions of their own, just an identity. And if they identify as conservative, they will cheer and vote for the Republican part, and adopt Republican ideas, even though the party has completely gutted the meaning of the word conservative.
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In future, please make your satire a little more obvious! We’re not all as smart as you—especially when we’re tired because it’s been a loooong day!
To many votes never count for anything due to the geographical position of the voter.
For years we have heard Americans telling us that they have the best system and are superior in every way. No one here believed that but reasoning with Americans have
Waiter still makes 2.13 an hour. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/no-tax-on-tips-an-answer-in-search-of-a-question/
And then they hold signs that say "promises made, promises kept"
The RW propaganda machine makes Goebbels look like an amateur.
This is about reducing the amount of investigations into Elon Musk.
Con Men.
They don't see or listen to any news outlet that would tell them. So they'll go on thinking they'll get what they voted on "soon" (or maybe "in two weeks").
Watch as they now squirm along with the rest of the country that Trump is destroying. Hard lesson, but it had to be learned. They put Trump on a pedestal, THIS is the result
A little part of me is suspicious that Trumusk (Co-Presidents) are hoping that the people will rise up and causing significant civil disobedience so Marshall Law can be declared and they use our military to undermine our rights and freedoms! Not likely, but possible!
-- I pay to be protected at home and abroad by a smart and strong military. There's a moron in charge and I am much less safe now.
--I pay for strong health and education systems for myself in the future and that is being gutted.
--I pay for the protection & use of our treasured national parks & forest systems; more cuts there.
No one said "screw parks & grandma and buy Cybertrucks." No one. This is a fight that can be won.
Anyone know if this is true or not?
Wish I could remember where I read it, but...
"The concern I think I tried to ignore or suppress was whether I reached diverse audiences.
Was I penetrating conservative bubbles, or was I just preaching to the converted?"
https://www.rawstory.com/kirschner-leaving-msnbc-reasons/
Nobody needs anybody to be pointing out the obvious especially some out of touch C-list celebrity who knows nothing about policy and probably gets paid by the DNC for their likeness so some teenage intern shit-posts as you online.
If they do, this is exactly the type of issue that they should be talking about.
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It's basically saying, "We won't fight for a living wage, but we'll stop checking to see if you're hiding tip income on your 1040 EZ forms."
They believe this because a lot of people in power keep telling them that it won't be.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths2.html
As ppl are scared of losing their SS or SSDI or SSI or ever getting it I didn't want them to worry if they're not paying Extra taxes SS will be compromised
Never going to enjoy schadenfreude from immigrants being put in Interment camps because some other immigrant of the same nationality was MAGA. 😞
If tips are taken as payment to the business, the workers will not see tips, so workers won't pay taxes on tips.
If you eliminate overtime, which can happen in many ways, there will be no taxes on it.
#ZeroTrust
Stephen Moore, co author said to slash SS and called SS a Ponzi scheme.
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Average people in the country formerly known as America need a pay raise, not tax cuts.
Are you only now realising the 🍊 was never talking to you?
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You are the lemmings...
Or do you think marching will do the trick?
If you do, you're even more stupid.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49724251
...but, that's just me.
< shrugs >
https://youtu.be/_8mduTEvnU0
He didn’t keep his promises?!
Wow…
Trump keep on coming. The only truths are
It looks like Triebtäter will win his bet to ruin the USA in just 100 days!
So Trumpists, get on with it and keep supporting your chosen one... from Kindermörder Putin himself!
Are people ever not going to fall for his bullshit?
Or both?
A small subset of evil people are stealing the wealth of our entire country.
What??? Where am I???