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========== How much do you know about the Trump tax INCREASES? They've been law since 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/opinion/republicans-biden-taxes.html There are better ways - https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 29 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2020-10-31 priority 1 ratio 3 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title How much do you know about the Trump tax INCREASES? topic tax wordrate 0 words 24 ID 1279592792385237 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1279592792385237 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 11 impress 54 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 36 likeusers 7 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 54 oreach 46 posted "10/31/2020 09:43:57 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 46 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Tax breaks for billionaires are tax increases for you. YOU pay for those tax breaks, one way or another. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/opinion/trump-taxes.html The Republican solution for this? More tax breaks for billionaires, of course! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/12/brilliant-political-move-trump-proposes-tax-cut-wealthy/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-10-01 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tax breaks for billionaires are tax increases for you. topic tax wordrate 0 words 35 ID 1253857481625435 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1253857481625435 impress 18 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 18 oreach 8 posted "10/01/2020 07:22:48 AM" reach 8 type Link ========== There's a good reason to keep cutting the IRS enforcement budget - IRS audits reduce the cash flow available for dark money contributions to Republican campaign coffers. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/15/opinion/tax-evasion-irs.html Taxes are for poor people, anyway. As the president so well illustrates. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1250813261929857 == topic tax 1 ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-09-28 priority 1 ratio 5 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title There's a good reason to keep cutting the IRS enforcement topic tax wordrate 0 words 43 ID 1251581615186355 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1251581615186355 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 5 impress 44 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 34 likeusers 4 likeuusers 33 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 44 oreach 34 posted "09/28/2020 01:13:37 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 34 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Everything you thought you knew - was exactly right! Free summaries - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/new-york-times-trump-tax-returns-key-findings https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/new-york-times-publishes-donald-trumps-tax-returns-election https://apnews.com/article/archive-personal-taxes-donald-trump-f0e2af5f9f99de9d30dc6b9097121188 Original details - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/trump-taxes-takeaways.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes-timeline.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/trump-taxes-editors-note.html Paying taxes - that's for suckers! Telling the truth - that's for suckers! Trump's likely response - who leaked the truth? http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#insecurity It's all of a piece with previous Trump financial shenanigans uncovered by the NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-wealth-fred-trump.html that are being investigated by the New York attorney general - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-ag-trump-organization-lawsuit/2020/08/24/882c03a8-e60e-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html Even Trump's family are victims - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/donald-trump-father-will/ There's still time to impeach him! But no matter - Trump's voters don't care. They'd do the same thing if they could get away with it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump--white-men-boat-parade/2020/09/27/dcd7bdd8-fe79-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/24/michigan-undecided-voters-democrats/ But what about Trump's major donors? Although many of them have made similar tax moves, it's not public knowledge. Will the adverse publicity associated with Trump's taxes make him damaged goods from a major donor viewpoint? If they are pretty sure he won't be in office to reward their support, they'll find better investments for their dark campaign cash. He might not really be rich enough to make up the difference himself. == The larger picture is that there are better ways to impose taxes - keep it simple and harder to hide. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 96 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-09-27 priority 1 ratio 5 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Everything you thought you knew - was exactly right! topic tax wordrate 0 words 192 ID 1250813261929857 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1250813261929857 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 42 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 1 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 3 oimpress 42 oreach 29 posted "09/27/2020 03:32:33 PM" postlinkclicks 3 reach 29 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Who's going to pay for all the lost economic output of the coronavirus? https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/08/coronavirus-economic-fallout-wealth-tax/ Even when they can't produce economic value due to the virus, people still consume economic value just to stay alive. That lost production will come out of somebody's consumption sooner or later. Maybe it's time for something simpler - https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== impact 61 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2020-08-14 ratio 2 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Who's going to pay for all the lost economic output of topic tax wordrate 0 words 55 ID 1213767918967725 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1213767918967725 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 5 impress 31 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 27 likeusers 4 likeuusers 22 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 31 oreach 23 posted "08/14/2020 09:43:18 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 23 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== No deal this month! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/12/trump-coronavirus-relief-congress/ But Trump announced he'd pay for Social Security and Medicare out of the general fund. By increasing taxes on the rich? Good luck getting that past a Republican Senate. That leaves... increasing taxes on the non-rich. == topic tax ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-12 ratio 21 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title No deal this month! topic tax wordrate 0 words 43 ID 1212558085755375 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1212558085755375 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 23 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 19 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 23 oreach 21 posted "08/12/2020 09:50:47 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 21 type Link ========== Back to capital gains tax cuts! Who says Trump has attention deficit? Billionaire tax relief is always on his mind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/12/brilliant-political-move-trump-proposes-tax-cut-wealthy/ He certainly knows how to please his donors. There's other things that could be done - and maybe they will next year. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 4 impact 97 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2020-08-12 priority 1 ratio 2 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Back to capital gains tax cuts! topic tax wordrate 0 words 46 ID 1212423299102187 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1212423299102187 audclicks 5 audreach 5 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 3 engaged 15 impress 60 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 47 likeusers 9 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 60 oreach 53 posted "08/12/2020 05:46:21 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 2 reach 53 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Trump's plan for Social Security and Medicare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/12/trumps-latest-social-security-con/ Later he said he would pay for Social Security and Medicare out of the general fund. Good luck getting Republicans to agree to that, even though that would make it easier to cut Social Security and Medicare later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/12/trump-coronavirus-relief-congress/ == topic tax ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Trump's plan for Social Security and Medicare. topic tax wordrate 0 words 48 ID 1212416725769511 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1212416725769511 impress 15 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 10 oimpress 15 oreach 11 posted "08/12/2020 05:32:20 PM" reach 11 type Link ========== Three ways payroll tax deferral doesn't work https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-inadvertent-tax-hike/2020/08/10/12457502-db00-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html == topic tax ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-08-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Three ways payroll tax deferral doesn't work topic tax wordrate 0 words 10 ID 1210770165934167 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1210770165934167 impress 16 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 11 oimpress 16 oreach 12 posted "08/10/2020 03:15:48 PM" reach 12 type Link ========== The kinds of goodies likely to be hiding in the next recovery bill https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/coronavirus-relief-bill-tax-break-retirees-rmd/ Investors are lining up to place their orders - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/us/politics/coronavirus-relief-lobbyists-special-interests.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 3 impact 86 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 0 posted 2020-07-24 priority 1 ratio 1 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title The kinds of goodies likely to be hiding in the next topic tax wordrate 0 words 26 ID 1197580413919809 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1197580413919809 audclicks 11 audreach 10 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 22 impress 65 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 14 likeuusers 55 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 65 oreach 56 posted "07/24/2020 06:22:28 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 5 reach 56 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Still trying to run down the clock. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/nyregion/donald-trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html But what happens when Trump is out of office? "Z is for zero, that's how it all ends No office, no power, no money, no friends" - Mad magazine circa 1960 == topic tax ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-07-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Still trying to run down the clock. topic tax wordrate 0 words 41 ID 1191158117895372 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1191158117895372 impress 21 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 16 oimpress 21 oreach 19 posted "07/15/2020 03:30:32 PM" reach 19 type Link ========== Cutting the IRS budget pays off! Lots of Republican donors have more money to donate when the IRS enforcement budget is cut! Though money from major donors is more of an investment than a donation! They expect return on investment at tax-bill-writing-time and IRS-enforcement-budget-time. They prefer IRS enforcement on things like earned income tax credit that don't affect major donor/investors and can be accomplished cheaply since EITC recipients can't afford fancy law firms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-republican-campaign-to-help-the-wealthy-cheat-on-their-taxes/2020/07/14/248c1fc4-c54b-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/15/opinion/tax-evasion-irs.html == topic tax 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-07-15 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Cutting the IRS budget pays off! topic tax wordrate 1 words 77 ID 1190883671256150 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1190883671256150 impress 24 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 18 oimpress 24 oreach 20 posted "07/15/2020 07:09:57 AM" reach 20 type Link ========== Radical indoctrination? https://apnews.com/6a7b65d54402e1ddf36425bd7914ff93 Weren't Republicans up in arms about that sort of thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy == topic tax ===== hide 1 impact 30 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 1 posted 2020-07-10 ratio 2 react 20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Radical indoctrination? topic tax wordrate 0 words 15 ID 1187362361608281 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1187362361608281 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 14 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 66 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 12 likeuusers 56 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 4 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 66 oreach 57 posted "07/10/2020 04:15:13 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 57 type Link ========== Running down the clock - another Trump victory! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/09/faq-trump-taxes-supreme-court/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-taxes-supreme-court-election-biden/2020/07/09/f4237c2a-c1f2-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html Today's main lesson - Congress can't rely on the courts and must do its own enforcement - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/trump-taxes-supreme-court-.html == Of course if Trump loses the election, he'll probably spend the rest of his life holding rallies with his base to fund his legal defense. But that's OK - he always preferred the excitement of campaign rallies to the tedium of actually governing. == topic tax ===== hide 1 impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2020-07-09 ratio 16 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Running down the clock - another Trump victory! topic tax wordrate 0 words 72 ID 1186763541668163 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1186763541668163 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 22 likeuimpress 18 likeuusers 15 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 22 oreach 16 posted "07/09/2020 09:32:54 PM" reach 16 type Link ========== Your Republican senators hard at work on the crises facing America! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/12/senators-weigh-allowing-corporations-accelerate-federal-tax-breaks-next-coronavirus-bill/ That's why they're too busy to comment on Trump's actions. They're focused on the #1 crisis facing America - getting enough money from their donors to buy their re-election despite Trump. == topic tax 1 ===== comments 3 impact 170 impactrate 0 likeimpress 15 negative 0 posted 2020-06-12 priority 1 ratio 1 react 37 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Your Republican senators hard at work on the crises topic tax wordrate 0 words 46 ID 1165299307147920 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1165299307147920 audclicks 14 audreach 9 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 22 impress 78 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 15 likeuimpress 71 likeusers 15 likeuusers 68 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 78 oreach 71 posted "06/12/2020 05:43:22 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 6 reach 71 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Republican donors would give anything to avoid paying capital gains taxes! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whatever-the-crisis-republicans-want-another-tax-cut-for-the-rich/2020/05/25/96d0c6ac-9eb8-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html Even though capital gains tax rates are much lower than that on earned W-2 income. == topic tax 1 ===== comments 3 hide 1 impact 186 impactrate 0 likeimpress 22 negative 1 posted 2020-05-25 priority 1 ratio 1 react 62 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Republican donors would give anything to avoid paying topic tax wordrate 0 words 30 ID 1151911251820059 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1151911251820059 audclicks 26 audreach 16 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 36 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 95 likeclickusers 34 likeimpress 22 likeuimpress 90 likeusers 21 likeuusers 87 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 19 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 95 oreach 90 posted "05/25/2020 05:14:11 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 12 reach 90 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 10 type Link ========== Once more, with Feeling! - the truth about Trump and his Republican enablers in the Senate! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-economic-response.html SAY one thing loudly to the voters, DO the opposite thing quietly for the donors. That's how you get the money to buy the ads to get the votes to sustain minority rule. And a little discreet foreign support doesn't hurt, if they conclude that your actions advance their strategic objectives. Trump's base thinks they are getting ripped off by the other people, immigrants, the deep state, Democrats - even though the truth is they are getting ripped off by the Republicans who were telling them they were getting ripped off by everybody else - and then accuse the Democrats of promoting class warfare. This paradox was the basis of minority rule by the Dixiecrats in the South through the 1960's, and was then adopted by the Republicans nationally as the Southern Strategy which has been a pillar of their minority rule ever since - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy. If you've got enough money to repeat your message over and over through every channel, enough voters will start to believe it's true - "It's us white men against all those people" - not "us feudal lords against the poor." This used to be a subliminal message, discreetly conveyed to those who wanted to hear it. In the Trump era, it's boldly broadcast to everybody. When it comes to white supremacist rallies, Trump notices fine people on both sides. He's never noticed any fine people at Black Lives Matter rallies. == By they way, if you don't get the headline reference - it's not Buffy, it's Yul - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_More,_with_Feeling! == topic tax 1 ===== comments 2 impact 983 impactrate 1 likeimpress 14 negative 0 posted 2020-05-23 priority 1 ratio 1 react 36 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title Once more, with Feeling! - the truth about Trump and his topic tax wordrate 0 words 273 ID 1150567851954399 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1150567851954399 audclicks 16 audreach 6 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 22 impress 78 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 14 likeuusers 66 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 78 oreach 70 posted "05/23/2020 09:40:59 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 6 reach 70 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Another Republican promise fulfilled! Their death-of-a-thousand-cuts plan for the IRS is working beautifully. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-the-backlogged-irs-struggles-to-open-mail-and-answer-the-phone-taxpayers-face-long-delays/2020/05/19/e89910d8-93ce-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html That'll keep them from auditing Republican donors and officials! == topic tax ===== impact 28 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-05-20 ratio 2 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Another Republican promise fulfilled! topic tax wordrate 0 words 25 ID 1148253315519186 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1148253315519186 audclicks 9 audreach 6 engaged 7 impress 35 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 1 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 35 oreach 32 posted "05/20/2020 04:54:30 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 3 reach 32 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Trump administration's greatest hit #2! Cut taxes on the rich! Trickle down economics is even better than colloidal silver - it's colloidal gold! So what if it's irrelevant to the virus or the recovery - it's highly relevant to the important donors who will fund the Republicans to victory in 2020! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-white-houses-coronavirus-cure-is-even-more-magical-than-we-could-have-imagined/2020/05/07/bde463f4-9097-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html Tax reform could be a good thing at some point. Not if the Republicans come up with it in secret dead-of-night meetings again. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Now traditional Republicans are getting anxious about deficits and debt. They should have remembered that traditional concern when they were passing billionaire tax relief in 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/10/top-white-house-advisers-unlike-their-boss-increasingly-worry-stimulus-spending-is-costing-too-much/ Not Trump though - he's the King of Debt! Other People's Money! https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-king-of-debt-224642 == Hit parade - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1138335409844310 https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1138333133177871 https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1137893776555140 == topic tax 1 ===== impact 312 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2020-05-07 priority 1 ratio 2 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title Trump administration's greatest hit #2! topic tax wordrate 0 words 120 ID 1138333133177871 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1138333133177871 audclicks 13 audreach 9 engaged 18 impress 71 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 9 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 71 oreach 60 posted "05/07/2020 10:22:02 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 4 reach 60 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== What recession? It's a great time to be rich! Your Republican senators are working overtime for you! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/business/tax-breaks-wealthy-virus.html == topic tax 1 ===== impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2020-04-25 priority 1 ratio 4 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title What recession? It's a great time to be rich! topic tax wordrate 0 words 21 ID 1128996754111509 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1128996754111509 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 7 impress 59 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 35 likeusers 3 likeuusers 33 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 59 oreach 47 posted "04/25/2020 01:16:38 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 2 reach 47 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Did you really think the coronavirus bailout was about coronavirus? It was precision-targeted to those who need it most - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/trump-kushner-could-reap-pandemic-windfall/ Think again! Let no serious crisis to go to waste. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/14/coronavirus-law-congress-tax-change/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 20 impact 401 impactrate 1 likeimpress 62 negative 0 posted 2020-04-14 priority 1 ratio 0 react 118 reactrate 0 shares 11 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title Did you really think the coronavirus bailout was about topic tax wordrate 0 words 34 ID 1120335228310995 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1120335228310995 audclicks 25 audreach 15 commentsimpress 20 commentsusers 16 engaged 78 impress 71 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 62 likeuimpress 66 likeusers 57 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 19 oimpress 71 oreach 60 posted "04/14/2020 09:18:54 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 9 reach 60 sharesimpress 11 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Retirement MRD's - special rules for 2020 What do Minimum Required Distributions from IRA and 401K retirement programs have to do with a virus? Not much, you might think, but they get a big mention in the CARES Act. That's because politicians of all stripes who just voted for a $2 trillion bailout, need to have a bag of goodies with something they can pull out for any audience during their re-election campaign. The part that's vaguely related to the virus is that you can withdraw retirement funds early without paying a penalty - but you still have to pay the regular tax on ordinary income. https://www.fool.com/retirement/2020/04/09/4-ways-the-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-could-affect.aspx It's usually not a good idea to withdraw your retirement early, but if you have to, it won't hurt as much as usual. The part that's harder to relate to the virus is that the requirement that you take a minimum required distribution, once you reach age 70 1/2, has been suspended for 2020. If you don't need to take the MRD then you don't have to take it and you don't have to pay a penalty. If you don't need to take your RMD, then you must not be hurting too badly from the virus. This provision is a goodie in the bag for older better-off voters who don't need any financial help, but do need a reason to return the incumbent to office. It's nominally to avoid forcing people to sell when the market is low, but it's more about passing on a more generous estate to their heirs. Most people who are hurting financially from the virus don't know about RMD's and don't care. That's just the way the politicians like it - putting in benefits for the better off that are obscure enough that the majority of voters won't get upset. https://itep.org/the-job-is-not-yet-done-itep-statement-on-the-2-trillion-relief-package/ It's exactly the way the 2017 tax cut was put together. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== impact 32 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-04-09 ratio 13 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Retirement MRD's - special rules for 2020 topic tax wordrate 1 words 315 ID 1116875958656922 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1116875958656922 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 19 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 19 oreach 13 posted "04/09/2020 10:30:49 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 13 type Link ========== Never waste a pandemic - Use the opportunity to reduce taxes on real estate developers! For instance, what better time to allow them to expense capital improvements in one year instead of depreciating them over their lifetime? It doesn't help residential homeowners, but major Republican donors have a lot more wealth in commercial real estate than in their personal residences. https://www.loopnet.com/learn/five-real-estate-takeaways-from-senate-approval-of-coronavirus-stimulus-/511170555/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/31/trump-dc-hotel-sale/ Since these tax law changes have nothing whatever to do with coronavirus, it's best to do them in secret late at night. In public in the light of day, distract and divert by talking about the $1200 that individual taxpayers might get. == topic tax 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2020-04-01 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Never waste a pandemic - topic tax wordrate 0 words 106 ID 1110410632636788 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1110410632636788 impress 23 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 13 oimpress 23 oreach 16 posted "04/01/2020 07:33:20 AM" reach 16 type Link ========== Why waste a good crisis? https://apnews.com/896611803373610849fe8602b64e181e The payroll tax holiday would benefit high-income workers more than low-income, and do nothing for the unemployed. Surprise! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/opinion/trump-coronavirus-economy.html == topic tax ===== comments 4 impact 78 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 0 posted 2020-03-12 ratio 2 react 30 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Why waste a good crisis? topic tax wordrate 0 words 26 ID 1095149614162890 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1095149614162890 audclicks 9 audreach 8 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 19 impress 83 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 78 likeusers 14 likeuusers 78 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 83 oreach 81 posted "03/12/2020 01:40:56 PM" postotherclicks 8 reach 81 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Good for what ails you! Or at least good for what ails me! Or... at least good for my donors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/09/coronavirus-threatens-economic-damage-republicans-return-an-old-favorite/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-03-09 priority 1 ratio 4 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Good for what ails you! topic tax wordrate 0 words 24 ID 1092979051046613 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1092979051046613 audclicks 8 audreach 7 engaged 7 impress 46 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 1 likeuusers 40 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 46 oreach 41 posted "03/09/2020 01:34:06 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 4 reach 41 type Link ========== Switch to plan A! https://nypost.com/2020/03/03/trump-says-good-time-for-tax-cut-as-coronavirus-sinks-market/ Tax cuts for the rich always work - for the rich! As long as they are advertised as for the middle class. Say one thing in public, do the opposite in private - that's been plan A for the Republicans for a century. Plan B didn't work. https://nypost.com/2020/03/03/dow-falls-786-points-as-wall-street-shrugs-off-feds-surprise-rate-cut/ Although lowered interest rates are always good for real estate speculators like Trump, the real purpose of leading with plan B was to follow with plan A and make it seem more necessary. Neither lowered interest rates nor tax cuts will actually do anything to ease global uncertainty about coronavirus and its economic consequences, but why waste a good crisis that's an opportunity for doing what you wanted to do anyway? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/8/31/20840700/indexing-capital-gains-to-inflation-example-donald-trump-twitter Even if that weren't Trump's motivation, that will be the motivation of the Republican bill writers in the Senate, working in secret in the dead of night, and of the major Republican donors that fund them. == topic tax 1 ===== comments 4 hide 1 impact 891 impactrate 1 likeimpress 17 negative 1 posted 2020-03-03 priority 1 ratio 1 react 55 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title Switch to plan A! topic tax wordrate 0 words 162 ID 1088774964800355 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1088774964800355 audclicks 28 audreach 14 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 27 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 84 likeclickusers 25 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 78 likeusers 17 likeuusers 78 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 25 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 84 oreach 82 posted "03/03/2020 10:29:24 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 11 reach 82 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Tax unrealized capital gains? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-want-the-wealthy-to-pay-higher-taxes-a-true-progressive-has-a-momentous-proposal/2020/02/19/6681f02a-5287-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html There are a lot of ways tax policy might level opportunity instead of establishing a hereditary nobility. The above is one. Here is another - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== impact 51 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2020-02-19 ratio 2 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Tax unrealized capital gains? topic tax wordrate 0 words 32 ID 1078935209117664 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1078935209117664 audclicks 9 audreach 4 engaged 8 impress 51 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 6 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 51 oreach 47 posted "02/19/2020 05:22:09 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 47 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Fill in the blanks! When Congress passes a complicated tax law and can't agree on the details, it often delegates the detailed regulations to the IRS. This is a difficult process politically and technically, particularly for an underfunded agency like IRS. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/climate/carbon-capture-tax.html == topic tax ===== impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2020-02-11 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Fill in the blanks! topic tax wordrate 0 words 44 ID 1072623616415490 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1072623616415490 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 27 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 23 likeusers 1 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 27 oreach 24 posted "02/11/2020 03:43:10 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 24 type Link ========== If it looks like a tax break for wealthy Republican real estate donors - it probably is! https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/treasury-inspector-general-opportunity-zone-investigation/index.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 1 impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2020-01-19 priority 1 ratio 2 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title If it looks like a tax break for wealthy Republican real topic tax wordrate 0 words 21 ID 1055301718147680 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1055301718147680 audclicks 7 audreach 6 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 14 impress 49 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 44 likeusers 13 likeuusers 42 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 49 oreach 44 posted "01/19/2020 07:14:57 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 44 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link