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========== Trump administration really delivered on its promises! The promises to big donors, that is. There's a good reason why tax reform laws are always thousands of pages thick and require hundreds of new regulations. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/trump-tax-cuts-beat-gilti.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/corporate-tax-cuts-impact.html Real tax reform should be simpler and more transparent than what it replaces. Not on Trump's watch! http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 2 impact 110 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-12-30 priority 1 ratio 2 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Trump administration really delivered on its promises! topic tax wordrate 0 words 55 ID 1036320903379095 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1036320903379095 audclicks 9 audreach 7 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 11 impress 52 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 47 likeusers 7 likeuusers 48 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 52 oreach 50 posted "12/30/2019 06:14:25 AM" postotherclicks 7 reach 50 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== How do we pay for safe roads? https://calmatters.org/commentary/electric-vehicle-fees/ == topic tax ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-12-26 ratio 34 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title How do we pay for safe roads? topic tax wordrate 0 words 10 ID 1032680177076501 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1032680177076501 engaged 1 impress 36 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 1 likeuusers 31 oimpress 36 oreach 34 posted "12/26/2019 08:07:11 AM" reach 34 type Link ========== A refundable tax credit for children? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/us/politics/child-tax-credit.html == topic tax ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-12-17 ratio 1 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title A refundable tax credit for children? topic tax wordrate 0 words 9 ID 1024522404558945 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1024522404558945 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 17 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 14 likeusers 4 likeuusers 14 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 17 oreach 15 posted "12/17/2019 07:11:51 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 15 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Romney and Bennet agree on expanding EITC. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romney-bucks-his-party-republicans-should-follow-his-leadership/2019/12/16/765fa1ba-2049-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html == topic tax ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-12-16 ratio 3 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Romney and Bennet agree on expanding EITC. topic tax wordrate 0 words 10 ID 1023617431316109 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1023617431316109 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 7 impress 31 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 5 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 31 oreach 28 posted "12/16/2019 07:06:45 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 28 type Link ========== Corporate tax cuts! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/16/corporations-paid-percent-tax-rate-last-year-steep-drop-under-president-trumps-law/ That's Republicans delivering on their campaign promises - not the noisy promises to voters - but the quiet promises to donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/16/new-report-hands-democrats-major-weapon-against-trump/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 2 hide 1 impact 67 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 1 posted 2019-12-16 priority 1 ratio 2 react 24 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Corporate tax cuts! topic tax wordrate 0 words 28 ID 1023610221316830 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1023610221316830 audclicks 4 audreach 4 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 15 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 54 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 13 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 54 oreach 52 posted "12/16/2019 06:59:04 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 52 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Slow and steady wins the race? Or simply fails to ignite the base? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/04/biden-releases-trillion-tax-plan-highlighting-divisions-with-sanders-warren/ Better to keep it simple? http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-04 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Slow and steady wins the race? Or simply fails to topic tax wordrate 0 words 21 ID 1011943132483539 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1011943132483539 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 15 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 11 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 15 oreach 12 posted "12/04/2019 10:43:59 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 12 type Link ========== The IRS is reduced to auditing EIC recipients because big Republican donors (and not a few Democrats) don't like to be audited, so they make sure the IRS doesn't have the manpower or technology to do so. Reducing IRS funding for auditing is better than a tax cut if most of your income is not reported on a W-2 or 1099. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-our-tax-system-needs-reform-lets-start-with-this-first-step/2019/11/17/4d23f8d4-07dd-11ea-924a-28d87132c7ec_story.html == topic tax 1 ===== impact 39 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-17 priority 1 ratio 2 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title The IRS is reduced to auditing EIC recipients because big topic tax wordrate 0 words 65 ID 996813423996510 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/996813423996510 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 18 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 15 likeusers 1 likeuusers 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "11/17/2019 06:15:01 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 16 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Was your tax cut this big? Was it even visible to you? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/business/how-fedex-cut-its-tax-bill-to-0.html == topic tax ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-17 ratio 5 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Was your tax cut this big? Was it even visible to you? topic tax wordrate 0 words 15 ID 996565177354668 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/996565177354668 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 18 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 15 likeusers 1 likeuusers 15 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "11/17/2019 11:10:35 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 16 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Wealth taxes are probably unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/wealth-tax-constitution.html Though what about gift and estate taxes? Why aren't they direct taxes? The Federal income tax is only constitutional because the constitution was amended specifically to permit it. But it's easier to find another tax avenue than to amend the Constitution. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-07 priority 1 ratio 5 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Wealth taxes are probably unconstitutional. topic tax wordrate 0 words 50 ID 988237804854072 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/988237804854072 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 21 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 15 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 21 oreach 17 posted "11/07/2019 01:15:38 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 17 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Trump's brilliant strategy - another tax cut! That'll take everybody's minds off impeachment! Same brilliant formula as last time? TALK loudly about window dressing imperceptible tax cuts for the middle class DO quietly tax cuts palpable for the major Republican donors With the same brilliant minds as last time putting it together in secret, they'll be handing another convenient campaign issue to the Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/10/31/white-house-officials-ramp-up-new-tax-cut-talks-trump-seeks-sharp-contrast-with-democrats/ But it will juice the big Republican donors to donate more to the RNC - and their only hope is to outspend the Democrats to repeat big lies over and over until voters think they are true. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-tax-cut-failed-their-response-lets-do-it-again/2019/10/31/19422660-fc13-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 8 hide 2 impact 1470 impactrate 0 likeimpress 46 negative 2 posted 2019-10-31 priority 1 ratio 1 react 140 reactrate 0 shares 16 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 68 title Trump's brilliant strategy - another tax cut! topic tax wordrate 0 words 105 ID 982235765454276 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/982235765454276 audclicks 68 audreach 33 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 8 engaged 65 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 214 likeclickusers 50 likeimpress 46 likeuimpress 151 likeusers 42 likeuusers 154 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 62 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 214 oreach 214 posted "10/31/2019 10:37:33 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 29 reach 214 sharesimpress 16 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Sentiment for a wealth tax https://www.apnews.com/a269e528738d401fb21d6b3d442604cf == topic tax ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 8 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 1 posted 2019-10-23 ratio 5 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Sentiment for a wealth tax topic tax wordrate 0 words 8 ID 975840612760458 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/975840612760458 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 6 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 74 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 4 likeuusers 51 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 74 oreach 54 posted "10/23/2019 04:33:00 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 54 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Another way to tax - inheritance. It has the advantages of being relatively simple to administer and collect. It avoids the inequity of stepped-up basis of capital assets on death. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/tax-inheritances-not-wealth.html == topic tax ===== impact 43 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-10-15 ratio 5 react 13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Another way to tax - inheritance. topic tax wordrate 0 words 33 ID 968580070153179 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/968580070153179 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 8 impress 98 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 8 likeuusers 64 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 98 oreach 66 posted "10/15/2019 12:52:03 PM" postotherclicks 5 reach 66 type Link ========== Can progressive taxation be restored that extends all the way to the top? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/opinion/sunday/wealth-income-tax-rate.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/08/first-time-history-us-billionaires-paid-lower-tax-rate-than-working-class-last-year/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html Or at least a total flat tax that extends all the way to the top? http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ There are other ways to do things. But none of them matter unless the IRS is funded to enforce tax laws against wealthy individuals and organizations. Trump would rather go the other way - taxing self-employed individuals at a lowered corporate rate, and undoing the Reagan tax reform that limited passive losses and ended accelerated depreciation on real estate. Read this carefully - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-reagan-tax-cuts_n_56cf5c95e4b03260bf75fcbd In the Reagan era, Trump favored raising regular tax rates but keeping tax rates on real estate investment very low - in order to encourage the wealthy to invest even more in real estate - a real boon for real estate speculators - like Trump. But he didn't get his wish and had to go into reality-TV instead. == topic tax 1 ===== hide 1 impact 107 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2019-10-11 priority 1 ratio 2 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Can progressive taxation be restored that extends all the topic tax wordrate 0 words 153 ID 965210513823468 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/965210513823468 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 3 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 49 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 15 likeusers 1 likeuusers 14 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 49 oreach 19 posted "10/11/2019 06:25:11 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 19 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Mission accomplished! Trump tax reform is a smashing success. Donors got full return on their investment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/08/first-time-history-us-billionaires-paid-lower-tax-rate-than-working-class-last-year/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html There are other ways to do things. But none of them matter unless the IRS is funded to enforce tax laws against wealthy individuals and organizations. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ And the irony is, the near-rich and barely-rich think they are victims rather than beneficiaries. Being rich means the ability to exercise free will and make choices that other people can't. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/opinion/sunday/rich-meritocracy-pity.html == topic tax 1 ===== impact 131 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-10-06 priority 1 ratio 2 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Mission accomplished! topic tax wordrate 0 words 77 ID 961858787491974 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/961858787491974 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 9 impress 86 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 8 likeuusers 40 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 86 oreach 47 posted "10/06/2019 07:17:53 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 47 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Another whistle blowing https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-whistleblower-complaint-you-havent-heard-of-relates-to-trumps-taxes/2019/09/30/10835424-e3c0-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 4 hide 1 impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 1 posted 2019-09-30 priority 1 ratio 1 react 65 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 36 title Another whistle blowing topic tax wordrate 0 words 7 ID 957273457950507 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/957273457950507 audclicks 36 audreach 20 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 3 engaged 29 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 112 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 87 likeusers 16 likeuusers 74 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 28 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 112 oreach 81 posted "09/30/2019 07:48:31 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 17 reach 81 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== How tax reform works. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/opinion/trump-tax-opportunity-zones.html The more complicated the tax law, the more places for cockroaches and other bugs to hide in the dark. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 86 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-09-03 priority 1 ratio 2 react 32 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title How tax reform works. topic tax wordrate 0 words 27 ID 936945186650001 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/936945186650001 audclicks 16 audreach 10 engaged 16 impress 119 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 95 likeusers 10 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 119 oreach 82 posted "09/03/2019 06:50:17 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 9 reach 82 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Opportunity zones for billionaires. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/business/tax-opportunity-zones.html More return on investment for Trump donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/business/the-trump-associates-benefiting-from-a-tax-break-for-poor-communities.html == topic tax 1 ===== impact 77 impactrate 0 likeimpress 23 negative 0 posted 2019-08-31 priority 1 ratio 2 react 51 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title Opportunity zones for billionaires. topic tax wordrate 0 words 15 ID 934906463520540 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/934906463520540 audclicks 16 audreach 9 engaged 31 impress 148 likeclickusers 27 likeimpress 23 likeuimpress 130 likeusers 22 likeuusers 100 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 148 oreach 107 posted "08/31/2019 07:28:24 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 7 reach 107 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== It’s very difficult technically to pull off without creating a whole bunch of tax shelters and inefficiencies. But isn't that the whole idea? Trump never forgave Reagan for the tax reform of 1986! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/30/white-house-still-considering-tax-cut-bypassing-congress-trump-appeared-rule-out-last-week/ But Trump at least acknowledged that a tax cut on capital gains is for the benefit of his donors, not his voters. == topic tax 1 ===== comments 4 hide 1 impact 513 impactrate 0 likeimpress 35 negative 1 posted 2019-08-30 priority 1 ratio 1 react 87 reactrate 0 shares 11 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 36 title It’s very difficult technically to pull off without topic tax wordrate 0 words 59 ID 934289890248864 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/934289890248864 audclicks 36 audreach 21 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 50 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 227 likeclickusers 42 likeimpress 35 likeuimpress 200 likeusers 35 likeuusers 162 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 29 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 227 oreach 168 posted "08/30/2019 10:52:08 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 15 reach 168 sharesimpress 11 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== Why didn't they cut working-class taxes first and investor-class taxes second? Because they expect their working-class voters to vote for them no matter what, but their investor-class donors will invest their donations elsewhere if they don't get what they want. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/business/trump-economy.html https://beta.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-officials-eyeing-payroll-tax-cut-in-effort-to-reverse-weakening-economy/2019/08/19/4cab28ec-c2bd-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html == topic tax ===== comments 8 hide 1 impact 353 impactrate 0 likeimpress 31 negative 1 posted 2019-08-19 ratio 1 react 82 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 33 title Why didn't they cut working-class taxes first and topic tax wordrate 0 words 43 ID 926831184328068 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/926831184328068 audclicks 33 audreach 23 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 8 engaged 46 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 205 likeclickusers 40 likeimpress 31 likeuimpress 185 likeusers 28 likeuusers 148 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 27 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 205 oreach 157 posted "08/19/2019 04:07:56 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 19 reach 157 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== Observations on taxation. https://itep.org/one-tax-system-for-most-americans-and-a-second-system-for-the-wealthiest/ https://itep.org/taxing-offshore-profits-and-domestic-profits-equally-could-curb-corporate-tax-dodging/ https://itep.org/irs-salt-workaround-regulations-should-be-strengthened-not-rejected/ https://itep.org/the-mortgage-interest-deduction-is-a-house-of-cards/ There is virtue in simplicity - the more cracks in the foundation, the easier it is to hide. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 6 impact 258 impactrate 0 likeimpress 47 negative 0 posted 2019-08-17 priority 1 ratio 1 react 103 reactrate 0 shares 23 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 27 title Observations on taxation. topic tax wordrate 0 words 25 ID 925221817822338 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/925221817822338 audclicks 27 audreach 17 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 6 engaged 70 impress 262 likeclickusers 47 likeimpress 47 likeuimpress 230 likeusers 47 likeuusers 184 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 262 oreach 195 posted "08/17/2019 08:42:07 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 13 reach 195 sharesimpress 23 sharesusers 22 type Link ========== They are still at it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/31/trump-administration-considers-innovative-plan-cut-taxes-rich-again/ Evidently there weren't enough objections when first raised. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-27/white-house-mulls-capital-gains-tax-break-that-benefits-wealthy == topic tax ===== comments 2 hide 1 impact 96 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 1 posted 2019-08-04 ratio 2 react 60 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 24 title They are still at it! topic tax wordrate 0 words 16 ID 916955711982282 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916955711982282 audclicks 24 audreach 16 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 35 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 205 likeclickusers 34 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 168 likeusers 26 likeuusers 138 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 20 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 205 oreach 143 posted "08/04/2019 09:56:21 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 13 reach 143 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Nobody wants to deal with the deficit - https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-is-losing-one-of-the-only-incentives-it-had-to-address-the-deficit/2019/07/27/752fae9c-afca-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html They just want future generations to pay for current consumption. == topic tax ===== comments 1 impact 92 impactrate 0 likeimpress 19 negative 0 posted 2019-07-27 ratio 3 react 44 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title Nobody wants to deal with the deficit - topic tax wordrate 0 words 21 ID 911494842528369 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911494842528369 audclicks 20 audreach 14 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 29 impress 205 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 19 likeuimpress 170 likeusers 19 likeuusers 125 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 205 oreach 136 posted "07/27/2019 08:28:23 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 11 reach 136 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Trump believes in foreign aid after all! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/opinion/trump-foreign-investors.html Why hasn't the mainstream media made a bigger deal about this? And that's not even mentioning Opportunity Zones https://www.eb5investors.com/blog/what-do-opportunity-zones-mean-for-eb-5-industry which are designed to bring development to impoverished target areas like downtown San Jose where Google is taking over https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/18/google-widens-downtown-san-jose-transit-village-property-purchases/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/21/googles-big-plans-for-downtown-san-jose-answers-for-all-your-questions/ You can tell it's depressed because apartment rents range from $1600 to $3000 https://www.realtor.com/apartments/Downtown-San-Jose_San-Jose_CA Don't forget EB-5 visas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa that are designed to bring the right kind of immigrants into the country. Who's opposed to immigrants that will be rich Trumpist donors? == topic tax ===== comments 1 hide 1 hideall 1 impact 766 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 2 posted 2019-07-25 ratio 1 react 88 reactrate 0 shares 16 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 43 title Trump believes in foreign aid after all! topic tax wordrate 0 words 87 ID 910077542670099 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/910077542670099 audclicks 43 audreach 30 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 54 hideallclicks 1 hideallclicksusers 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 218 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 181 likeusers 26 likeuusers 155 matchedlinkclicks 18 matchedotherclicks 25 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 218 oreach 169 posted "07/25/2019 07:06:16 PM" postlinkclicks 18 postotherclicks 16 reach 169 sharesimpress 16 sharesusers 15 type Link ========== Trump tax cuts big win for consumers! Banks are consumers too, you know. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/business/bank-earnings-profits-taxes.html == topic tax ===== comments 4 impact 80 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-07-24 ratio 2 react 50 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title Trump tax cuts big win for consumers! topic tax wordrate 0 words 16 ID 909276346083552 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/909276346083552 audclicks 20 audreach 9 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 22 impress 154 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 130 likeusers 15 likeuusers 100 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 18 oimpress 154 oreach 106 posted "07/24/2019 04:57:45 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 9 reach 106 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== This sounds like an interesting job for an experienced developer. https://itep.org/employment/ == topic tax ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-06-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title This sounds like an interesting job for an experienced topic tax wordrate 0 words 13 ID 891912917819895 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/891912917819895 impress 36 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 18 oimpress 36 oreach 20 posted "06/28/2019 06:43:45 PM" reach 20 type Link ========== Article 1 Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress Article 1 Section 7: All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. No problem - the president can LOWER revenue by executive order! Especially for billionaire donor real estate speculators. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-27/white-house-mulls-capital-gains-tax-break-that-benefits-wealthy Raising the deficit is the OPPOSITE of raising revenue, so the Constitution does not apply! Just as in the other countries Trump admires https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appears-more-at-ease-with-strongmen-than-democratic-leaders-at-g-20-summit/2019/06/28/dc2fac88-99b7-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 12 impact 1041 impactrate 0 likeimpress 38 negative 0 posted 2019-06-28 priority 1 ratio 1 react 137 reactrate 0 shares 22 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 65 title Article 1 Section 1: All legislative Powers herein topic tax wordrate 0 words 76 ID 891725947838592 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/891725947838592 audclicks 65 audreach 36 commentsimpress 12 commentsusers 11 engaged 70 impress 272 likeclickusers 42 likeimpress 38 likeuimpress 180 likeusers 35 likeuusers 146 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 56 oimpress 272 oreach 180 posted "06/28/2019 11:07:37 AM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 32 reach 180 sharesimpress 22 sharesusers 21 type Link ========== When tax laws are drafted in secret in dead of night... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/18/im-not-american-how-complicated-trump-tax-law-created-huge-bills-foreign-citizens/ Nobody had time to consider dual nationals. == topic tax ===== impact 84 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-06-19 ratio 3 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 23 title When tax laws are drafted in secret in dead of night... topic tax wordrate 0 words 21 ID 885495451794975 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/885495451794975 audclicks 23 audreach 15 engaged 22 impress 193 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 126 likeusers 9 likeuusers 97 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 193 oreach 139 posted "06/19/2019 05:36:12 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 10 reach 139 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== So the tax cuts won't pay for themselves this year. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-12/u-s-budget-gap-hits-739-billion-with-four-months-left-in-year Next year for sure? https://www.salon.com/2019/06/13/as-deficit-skyrockets-author-of-gop-tax-bill-admits-cuts-may-not-pay-for-themselves/ Maybe not. The best that tax cuts have done, historically, is increase growth to pay for about 1/3 of the cut. That's when taxes are cut to stimulate a contracting economy. If the economy is already at full steam? Then it's like pulling harder on an already taut string. http://www.crfb.org/blogs/do-tax-cuts-pay-themselves But that's not the point anyway. The point is that the tax cuts have already repaid the billionaire campaign donors contributions. https://publicintegrity.org/business/taxes/trumps-tax-cuts/did-billionaires-pay-off-republicans-for-passing-the-trump-tax-bill/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 5 impact 818 impactrate 0 likeimpress 46 negative 0 posted 2019-06-16 priority 1 ratio 2 react 93 reactrate 0 shares 17 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title So the tax cuts won't pay for themselves this year. topic tax wordrate 0 words 88 ID 883322022012318 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/883322022012318 audclicks 25 audreach 17 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 3 engaged 55 impress 306 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 46 likeuimpress 194 likeusers 46 likeuusers 159 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 306 oreach 219 posted "06/16/2019 11:13:23 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 13 reach 219 sharesimpress 17 sharesusers 17 type Link ========== Cadillac tax - for or against? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/killing-the-cadillac-tax-would-throw-our-health-care-even-more-out-of-whack/2019/06/06/acbc0842-8707-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html == topic tax ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-06-06 ratio 37 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Cadillac tax - for or against? topic tax wordrate 0 words 9 ID 876447362699784 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/876447362699784 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 66 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 39 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 66 oreach 37 posted "06/06/2019 07:36:55 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 37 type Link ========== Who benefits from regressive Trumponomics? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/04/trumps-worldview-is-failing-spectacularly-several-new-studies-illustrate-how/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/business/tariffs-trump-mexico-china.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/28/new-report-further-undermines-trumps-claim-that-tax-cuts-were-economic-rocket-fuel/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/opinion/trump-trade-war.html == topic tax ===== comments 1 impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-06-04 ratio 3 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Who benefits from regressive Trumponomics? topic tax wordrate 0 words 8 ID 874653382879182 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/874653382879182 audclicks 12 audreach 10 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 12 impress 108 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 79 likeusers 5 likeuusers 64 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 108 oreach 69 posted "06/04/2019 08:42:22 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 5 reach 69 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Getting at the truth about taxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/opinion/trump-taxes-new-york.html == topic tax ===== comments 1 impact 45 impactrate 0 likeimpress 20 negative 0 posted 2019-05-29 ratio 1 react 50 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title Getting at the truth about taxes. topic tax wordrate 0 words 9 ID 870643829946804 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/870643829946804 audclicks 25 audreach 16 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 26 impress 144 likeclickusers 25 likeimpress 20 likeuimpress 107 likeusers 20 likeuusers 87 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 21 oimpress 144 oreach 95 posted "05/29/2019 11:17:57 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 13 reach 95 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== What you need to know about hedge funds and carried interest https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/opinion/windstream-bankruptcy-cds.html and what you need to know about carried interest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/hedge-fund-managers-shift-billions-over-carried-interest-concern https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/carried-interest A Democratic candidate was at a fundraiser party and a potential donor came up and asked his position on carried interest. The candidate answered that all income should be taxed at the same rate. The potential donor said he couldn't support him. Republicans aren't the only single-issue donors. Know what a Plimsoll line is? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterline They were invented to keep speculators from over-insuring ships, then overloading them so they were likely to sink, to the point that the speculators profited more from a sinking than a safe voyage. == topic tax ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-05-13 ratio 14 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title What you need to know about hedge funds and carried topic tax wordrate 0 words 110 ID 860072281003959 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/860072281003959 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 52 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 32 likeusers 1 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 52 oreach 28 posted "05/13/2019 05:14:06 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 28 type Link ========== Use taxation to regulate giant social media companies https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/opinion/tax-facebook-google.html == topic tax ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-05-06 ratio 13 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Use taxation to regulate giant social media companies topic tax wordrate 0 words 11 ID 856021101409077 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/856021101409077 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 52 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 1 likeuusers 25 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 52 oreach 27 posted "05/06/2019 08:38:32 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 27 type Link ========== Thank you Warren Harding! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/mnuchin-rejects-democrats-demand-to-hand-over-trumps-tax-returns-all-but-ensuring-legal-battle/2019/05/06/5483f8ac-7022-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html We see now that Harding was unfairly maligned as our worst president. He did succeed in calling the world's first global disarmament conference, which produced a treaty that lasted for ten years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Conference And the Teapot Dome scandal produced a particular 1924 law under circumstances that sound surprisingly familiar - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-20/trump-s-taxes-1924-law-gives-congress-authority-to-see-returns There's another Warren Harding who did amazing things. But that's another story - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Harding_(climber) == topic tax 1 ===== comments 4 impact 455 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 0 posted 2019-05-06 priority 1 ratio 2 react 65 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 32 title Thank you Warren Harding! topic tax wordrate 0 words 70 ID 855967281414459 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/855967281414459 audclicks 32 audreach 28 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 3 engaged 44 impress 255 likeclickusers 43 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 223 likeusers 25 likeuusers 155 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 28 oimpress 255 oreach 166 posted "05/06/2019 06:33:22 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 25 reach 166 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== More fighting Federal overreach the Republican way. Trump says he favors increasing the IRS enforcement budget. Maybe he didn't realize he aligns with Elizabeth Warren on this issue. Apparently Trump forgot to check with his donors. Or else he meant tougher audits against poor people on the EIC. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sunday-review/tax-rich-irs.html == topic tax 1 ===== hide 1 impact 73 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 1 posted 2019-05-03 priority 1 ratio 4 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title More fighting Federal overreach the Republican way. topic tax wordrate 0 words 52 ID 853830561628131 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/853830561628131 audclicks 7 audreach 7 engaged 11 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 87 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 55 likeusers 4 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 6 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 87 oreach 61 posted "05/03/2019 08:19:39 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 6 reach 61 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== A Democratic wedge issue. Income taxation is one area where Trump voters and Trump donors are completely opposed to each other. Republicans like to change the subject whenever it comes up. Democrats should keep bringing it up. Same for medical care. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/politics/democrats-taxes-2020.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 9 hide 1 impact 558 impactrate 0 likeimpress 47 negative 1 posted 2019-04-30 priority 1 ratio 3 react 124 reactrate 0 shares 22 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 45 title A Democratic wedge issue. topic tax wordrate 0 words 45 ID 851980201813167 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/851980201813167 audclicks 45 audreach 31 commentsimpress 9 commentsusers 9 engaged 72 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 656 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 47 likeuimpress 202 likeusers 46 likeuusers 149 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 39 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 656 oreach 481 posted "04/30/2019 07:27:55 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 26 reach 481 sharesimpress 22 sharesusers 21 type Link ========== A different approach to funding infrastructure. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/infrastructure-bank.html == topic tax ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-04-23 ratio 10 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title A different approach to funding infrastructure. topic tax wordrate 0 words 9 ID 847638012247386 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/847638012247386 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 83 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 72 likeusers 3 likeuusers 57 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 83 oreach 60 posted "04/23/2019 06:16:44 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 60 type Link ========== Opportunity zones: opportunities for real estate speculators, opportunities for poor people to urban-renew-remove themselves. Part of the billionaire tax relief. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/22/how-a-trump-program-could-spur-a-new-wave-of-bay-area-development/ == topic tax ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-04-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Opportunity zones: opportunities for real estate topic tax wordrate 0 words 23 ID 847394272271760 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/847394272271760 impress 52 likeuimpress 38 likeuusers 33 oimpress 52 oreach 36 posted "04/22/2019 07:17:35 PM" reach 36 type Link ========== Incremental progress in getting more people to provide for their own retirement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congresss-tweaks-to-the-401k-system-are-small-ball-but-welcome/2019/04/19/89ced9f2-5559-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html == topic tax ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-04-21 ratio 21 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Incremental progress in getting more people to provide topic tax wordrate 0 words 15 ID 846518242359363 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/846518242359363 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 112 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 90 likeusers 2 likeuusers 58 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 112 oreach 63 posted "04/21/2019 11:18:38 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 63 type Link ========== Scorecard on billionaire tax relief - it worked! Not a single Republican billionaire donor complained about his taxes going up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/15/tax-day-did-gop-tax-bill-live-up-its-promises/ Other points of view - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/business/rich-people-against-tax-cut.html https://taxmarch.org/taxtherich/ https://itep.org http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== comments 2 impact 53 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 ratio 5 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Scorecard on billionaire tax relief - it worked! topic tax wordrate 0 words 28 ID 843039639373890 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843039639373890 audclicks 9 audreach 7 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 11 impress 135 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 82 likeusers 6 likeuusers 69 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 135 oreach 95 posted "04/15/2019 12:08:26 PM" postotherclicks 7 reach 95 sharesimpress 2 type Link ========== People who want to be in the game have to be where the game is. Retired people want to be where the best medical care is. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/10/study-no-sign-yet-that-rich-are-fleeing-for-lower-tax-states/ Rural Nevada or North Dakota or Alaska doesn't work that well for either of them, even though the cost of living and taxes are low. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/opinion/rural-america-economic-decline.html == topic tax ===== impact 43 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 ratio 7 react 8 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title People who want to be in the game have to be where the topic tax wordrate 0 words 54 ID 842923412718846 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/842923412718846 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 5 impress 94 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 73 likeusers 3 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 94 oreach 63 posted "04/15/2019 07:36:17 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 63 type Link ========== The Democrats have tax plans - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/12/good-elizabeth-warren-wanting-make-it-simpler-file-taxes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democrats-new-tax-plan-is-their-clearest-most-efficient-blueprint-yet/2019/04/11/5a06c7aa-5c90-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html More - https://taxmarch.org/taxtherich/ Another approach - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 1 impact 29 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-04-11 priority 1 ratio 4 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title The Democrats have tax plans - topic tax wordrate 0 words 15 ID 840786936265827 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/840786936265827 audclicks 10 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 impress 125 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 5 likeuusers 58 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 125 oreach 90 posted "04/11/2019 08:16:09 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 5 reach 90 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== There's no reason the IRS can't prepare simple tax returns automatically. Well there's one reason - the industry is against it. Guess who won! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-backs-bill-barring-irs-from-offering-free-tax-filing-services/2019/04/09/f9eba6ee-5ae9-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html But not for long, if Warren has her way - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/12/good-elizabeth-warren-wanting-make-it-simpler-file-taxes/ == topic tax ===== comments 9 impact 374 impactrate 0 likeimpress 42 negative 0 posted 2019-04-09 ratio 3 react 101 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 40 title There's no reason the IRS can't prepare simple tax returns topic tax wordrate 0 words 37 ID 839361329741721 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/839361329741721 audclicks 40 audreach 33 commentsimpress 9 commentsusers 7 engaged 67 impress 450 likeclickusers 49 likeimpress 42 likeuimpress 187 likeusers 42 likeuusers 138 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 32 oimpress 450 oreach 331 posted "04/09/2019 02:02:31 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 28 reach 331 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== If you're rich enough, you don't have to worry about the IRS. Congress has your back! https://www.propublica.org/article/ultrawealthy-taxes-irs-internal-revenue-service-global-high-wealth-audits https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-irs-was-gutted When tax laws get complicated they get very hard to enforce. That is no accident. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/qualified-business-income-deduction https://www.irsvideos.gov/Business/FilingPayingTaxes/TaxReformBasicsForTheQBID Final regulations - 175+ pages - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/td-reg-107892-18.pdf But don't worry. If you are not a real estate developer, most of that won't apply to you. There are other approaches - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ https://itep.org/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 2 impact 371 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 0 posted 2019-04-08 priority 1 ratio 3 react 58 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 27 title If you're rich enough, you don't have to worry about topic tax wordrate 0 words 64 ID 838662709811583 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/838662709811583 audclicks 27 audreach 16 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 24 impress 231 likeclickusers 23 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 123 likeusers 17 likeuusers 96 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 231 oreach 174 posted "04/08/2019 10:31:06 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 12 reach 174 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Where there's a will, there's a way https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/nyregion/trump-tax-returns-ny-state.html == topic tax ===== comments 1 impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-04-08 ratio 3 react 26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Where there's a will, there's a way topic tax wordrate 0 words 10 ID 838570529820801 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/838570529820801 audclicks 12 audreach 12 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 20 impress 132 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 116 likeusers 13 likeuusers 84 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 132 oreach 86 posted "04/08/2019 07:12:03 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 6 reach 86 type Link ========== Tax the rich https://taxmarch.org/taxtherich/ One approach - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 1 impact 51 impactrate 0 likeimpress 23 negative 0 posted 2019-04-03 priority 1 ratio 2 react 51 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title Tax the rich topic tax wordrate 0 words 10 ID 835546643456523 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/835546643456523 audclicks 20 audreach 17 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 27 impress 184 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 23 likeuimpress 116 likeusers 23 likeuusers 93 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 184 oreach 129 posted "04/03/2019 09:29:14 AM" postotherclicks 17 reach 129 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Why Republicans like a feeble IRS https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-biggest-lesson-from-michael-cohens-explosive-testimony/2019/02/28/f2e1919a-3b97-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html They only want to give it enough resources to audit relatively poor people who can't afford the legal firepower to bog down the IRS in court. There are lots of radio ads for attorneys specializing in helping people with small IRS problems - like tens of thousands of dollars - http://www.taxexit.com/ People and corporations with big potential IRS problems - like tens of millions of dollars - don't need to listen to radio ads - they already have big expensive law firms on their sides. == topic tax 1 ===== comments 1 impact 677 impactrate 0 likeimpress 23 negative 0 posted 2019-03-01 priority 1 ratio 2 react 72 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 40 title Why Republicans like a feeble IRS topic tax wordrate 0 words 94 ID 815356385475549 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/815356385475549 audclicks 40 audreach 25 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 39 impress 319 likeclickusers 30 likeimpress 23 likeuimpress 152 likeusers 22 likeuusers 99 matchedlinkclicks 11 matchedotherclicks 29 oimpress 319 oreach 213 posted "03/01/2019 06:18:32 AM" postlinkclicks 10 postotherclicks 21 reach 213 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Paying for a progressive agenda https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/opinion/on-paying-for-a-progressive-agenda.html == topic tax ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-02-20 ratio 10 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Paying for a progressive agenda topic tax wordrate 0 words 8 ID 810503462627508 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/810503462627508 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 66 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 33 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 66 oreach 40 posted "02/20/2019 08:46:00 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 40 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== "what was the precise meaning of direct taxation?" We might be finding out soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/elizabeth-warrens-popular-plan-to-tax-the-rich-is-probably-unconstitutional/2019/02/14/60195bc4-2fec-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-9/clause-4/direct-taxes == topic tax 1 ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-02-17 priority 1 ratio 26 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title "what was the precise meaning of direct topic tax wordrate 0 words 18 ID 808343589510162 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/808343589510162 engaged 1 impress 45 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 1 likeuusers 23 oimpress 45 oreach 26 posted "02/17/2019 07:25:22 AM" reach 26 type Link ========== "turning America into Scandinavia will be a lot harder than they imagine" California voters like European social safety nets, as long as somebody else pays for them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/11/heres-right-lesson-liberals-should-learn-scandinavian-socialism == topic tax ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-11 ratio 14 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title "turning America into Scandinavia will be a lot harder topic tax wordrate 0 words 30 ID 804728573204997 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/804728573204997 engaged 2 impress 55 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 2 likeuusers 25 oimpress 55 oreach 28 posted "02/11/2019 03:56:44 PM" reach 28 type Link ========== Did Trump billionaire tax relief encourage the wealthy to migrate to low-tax states? Maybe, but there are plenty of plausible explanations, and in any event it's too soon to tell. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/10/did-republican-tax-law-spur-rich-to-flee-blue-states/ Another approach is to make income tax rates uniform across states - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== impact 45 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-02-11 ratio 8 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Did Trump billionaire tax relief encourage the wealthy to topic tax wordrate 0 words 45 ID 804541753223679 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/804541753223679 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 5 impress 132 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 63 likeusers 5 likeuusers 44 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 132 oreach 82 posted "02/11/2019 08:09:33 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 82 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Surprises persist Evidently lots of taxpayers still think getting a big refund is a good thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/10/millions-americans-could-be-stunned-their-tax-refunds-shrink/ == topic tax ===== comments 2 impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-02-10 ratio 5 react 13 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Surprises persist topic tax wordrate 0 words 19 ID 804251549919366 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/804251549919366 audclicks 6 audreach 5 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 7 impress 127 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 71 likeusers 3 likeuusers 56 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 127 oreach 73 posted "02/10/2019 08:20:19 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 73 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Did Trump set the stage for radical thinking about income inequality? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/business/democratic-wealth-tax-warren-sanders-ocasio-cortez.html The progressiveness of the tax code has been losing ground since about 1970 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/11/tax-code-treats-all-percenters-same-it-wasnt-always-this-way but the impact of that is muted because hardly any rich people pay the top rates anyway - especially real estate speculators - because of their other breaks in the tax code. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== hide 1 impact 132 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 1 posted 2019-02-10 priority 1 ratio 3 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Did Trump set the stage for radical thinking about income topic tax wordrate 0 words 60 ID 804092896601898 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/804092896601898 audclicks 10 audreach 8 engaged 11 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 132 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 69 likeusers 9 likeuusers 50 matchedotherclicks 10 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 132 oreach 82 posted "02/10/2019 12:33:30 PM" postotherclicks 8 reach 82 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Does the world need billionaires? https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-billionaires-20190201-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/abolish-billionaires-tax.html What's America's greatest economic challenge over the next ten years? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/07/federal-reserve-chair-calls-income-inequality-americas-biggest-challenge-next-years == topic tax ===== comments 43 hide 1 impact 229 impactrate 0 likeimpress 28 negative 1 posted 2019-02-08 ratio 2 react 127 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 45 title Does the world need billionaires? topic tax wordrate 0 words 18 ID 802939616717226 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/802939616717226 audclicks 45 audreach 29 commentsimpress 43 commentsusers 8 engaged 48 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 551 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 28 likeuimpress 215 likeusers 28 likeuusers 143 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 36 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 551 oreach 340 posted "02/08/2019 01:28:26 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 24 reach 340 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 10 type Link ========== Another quiet billionaire tax benefit in the Trump tax law https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/business-economics/trump-tax-reform-state-of-the-union-2019.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 2 impact 105 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 0 posted 2019-02-06 priority 1 ratio 2 react 75 reactrate 0 shares 18 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Another quiet billionaire tax benefit in the Trump tax law topic tax wordrate 0 words 14 ID 801980093479845 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/801980093479845 audclicks 26 audreach 20 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 48 impress 294 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 102 likeusers 29 likeuusers 74 matchedlinkclicks 12 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 294 oreach 215 posted "02/06/2019 10:53:40 PM" postlinkclicks 11 postotherclicks 9 reach 215 sharesimpress 18 sharesusers 18 type Link ========== Real entitlement reform. You can fix social security by reducing benefits, or by raising taxes. The Republican answer is to reduce benefits. The benefits aren't nearly sufficient as they are, so the Democratic answer is https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/us/politics/social-security-2100-act.html Another approach is to increase income tax rates and fund social security from income taxes rather than regressive payroll taxes. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== comments 11 impact 818 impactrate 0 likeimpress 46 negative 0 posted 2019-02-03 ratio 2 react 141 reactrate 0 shares 16 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 68 title Real entitlement reform. topic tax wordrate 0 words 58 ID 800165170328004 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/800165170328004 audclicks 68 audreach 44 commentsimpress 11 commentsusers 5 engaged 74 impress 647 likeclickusers 44 likeimpress 46 likeuimpress 203 likeusers 46 likeuusers 123 matchedlinkclicks 10 matchedotherclicks 58 oimpress 647 oreach 397 posted "02/03/2019 10:30:34 PM" postlinkclicks 10 postotherclicks 39 reach 397 sharesimpress 16 sharesusers 16 type Link ========== Middle class homeowners have been paying a wealth tax for years. It's time for the rich to pay their fair share. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/opinion/democrats-wealth-tax.html == topic tax 1 ===== comments 1 impact 58 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-02-03 priority 1 ratio 3 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title Middle class homeowners have been paying a wealth tax topic tax wordrate 0 words 25 ID 800160903661764 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/800160903661764 audclicks 7 audreach 5 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 105 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 8 likeuusers 51 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 105 oreach 77 posted "02/03/2019 10:17:26 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 77 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== You might have a few surprises in a few weeks. People who used to get refunds will now owe money. Beyond that, if you have a business and wonder if you qualify for the pass-through deduction - "it wasn’t until Jan. 18 that the IRS issued a more than 200-page explanation of who qualifies for a new 20-percent deduction for pass-through businesses." But don't worry - if you are a billionaire, it's only good news. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/27/qa-big-tax-law-changes-irs-understaffed-expect-big-surprises-this-tax-season/ http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 1 impact 324 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-01-30 priority 1 ratio 2 react 41 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 29 title You might have a few surprises in a few weeks. topic tax wordrate 0 words 79 ID 797546940589827 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/797546940589827 audclicks 29 audreach 18 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 23 impress 173 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 99 likeusers 8 likeuusers 75 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 25 oimpress 173 oreach 118 posted "01/30/2019 06:08:08 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 16 reach 118 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== A simple tax idea - tax all income at the same rate. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/opinion/aoc-wealth-tax.html What about a wealth tax? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/warrens-push-for-a-wealth-tax-could-be-a-game-changer/2019/01/29/a6beced4-232a-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html Don't forget the regressive effects of sales and payroll taxes. http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-01-28 ratio 7 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title A simple tax idea - tax all income at the same rate. topic tax wordrate 0 words 30 ID 796404810704040 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/796404810704040 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 49 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 37 likeusers 1 likeuusers 29 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 49 oreach 30 posted "01/28/2019 07:15:05 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 30 type Link ========== ITEP tax news https://itep.org/how-to-think-about-the-70-top-tax-rate-proposed-by-ocasio-cortez-and-multiple-scholars/ https://itep.org/moving-toward-more-equitable-state-tax-systems/ https://itep.org/state-rundown-1-10-states-should-resolve-to-pursue-equitable-tax-options/ Or, another way - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== comments 3 impact 33 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-01-11 priority 1 ratio 3 react 30 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title ITEP tax news topic tax wordrate 0 words 11 ID 786452955032559 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/786452955032559 audclicks 14 audreach 6 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 12 impress 175 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 7 likeuusers 65 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 175 oreach 116 posted "01/11/2019 03:13:24 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 6 reach 116 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== More vital tax relief for America's hard-pressed billionaires https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/business/economy/retailers-property-tax-dark-stores.html == topic tax ===== impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-01-06 ratio 9 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title More vital tax relief for America's hard-pressed topic tax wordrate 0 words 11 ID 783306398680548 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/783306398680548 audclicks 8 audreach 6 engaged 10 impress 244 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 77 likeusers 5 likeuusers 63 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 244 oreach 180 posted "01/06/2019 05:49:06 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 180 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Trump tax cut even worse than reported https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/opinion/the-trump-tax-cut-even-worse-than-youve-heard.html Time to do something completely different - http://www.one-flat-tax.net/ == topic tax 1 ===== impact 115 impactrate 0 likeimpress 19 negative 0 posted 2019-01-01 priority 1 ratio 4 react 64 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 36 title Trump tax cut even worse than reported topic tax wordrate 0 words 18 ID 780670758944112 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/780670758944112 audclicks 36 audreach 22 engaged 36 impress 379 likeclickusers 31 likeimpress 19 likeuimpress 151 likeusers 18 likeuusers 114 matchedlinkclicks 15 matchedotherclicks 21 oimpress 379 oreach 268 posted "01/01/2019 04:48:27 PM" postlinkclicks 14 postotherclicks 11 reach 268 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 9 type Link