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FLUFFYGERM posted...

What? You really don't think it matters to have pointed out that most of the people sampled who said they saw no increase don't even pay much if any federal income tax to begin with? That changes the entire narrative. It's absolutely crucial information.

what does it change?

FLUFFYGERM posted...

You have to be paying taxes in order to be eligible for a tax cut FFS. Looks like 32% of the people sampled in this one poll are seeing tax cuts. What kind of income tax are the ones who aren't paying each year?

I mean, to be totally accurate, every one pays federal taxes and gets them remitted; most people who 'don't pay taxes' don't pay taxes because they receive credits that make their taxable income zero and often negative if the credits are refundable

But you can still help them get more money in their pockets through the federal income tax code.

I'm not saying you shouldn't expect that lots of people won't benefit from a federal income tax cut. I'm saying that people like congressional republicans and possibly you were acting like it would be good for everyone, which isn't true for the very reason that lots of people don't have a federal income tax burden. I don't see how it changes the narrative at all, unless your narrative was a very narrow one about nominal federal income tax rates

like they expanded credits for child care, which is one of the only reasons the 'cuts' are good for really actually going to be noticeable for middle class americans. people are talking about that aspect of a tax cut as still being a tax cut. you could expand credits that help people without kids, too. no reason to focus on rates to the exclusion of everything else in this discussion
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