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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,034 posts) Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:24 PM Jan 2018

GOP mocks Wasserman Schultz for saying $1,000 doesn't go 'very far'

Republicans are criticizing Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) after she downplayed the $1,000 bonuses a number of companies have announced following passage of the new GOP tax law.

At an event in Florida on Thursday hosted by the Not One Penny campaign, Wasserman Schultz noted that employees would be taxed on these bonuses.

"I'm not sure that $1,000 — which is taxed, taxable — goes very far for almost anyone," she said.

The comments from Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, were quickly picked up by right-leaning media outlets. They also got the attention of House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and other conservatives on social media.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/370719-gop-mocks-wasserman-schultz-for-saying-1000-doesnt-go-very-far

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GOP mocks Wasserman Schultz for saying $1,000 doesn't go 'very far' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 OP

after tax? HipChick Jan 2018 #1

Not in the long run. blogslut Jan 2018 #2

You could buy the silence of Orange Free State Jan 2018 #3

Good one. And barely 1/170 after tax in New York. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #6

I agree with her.... CatMor Jan 2018 #4

what world handmade34 Jan 2018 #5

A World In Which Nearly Everyone Is Rich. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #17

In most metropolitan areas, it doesn't even pay for a month's rent Sanity Claws Jan 2018 #7

True, but when it runs out you can always get a payday loan! jalan48 Jan 2018 #8

Not compared to how far it goes for the higher-ups. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #9

But these same fool's think living on minimum wage is living in luxury. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #10

And that doing shit jobs is considered a "career". Initech Jan 2018 #15

You guys must be doing better than me... DrunkInTheAfternoon Jan 2018 #11

This, $1000 would do a lot for me Amishman Jan 2018 #12

Would It Mean A Lot. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #18

She wasn't careful enough in her framing Tom Rinaldo Jan 2018 #13

Hey! You can buy a 1995 Saturn for $1000! MineralMan Jan 2018 #14

I loved my Saturn... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #16

The rest of you must be rich, an extra $600 (after taxes) is real money to me Lurks Often Jan 2018 #19

I am SO with you on this! DrunkInTheAfternoon Jan 2018 #20

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. after tax?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:24 PM

Jan 2018

Won't go very far at all...

blogslut

(38,002 posts)

2. Not in the long run.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:27 PM

Jan 2018

It's great for a temporary bailout but Americans need good jobs, fair housing and a living wage. Trickle down bullshit is still bullshit.

Orange Free State

(611 posts)

3. You could buy the silence of

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:28 PM

Jan 2018

1/130th of a porn star with that kind of money!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. Good one. And barely 1/170 after tax in New York.

Reply to Orange Free State (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:32 PM

Jan 2018

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

4. I agree with her....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:29 PM

Jan 2018

a one time payment of 1,000. won't do much at all.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

5. what world

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:31 PM

Jan 2018

are the Republicans living in?? 1K is nice, but true that it doesn't go that far.... whether taxes are taken or not

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

17. A World In Which Nearly Everyone Is Rich. . .

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:58 AM

Jan 2018

. . .and absolutely everyone is quite comfortable. They see a grand as a bigger TV than they were going to buy, or a new computer with more bells and whistles. So, they picture it as a added luxury.

Doesn't mean much to a two income household with a $1,500 house payment and $800 per month in taxes and insurance. After taxes, it's 30% of one month's non-discretionary spending. It's not added luxury.

That's why the R's see this is a such a wonderful thing. They can upgrade to first class now on their trip to Aspen.

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)

7. In most metropolitan areas, it doesn't even pay for a month's rent

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:38 PM

Jan 2018

that is not much.

jalan48

(13,870 posts)

8. True, but when it runs out you can always get a payday loan!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:39 PM

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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

9. Not compared to how far it goes for the higher-ups.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:41 PM

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sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)

10. But these same fool's think living on minimum wage is living in luxury.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:51 PM

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Initech

(100,081 posts)

15. And that doing shit jobs is considered a "career".

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:49 AM

Jan 2018

Yeah no one wants to work their late shift job at Burger King cleaning toilets and sweeping floors. If they think that's working harder than us, they are delusional!

DrunkInTheAfternoon

(30 posts)

11. You guys must be doing better than me...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:07 AM

Jan 2018

A thousand bucks would mean A LOT to me!

Amishman

(5,557 posts)

12. This, $1000 would do a lot for me

Reply to DrunkInTheAfternoon (Reply #11)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:24 AM

Jan 2018

I could re-tile my bathroom floor
It could cover my winter heating bill
It could cover new tires from both our vehicles

If $1000 is nothing to you, send it my way!

Terrible tone deaf comment from DWS. Definitely doesn't help with the 'urban elite' label the right is slapping on our party

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

18. Would It Mean A Lot. . .

Reply to DrunkInTheAfternoon (Reply #11)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:00 AM

Jan 2018

. . .if after the bonus the company started cutting jobs? And your job was one of them?

Because every company that made the news over these thousand dollar bonuses also announced layoffs within a couple weeks.

I think that's more where DWS (and i'm no big fan of her) was going. That thousand will evaporate in no time and for the people who got that and then lost a job, it means almost nothing.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)

13. She wasn't careful enough in her framing

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:24 AM

Jan 2018

I get her point. Unfortunately I also get the Republican counter point. $1,000 is a significant amount of people for the almost half of the public that has less than $400 in total savings. However what Republicans cut from the budget, in order to partially offset their tax giveaway mostly to the rich, will come back to haunt the average American family many times over at a cost far exceeding $1,000 as the economic safety net is shredded. And then there is the debt being passed on to their children.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

14. Hey! You can buy a 1995 Saturn for $1000!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:26 AM

Jan 2018

Who says it's not much money?

https://www.carfax.com/vehicle/1G8ZH5286SZ246253

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

16. I loved my Saturn...

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:52 AM

Jan 2018

but it doesn't change the basic point. The question, I guess, is how much love and loyalty does a $1k bonus check buy?

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)

19. The rest of you must be rich, an extra $600 (after taxes) is real money to me

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:04 AM

Jan 2018

A $1000 bonus after taxes is about $600. If anyone here things $600 is "pocket change" feel free to send me your "pocket change" because that's a mortgage payment on my condo for me.

DrunkInTheAfternoon

(30 posts)

20. I am SO with you on this!

Reply to Lurks Often (Reply #19)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 12:57 PM

Jan 2018

I think of someone came around and said they were going to take away 1k (or even $600) from people, it would seem like "pocket change" anymore...

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