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BRAD REED
07 MAR 2018 AT 10:17 ET
The Republican Party is counting on its massive tax cut to be its saving grace in the 2018 midterm elections but so far, some of its voters are decidedly underwhelmed.
The New York Times went to Ohio this week to talk with blue-collar voters for their views about the tax cuts the Republican Party passed last year, and many of them said the cuts arent adding up to much on their paychecks.
I have seen a little uptick in my paycheck, about what I expected, about 30 bucks, said machinist Matt Kazee, who voted for Trump in 2016, of the tax cut. It felt to me about like where things were 15 years ago.
Brian Barkalow, a worker at Requarth Lumber, told the Times that he feared paying slightly less in taxes now would only mean paying more in the future. Hes pulling out jazz hands and shiny stuff up front and will screw us on the back end, he explained.
Trump supporter Rob Wright told the Times that, while hes happy to see extra cash in his paycheck, he isnt all that enthusiastic about what hes getting.
Its just a little extra money I can count on, he said. Its not going to change my life.
Wright also said that, for coworkers at his machine shop, the tax cut represents a couple gallons of milk and loaves of bread to feed their kids.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/lunch-money-blue-collar-trump-voters-underwhelmed-gop-tax-cut/
sandensea
(21,672 posts)If nothing else, a testament to the power of brainwashing.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,503 posts)I got a bump of $75 in take home pay but I pay $71 a week in state taxes, a net of $4. Add in my weekly union dues, which also can no longer be written off and Im paying $149 more in taxes every week.
Its a sham and a travesty.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)Freddie
(9,275 posts)[link:https://www.irs.gov/individuals/irs-withholding-calculator
They could very well end up owing next year. The new tax tables are deliberately "generous" so you'll thank the GOP for the "tax cut". I changed my W4 back to the old amount.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,586 posts)Tiny, tiny jazz hands.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,470 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)"Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump." Bad news for Republicans: They seem to be smartening up some of their chumps. Good news for Democrats, though, if we can figure out a way to make an issue out of the massive tax cut that wasn't. But how???
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)They will still be voting repub when November comes. Even if their guy shoots someone or likes to date minors.
hatrack
(59,593 posts)Sure hope so!
Good luck with those health insurance premiums.
Wounded Bear
(58,719 posts)at least they are in my neck of the woods.
Of course, I'm on a fixed income.