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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Starbucks Tax Cut
A Tall Latte averages $2.95.
A Latte Grande is, on average, $3.65.
A $1,200 tax cut for a family is $3.29 per day.
Hey Kids! Who wants to share a Trump's Chumps Latte???
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The Starbucks Tax Cut (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2017
OP
Well, if Gramps needs medical care at home and expenses not deductible kiss all coffee goodbye.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2017
#2
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. A family of 4 making $60,000
tax cut would be about $11/week
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)5. can't do much with $11 a week. maybe 2 bottles of orange juice.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)2. Well, if Gramps needs medical care at home and expenses not deductible kiss all coffee goodbye.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)4. bottom line. we're being screwed.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)3. some people will see a few more bucks in their
paycheck. that will make them happy, but it does not mean all is well in this country. the rich do not need a tax cut. large corporations will pay 21%. exxon mobil paid ZERO in federal taxes a few years ago. small corporations should get a tax cut.
unblock
(52,253 posts)6. it's astounding to remember that we all thought shrub's tax cut was the most ridiculous thing ever.
yet these clowns managed to come up with something far worse, at a time when it's completely inappropriate from an economic perspective.
IADEMO2004
(5,555 posts)7. SW Iowa fed cuts equals preschools closing
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)8. Lazy freeloaders who depend on government handouts
and waste our tax dollars on women and booze (to quote Hatch and Grassley). Happy Holidays 1%!