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demmiblue

(36,865 posts) Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:32 AM Jan 2018

Poll: 2 percent say they've benefited from GOP tax plan with raise or bonus

Source: The Hill

Only two percent of American adults reported receiving a bonus, a bump in pay or another perk due to the Republican tax cuts passed in December, a new survey found.

Nearly a quarter of respondents, 24 percent, in a Reuters/Ipsos poll said they think they will pay less in taxes due to the legislation. Twenty-seven percent believe the bill will increase the amount they pay in taxes, while 23 percent did not anticipate the bill altering their pay.

A quarter of the respondents polled said the new legislation made them more enticed to cast a ballot for a Republican, while a third of those surveyed said this for Democrats.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/domestic-taxes/371163-poll-2-percent-say-theyve-benefited-from-gop-tax-plan-with

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Poll: 2 percent say they've benefited from GOP tax plan with raise or bonus (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2018 OP

Democrats need to shape their messaging on this liberal_patriot_md Jan 2018 #1

"Democrats" need to BUY media outlets, including television/radio/print. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #3

Agreed...the Repugs are dominating the messaging Dopers_Greed Jan 2018 #7

My raise as in the works be for with passed. elehhhhna Jan 2018 #2

The people who may have get bonuses... llmart Jan 2018 #4

I figured I might save $6 per month,but that goes down over time (and Blue Cross went up more) wishstar Jan 2018 #5

Make the tax cuts permanent videohead5 Jan 2018 #6

KOCH et all is pumping Millions into ads to make sure this percentage increaces. #GOTV for DEMS riversedge Jan 2018 #8

less in taxes - more for everything else! hexola Jan 2018 #9

I'm sure many have seen a loss by losing deductions IronLionZion Jan 2018 #10

Employees are nothing more than a business expense to most corporations Abouttime Jan 2018 #11

liberal_patriot_md

(194 posts)

1. Democrats need to shape their messaging on this

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:47 AM

Jan 2018

Republicans think they can run on tax cuts. Democrats need to get ahead of this and control the message.

Trying to say that there will be no benefit is a losing proposition with all these phony bonus announcements.

Democrats need to remind the public of the record profits these same companies did during Obama’s last few years.

And they need to talk about the size of these bonuses in dollars compared to the billions the same companies have spent on stock buybacks.

BumRushDaShow

(129,096 posts)

3. "Democrats" need to BUY media outlets, including television/radio/print.

Reply to liberal_patriot_md (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:44 AM

Jan 2018

Otherwise there is no "microphone" no matter what the "message".

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)

7. Agreed...the Repugs are dominating the messaging

Reply to liberal_patriot_md (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:59 AM

Jan 2018

Even CNN is dedicating full news stories to when 100-1000 get a small one-time bonus that a corporation attributes to the tax bill.

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)

2. My raise as in the works be for with passed.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:43 AM

Jan 2018

It just covrs the new $ we have to fork over for taxes thanks to removing the deduction for unreimbursed work expenses...I

so it's flat.

llmart

(15,540 posts)

4. The people who may have get bonuses...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:49 AM

Jan 2018

will only have to declare it as income the next year and pay taxes on it.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)

5. I figured I might save $6 per month,but that goes down over time (and Blue Cross went up more)

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:52 AM

Jan 2018

Also there are items in Trump's proposed budget that if passed, would reduce my after- tax income more than any increase I get from the tax cut.

videohead5

(2,178 posts)

6. Make the tax cuts permanent

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:52 AM

Jan 2018

For the middle class and restructure and take away some of the tax cuts for the rich and businesses and take away any loopholes.if businesses hire people or hike wages that's when they get their tax cut.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)

8. KOCH et all is pumping Millions into ads to make sure this percentage increaces. #GOTV for DEMS

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 10:06 AM

Jan 2018

is the only answer.

hexola

(4,835 posts)

9. less in taxes - more for everything else!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 10:10 AM

Jan 2018

Gas is 2.95 in PA

IronLionZion

(45,454 posts)

10. I'm sure many have seen a loss by losing deductions

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 11:24 AM

Jan 2018

While some companies would share their good fortune with their employees, there are many who choose their shareholders instead by using it for share buybacks or dividends, or even layoffs and plant closures.

Companies are in business to make profit, not create jobs. The only thing that would cause a company to hire or raise wages is if it helps them create profit due to increased consumer demand for their products and services.

Abouttime

(675 posts)

11. Employees are nothing more than a business expense to most corporations

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:45 PM

Jan 2018

If they could get by with robots we know they would.
Democrats need to hammer this home every day. Democrats need to run this fall on raising corporate taxes and restoring the status quo for working Americans.
Democrats need to push the fact that this tax sham is nothing more than a huge gift to the 1% paid for by raised taxes and decreasing benefits to working families.

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