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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1375 on: February 15, 2018, 12:32:55 PM »
good thing those in his base who rely on machines or use fuel are cool with this

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1376 on: February 15, 2018, 12:38:39 PM »
I support gas tax increases as well but I'm not blind to the fact that it will raise the costs of basic items that will impact the poorer families more.

This will please KSUW tremendously.

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« Reply #1377 on: February 15, 2018, 01:33:53 PM »
good thing those in his base who rely on machines or use fuel are cool with this

The truck drivers I know love Trump.

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1378 on: February 15, 2018, 02:50:09 PM »
good thing those in his base who rely on machines or use fuel are cool with this

The truck drivers I know love Trump.

Do truck drivers pay out of pocket for their fuel expenses?

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1379 on: February 15, 2018, 04:02:25 PM »
good thing those in his base who rely on machines or use fuel are cool with this

The truck drivers I know love Trump.

Do truck drivers pay out of pocket for their fuel expenses?

as opposed to...

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1380 on: February 15, 2018, 08:02:33 PM »
As a 40,000 mile a year driver, I support this increase. We need the improvements.

same.
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1381 on: February 15, 2018, 08:11:06 PM »
the increasing tax on gas is HOPEFULLY AN ISSUE WE CAN GET SOME BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON!  :Woot:

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1382 on: February 15, 2018, 08:22:43 PM »
needs to be more IMO
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1383 on: February 15, 2018, 08:31:08 PM »

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« Reply #1384 on: February 15, 2018, 08:57:21 PM »
Farm to table bruh
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1385 on: February 15, 2018, 09:01:47 PM »
I would support the gas tax if we didn’t just cut income taxes.

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« Reply #1386 on: February 15, 2018, 09:53:32 PM »
good thing those in his base who rely on machines or use fuel are cool with this

The truck drivers I know love Trump.

Do truck drivers pay out of pocket for their fuel expenses?

as opposed to...

the companies they work for paying for it...

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1387 on: February 16, 2018, 05:55:48 AM »
good thing those in his base who rely on machines or use fuel are cool with this

The truck drivers I know love Trump.

Do truck drivers pay out of pocket for their fuel expenses?

as opposed to...

the companies they work for paying for it...
Depends in the type of driver. Owner/operator will pay their own. Company employee will not.

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1388 on: February 17, 2018, 01:08:18 PM »
Sorry, I haven’t been avoiding this thread - I just didn’t realize people would continue lodging indirect complaints about people getting to keep more of their own money.

Anywho, I support a higher gas tax in theory. I prefer the general model of people paying for stuff as they use it. The problem is that the gas tax revenue is not segregated into a highway only fund (an Al Gore “lockbox” so to speak). Create an infrastructure bank funded exclusively by the gas tax and I would support a modest tax increase.
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1389 on: February 17, 2018, 06:58:27 PM »
Big refund coming this guy's way!  :Woot:

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1390 on: February 17, 2018, 07:56:49 PM »
I owe an unbelievable assload


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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1391 on: February 17, 2018, 08:14:50 PM »
Nice refund because of loss on a rental

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« Reply #1392 on: February 17, 2018, 08:21:24 PM »
rough ridin' crap


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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1393 on: February 17, 2018, 08:45:00 PM »
I didn't WANT to pay a huge assessment with another coming next year on this particular one.  But at least it helps knock down my #

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1394 on: February 17, 2018, 11:17:39 PM »
Nice refund because of loss on a rental

You have no idea. 

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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1396 on: March 10, 2018, 11:03:55 PM »
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/upshot/jobs-report-economy-sweet-spot.html

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There are 39 pages in the Labor Department’s February report on the employment situation in the United States, but they can be summed up in four words: The economy is humming.

The 313,000 jobs that the nation added in February are far more than are needed to keep up with population growth and continue a surprising burst of job creation to start the year. In the first two months of 2018, the economy has added an average of 276,000 jobs a month, a big step up from 182,000 on average in 2017.

This is not the kind of data you expect in an expansion that is nine years old, or out of a labor market that is already at full employment. It suggests that employers are filling jobs not merely from people they’ve poached from competitors, but also from more people who have entered the work force. And other data in the latest report matches that idea.

The number of adults not in the labor force fell by a whopping 653,000 people, as the participation rate — the proportion of adults who either have a job or are looking for one  — rose a healthy 0.3 percent to 63 percent. The proportion of people in their prime working years (25 to 54) who are working is at its highest level since 2008.

Meanwhile, CNN hasn’t updated its “Trump Jobs Tracker” in a while. Odd.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.dailycaller.com/2018/03/10/cnn-trump-jobs-tracker/
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1397 on: March 10, 2018, 11:15:09 PM »
the tax bill was actually quite clever politically, at least in the short run.  it serves as a marker.  a concrete point in time that delineates the obama economy from the trump economy.
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Re: Taxes (GOP 2017 edition)
« Reply #1398 on: March 11, 2018, 02:16:56 PM »
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/upshot/jobs-report-economy-sweet-spot.html

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There are 39 pages in the Labor Department’s February report on the employment situation in the United States, but they can be summed up in four words: The economy is humming.

The 313,000 jobs that the nation added in February are far more than are needed to keep up with population growth and continue a surprising burst of job creation to start the year. In the first two months of 2018, the economy has added an average of 276,000 jobs a month, a big step up from 182,000 on average in 2017.

This is not the kind of data you expect in an expansion that is nine years old, or out of a labor market that is already at full employment. It suggests that employers are filling jobs not merely from people they’ve poached from competitors, but also from more people who have entered the work force. And other data in the latest report matches that idea.

The number of adults not in the labor force fell by a whopping 653,000 people, as the participation rate — the proportion of adults who either have a job or are looking for one  — rose a healthy 0.3 percent to 63 percent. The proportion of people in their prime working years (25 to 54) who are working is at its highest level since 2008.

Meanwhile, CNN hasn’t updated its “Trump Jobs Tracker” in a while. Odd.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.dailycaller.com/2018/03/10/cnn-trump-jobs-tracker/

https://twitter.com/CNNMoney/status/972193823651782656
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