Trolled Tommy Toils:
> -hh wrote:
>> Tommy wrote:
>> > -hh wrote:
>> >> Alan wrote:
>> >>> Tommy wrote:
>> >>>>…
>> >> Oh, so suddenly the Feds are now great at modeling, golly gee imagine that!
>> >>
>> >> No, the IRS was told to push some extra cash into Joe ‘Easily Bought Off’ Sixpack’s
>> >> pocket for politically expedient purposes of the 2018 election, so they tweaked it heavy.
Still stunted silence.
>>> >> > > People that owe money clearly forgot to zero out deductions that went away. MAGA!
>>> >>
>> >> Oh? And just how’s that supposed to work?
>> >> Call the town up and say “I want to zero out!” one’s property tax bill?
>>
>> Hmmm... lack of response; apparently, we’re not erudite enough to comprehend why.
>
> I don't respond to nonsense.
The point was rhetorical, as no one expects you to deliver the goods.
>> >> > Produce the figures...
>> >>
>> >> Oh, we both know that that will never happen, Alan.
>>
>> A useful reference for average tax savings by income, as a gage for plausibility of claims:
>>
>> <
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/19/571754894/charts-see-how-much-of-gop-tax-cuts-will-go-to-the-middle-class>
>
> Totally biased - and wrong - piece. They claim that a family earning $75,000 will only see a tax
> reduction of $870. My calculations show this family, with 2 kids, will save $2,255, nearly a
> THREE TO ONE difference.
Because you cherry-picked a subset. You’ve assumed two under 17 kids for their child tax credit,
despite how the last Census data found an average of only 2.58 people per household. This means
that on average, you’ve picked a corner case because for single parents, they only average out to
only 1.58 kids, and a couple with even fewer: 0.58 kids. Plus you also then need to factor out for
tax purposes what percentage of these don’t get said credit because their kid is over age 17, which
for a “kick em out right after college” age 21 represents a 20% reduction in applicability.
TL;DR: just because it may be possible doesn’t make it typical or average.
>>>> FYI, I forgot to mention that this tax dodge scheme only works because the AMT was killed.
>>>
>>> You are SO PREDICTABLE! I KNEW you would say that!
>>
>> And of course, this prediction was previously documented in ... just what prior post?
>
> I laid the TRAP for you, and you STEPPED IN IT! Obviously, if I put it in writing you (probably) wouldn't have, Einstein.
(Yawn)...
>> > So, you DO live in one of those bad, red states!
>>
>> As if that’s been a huge mystery? /S
>
> Well, it WAS!
Nope.
>> > If you're smart, you'll join the exodus of people leaving New York, New Jersey,
>> > California, etc. But you’re not.
>>
>> On the contrary: because I’m smart, I *can* (and do) make it here.
>
> You just proved otherwise.
Sorry, but your circular logic doesn’t cut it. Plus I’ve been to 90% of the States to
have given me a decent read on pros/cons of various regions.
Yup, I saw how you tried to twist it, so I stayed on topic.
>> > So, suck it up Buttercup - you chose to live in one of those liberal tax leaching states.
>>
>> Because Quality of Life, and we largely get good value in return for what we pay. Granted,
>> we have also been doing some due diligence for the potential of retiring to a cheap Red State,
>> but we’re finding more & more elements where the quality of life is substantially lower, such
>> as on the decreased availability of high quality healthcare or a good international airport
>> which makes it to be found wanting.
>
> Then you will be stuck with even HIGHER taxes as the wealthy leave - and leave you holding the bag.
> <
https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/19/new-yorks-population-dips-over-the-past-year/>
N/A. Merely noting that NY is losing some people doesn’t prove that the “rich” is fleeing. You’ll need to
go find some other reference to cite, as this one fails to support your claim.
>> Overall, the pattern we’ve observed is that [Blue] States are often quite poorly managed/run,
>> which causes systemic & widespread structural problems which were quite preventable.
Apologies, I got my silly partisan colors wrong again. I intended to say Blue (Democrat), not
Red (Republicans).
> California is a Blue state last time I checked...
Yup, and Jerry Brown did a pretty good job there fiscally. Plus I believe that I just read that
Newsom just recalled their National Guard from the fool’s folly it had been on.
-hh