{"id":136061,"date":"2018-04-05T13:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136061"},"modified":"2018-04-06T08:21:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T14:21:47","slug":"people-havent-noticed-big-tax-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/05\/people-havent-noticed-big-tax-cut.html","title":{"rendered":"Why most people haven’t noticed their big tax cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bottom line: for the vast majority of people, the minor amount extra broken out each week is buried in the “noise” of other fluctuations in income, or is just too small to move the emotional needle. And, again, for the vast majority of people, the Trump tax cuts didn’t actually amount to all that much in the first place.<\/p>\n


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\nAn Extremely Short and Clear Explanation of Why Americans Haven\u2019t Noticed Their Tax Cuts<\/a><\/span>
\nFor most families, they\u2019re extremely small.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Bottom line: for the vast majority of people, the minor amount extra broken out each week is buried in the “noise” of other fluctuations in income, or is just too small to move the emotional needle. And, again, for the vast majority of people, the Trump tax cuts didn’t actually amount to all that much … Continue reading “Why most people haven’t noticed their big tax cut”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,1140,376],"tags":[1247],"class_list":["post-136061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2018","category-taxing-spending","tag-taxcuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/McConnell-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133353,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/26\/on-the-the-trump-tax-plan.html","url_meta":{"origin":136061,"position":0},"title":"On the The Trump Tax Plan","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 26-Apr-17 2:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Nobody likes taxes, whether or not they pay for our living in \"a civilized society.\" I mean, I didn't particularly care for cutting a check for income tax this year, nor the deductions that come out of paychecks.That said, taxes are a necessary thing, and so when someone promises to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trump%2Btax%2Bplan.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/the-fiendishly-clever-romney-tax-plan.html","url_meta":{"origin":136061,"position":1},"title":"The Fiendishly Clever Romney Tax Plan","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Aug-12 8:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"Is fiendishly clever because, aside from some platitudinous generalities, Romney refuses to discuss it. \u00a0\"Cut social programs,\" but not which ones. \"Close tax loopholes,\" but not which ones. \"Reduce taxes,\" but not which ones or by how much. 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