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How Stupid Do You Have To Be?

To regurgitate an extremist media source's claims about taxes for 2021, declaring it a disaster under Biden, without actually trying to compare it the Trump regime.

The claim is that using mean figures for income, vs taxes paid, Americans paid more in taxes than they did on food.

To put things into context, and using the department of labor statistics figures (same referenced by the post):

Income - Income after taxes - percentage in taxes - year
87432 - 78743 - 9.938009 - 2021
84352 - 74949 - 11.147335 - 2020
82852 - 71487 - 13.7172307 - 2019
78635 - 67241 - 14.489731 - 2018
73573 - 63606 - 13.5470893 - 2017

So, using "mean", Americans paid far lower taxes under Biden, than they did under Trump, but somehow the dimwits think Biden is taxing them to death, and the irony is that the media source that made the claim, had an actual link to the data: https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables/calendar-year/mean/cu-all-detail-2021.pdf

Here's a hint: change 2021 to 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and you get the full picture.
PTCdresser57 · 61-69, M
I personally know that under Trumps so called tax cuts I paid more in taxes.
@PTCdresser57 I did too actually.
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
@PTCdresser57 Same here.
Ynotisay · M
And to toss in some more irony, they seem to have forgotten that the tax cuts they received under Trump expire. Corporate tax cuts? Lower pass-through business income tax rate and repeal of the estate tax which the wealthiest access? Permanent.

They've been systemically trained to kiss the hand that beats them. And then they blame others for what happens. Never ceases to blow my mind.
Northwest · M
@Ynotisay I was pointing out that they should have probably read the data they used to produce their lies, and try to understand it. So, how stupid are they?
Ynotisay · M
@Northwest They/We got screwed. The richest won. If anyone couldn't see that happening from a mile away then they deserve to get screwed. But those of us who did? Double screwed.

 
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