Post
Topic
Board Politics & Society
Re: [BET] Trump or Harris 2024, Poker Player vs suchmoon
by
Poker Player
on 05/10/2024, 17:57:41 UTC
They literally said that they will deport Haitians, who didn't do anything wrong, followed the law, and are here legally.

Just because they are in the country legally does not mean that they have permanent residency. If they have applied for asylum, we will have to see if they are granted or not. Kamala will be granted more easily and they will not.

Also at some point during the first campaign or his first presidency Trump did actually claim that he could revoke some green cards. So it's not an exaggeration at all.

Yes? How many did he revoke? We already know he is a big mouth, in the same way that if he wins with a clear majority there is no way he is going to kick out 20 million.

Qualified dividends and long-term capital gains are taxed at lower rates than regular tax brackets. This makes no sense and benefits only those who can fudge their income to be coming from those sources, as opposed to regular payroll, i.e. large business owners. Regular wage earners, self-employed, and many small business owners don't have this option.

There is already a social security tax cap that significantly benefits higher income individuals, we don't need yet another subsidy for the rich. I can understand the SS cap because SS payouts are also capped, but income tax is income tax, there shouldn't be any top-side discounts.

There are some other loopholes, but dividends and cap gains is a big one. Get rid of that and I'm sure all brackets can be bumped down a point or two.

We also have a ridiculously regressive tax that everyone insists on calling "health insurance" even though it doesn't "insure" shit nor does it do much for health, it's just privatized tax collection industry that may or may not pay your doctor but will definitely bankrupt you if you dare to get seriously sick. But as I think I've already mentioned, we aren't gonna be able to solve this one within my lifetime.

I was not aware of this specificity of US taxes, I may comment more on this in future posts.