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Obviously you have fallen for the MSM lie that tax cuts are only for the rich. The top 1% federal tax rate increased from 22.2% to 26.3% . The top 50% of all federal tax payers paid 97.7% of all federal taxes while the bottom 50% paid 2.3%.
This the truth:Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2025 Update
New IRS data shows the US federal income tax system continues to be progressive as high-income taxpayers pay the highest average income tax rates. Average tax rates for all income groups remain lower after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).taxfoundation.org
The reason you don't see a reduction in the deficit is because when congress (both parties) when they see extra money they spend it. But you been duped by your own party and the MSM big lie tax cuts are only for the wealthy.In Actual Dollars, Tax Cuts Boost Revenue Time After Time
From the Kennedy legislation in 1964 to the Trump package in 2017, the naysayers are proven wrong again and againwww.discoursemagazine.com
Why shouldn't the government budget be run like a household budget? Same principle. You have x amount of $$ coming in a month, so you can only spend so much. You can put some things on credit, but not too much, and that needs to be paid off before it gets out of hand. Alot of it needs to be spent on your kids, and maybe you have to help your disabled brother out who can't work or support himself. No spending that is frivolous. How in the hell did our country get this friggin broke?????
Who is doing that?
Turtle always used to pose that question, only he framed it for his (upper) class.What kind of government services are middle-class people getting, besides basic infastructure that our taxes pay for? I'd like to know what I'm missing out on.
No. It’s income.You gotta be kidding......
What kind of government services are middle-class people getting, besides basic infastructure that our taxes pay for? I'd like to know what I'm missing out on.
What kind of government services are middle-class people getting, besides basic infastructure that our taxes pay for? I'd like to know what I'm missing out on.
Our government has certain things to pay for, and a certain amount of money to pay for them with. Seems pretty straightforward.I think the government's budget is nothing like a household budget, and we shouldn't think of it like a household budget.
Roads---paid for with taxes and DMV fees and federal subsidies/TAXPAYER dollars.More questions for you:
Do you live out where the county still has gravel roads or closer to the interstate, and how are the road conditions? Are your kids in public school? Do you have a teenager eyeing college? Does anyone in the house depend on reliable broadband for remote work or online classes? Does your phone/cable/internet company have any plans to expand speed and access? Do you own a place in a wildfire prone area? Do you live near the Portneuf River? Do you or neighbors have jobs tied to the Forest Service, or a local school district? Are you counting on community programs like after-school tutoring?
U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities • Idaho Capital Sun
The bipartisan Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act — first passed in 2000 — was reauthorized by the U.S. Senate.idahocapitalsun.com
The Education Department is being cut in half. Here's what's being lost
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.www.boisestatepublicradio.org
MY TURN: TRIO program at risk of being cut
To my neighbors in Kootenai and Shoshone counties, it’s important you know that one of the United States’ cornerstone educational programs is at risk of being cut. One week ago, President Trump announced his 2026 budget proposal, which contained the elimination of Federal TRIO programs. TRIO...cdapress.com
TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point - Roll Call
Senators from both parties challenged Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Tuesday about proposed cuts to college student aid programs.rollcall.com
BEAD uncertainty has state broadband chiefs advancing slowly, cautiously | StateScoop
In the face of looming changes to BEAD, several state broadband chiefs said their offices were slowly moving ahead with the program.statescoop.com
Rural communities were promised millions in disaster funds. Trump is ending it
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.www.opb.org
President calls for elimination of afterschool and summer funding
The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2026 appears to eliminate funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), the only federal funding stream dedicated towww.afterschoolalliance.org
EPA terminates grant for Pocatello park and river improvements - Local News 8
The EPA has pulled funding from Pocatello's Portneuf River Vision project to update park and river infrastructure.localnews8.com
OK, so House Republicans. Not "people". That is a general term.The House Republicans.
I see you live in Idaho. Are you out in the sticks or near one of the bigger towns? How long is your drive to the nearest ER right now? What kind of insurance have you got? Medicaid, Medicare, job coverage, something else? Got any parents or in-laws in a nursing home that leans on Medicaid? Working, disabled, or retired? Are you working steady hours or bouncing between gigs? What’s the household take-home pay? Could you stay insured if the state boots folks from its Medicaid expansion coverage? Do you have kids now or hope to soon? Would losing local maternity care mess with that plan? Have you or the kids used Medicaid or that Healthy Connections program lately? Do any of your kids get speech or therapy at school paid for by Medicaid? And, finally, do you or your neighbors work at the clinic or hospital and what happens to the town if that place cuts services or shuts its doors?
The most likely Medicaid cuts would hit rural areas the hardest • Idaho Capital Sun
About 72 million people — nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States — are enrolled in Medicaid for health care and insurance access.idahocapitalsun.com
Medicare pay cuts: What they mean for rural America
Patients in rural areas are already at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Squeezing the physician practices that care for them is not the answer.www.ama-assn.org
Rural health for Idaho Overview - Rural Health Information Hub
Overview of resources and information to support rural health in Idaho.www.ruralhealthinfo.org
https://www.pendoreillerivervalley.com/article/2571,idaho-medicaid-cuts-potential-national-cuts-threaten-hospital-care
www.pendoreillerivervalley.com
Clause in bill that cuts Idaho Medicaid costs eliminates program doctors say is critical for patient care - East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS – A new bill that reduces the cost of Medicaid eliminates a program doctors use to coordinate the healthcare needs of their patients and replaces it with managed care. Doctors say the change will have a detrimental effect on their ability to treat patients. House Bill 345, which was...www.eastidahonews.com
Medicare in Idaho
Learn about Medicare coverage in Idaho, including Medicare enrollment, state regulations and availability of Medigap plans, Medicare Advantage plans and Part D in Idaho.www.healthinsurance.org
Our government has certain things to pay for, and a certain amount of money to pay for them with. Seems pretty straightforward.
Comparing the federal budget to a family budget seems "straightforward" but it hides big differences and can lead to bad policy.
A family has to live within its paycheck because it cant print money, raise taxes, or borrow forever, and its choices mostly effect itself. A goverment can create its own currency, adjust taxes, and issue bonds, and its spending affects jobs, prices, and growth for the whole country.
If our elected officials slash public spending during a recession, like a family might cut eating out when cashs tight, they pull money out of the economy and make the downturn worse.
Government borrowing often pays for roads, schools, or research that help everyone for decades. On the other hand familly debt usually covers private needs.
Because the power dynamics, goals, and ripple effects are so different, using kitchen-table type analogies for our country's finances can sometimes encourage officials to make short sighted cuts instead of smart investments that keep the economy healthy in the long run.
Let me give you some extreme examples of when huge spending is necessary. If some foreign country tried to invade us for instance, and we needed to spend a lot and incur debt to build the army required to expel the invaders, we need to spend a lot of money, and greatly increase debt, because to not do so would lead to our doom.
The government shouldn't do that eithercant print money
The government can always borrow, but at interim points it all needs to be paid back in full for a zero balance. Thus no deficit.borrow forever,
We live in a semi-rural area northwest of Boise.
We have an ER/urgent care/multiple specialty medical building literally right down the street from us.
Between my wife and I, all of our parents have passed.
Our kids are both in their early 30's, successful, and we have 4 grandkids. My daughter is actually a special education teacher with a master's degree.
You dont need to know how much my wife and I make.
We have excellent insurance through the company I work for.
I really don't understand why this is important.
The U.S. has social safety net programs and also funds national, and sometimes helps fund more localized infastructure. This is all paid for with taxpayer dollars, of which there seems to not be enough. What is the controversy here? We need more tax revenue. I get it. It is my opinion that the middle class is taxed enough already. We need to find other means to both raise tax revenue and cut costs. Very simple. I am all for NOT giving rich people tax cuts.
The government shouldn't do that either
The government can always borrow, but at interim points it all needs to be paid back in full for a zero balance. Thus no deficit.
Roads---paid for with taxes and DMV fees and federal subsidies/TAXPAYER dollars.
College aid/FASFA----taxes
Phone service? I pay the phone company. The government doesnt give that to me for free. The government may subsidize some phone and internet infastructure.....with TAX dollars.
Firefighters--taxes
Disaster aid/FEMA-----taxes
Forest Service----taxes
Schools----property taxes and Federal dollars/TAXES.
Tutoring??? Taxes or volunteers.
All of that is basic infastructure that taxes pay for. And the last time I checked, internet isn't free. So with all of those articles you linked, now basically what you said there is that citizens arent even getting what their taxes are paying for?
And I would still like to know about these middle class programs I'm getting that arent either locally or nationally taxpayer-funded.
I think its stupid to consider cutting taxes to be increasing the deficit. Odd scoring by CBOAccording to the polls, 60% of Americans support cutting taxes, even if it means higher deficit. 74% of Republicans support this. 55% of Democrats oppose cutting taxes, even if it means higher deficit. Back in 1996, only 23% of Americans supported lowering taxes, if it means higher debt.
You can watch Harry Enten's analysis below:
How about you? Do you support deficit inducing tax cuts?
Idaho has State taxes, and although the infastructure is lagging behind due to explosive growth here ( lots of people want to live here, imagine that ) it's catching up. And my property taxes just went up, and there will be a bond initiative on our November ballot trying to raise them again.good luck with that in Idaho!
Idaho has State taxes, and although the infastructure is lagging behind due to explosive growth here ( lots of people want to live here, imagine that ) it's catching up. And my property taxes just went up, and there will be a bond initiative on our November ballot trying to raise them again.
That is, without doubt, the absolutely stupidest post I've read today. This is, literally, elementary math. The first thing taught after addition, typically by kindergarten, is subtraction. Let me test your knowledge:I think its stupid to consider cutting taxes to be increasing the deficit. Odd scoring by CBO
That's weird.
Simple: it's not. That's the source of most of the stupidity in this thread. Do you have a mortgage? I suspect that your mortgage exceeds your income. If not, why do you have one?Why shouldn't the government budget be run like a household budget? Same principle. You have x amount of $$ coming in a month, so you can only spend so much. You can put some things on credit, but not too much, and that needs to be paid off before it gets out of hand. Alot of it needs to be spent on your kids, and maybe you have to help your disabled brother out who can't work or support himself. No spending that is frivolous. How in the hell did our country get this friggin broke?????
Eventually my mortgage will be paid off. My wife and I will be debt free very soon. Will our government even be able to reduce the deficit?Simple: it's not. That's the source of most of the stupidity in this thread. Do you have a mortgage? I suspect that your mortgage exceeds your income. If not, why do you have one?
Math is hard lolI think its stupid to consider cutting taxes to be increasing the deficit. Odd scoring by CBO
That's weird.
Do you have any idea whether that matters? Seriously. During the most successful three decades of the last century, we ran a deficit in 26 of 34 years, and still reduced the national debt. Your question is actually erroneous. Like many others, you fail to distinguish between debt and deficit - significantly different concepts.Eventually my mortgage will be paid off. My wife and I will be debt free very soon. Will our government even be able to reduce the deficit?
It is a mathematical impossibility to collect more of something by collecting it at a lower percentage.
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