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dpibel

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8. "Hits more Americans," but still not many
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 08:05 PM
Jun 2023

According to the article (from that reliable source of all information liberal, the Wall Street Journal), this punitive tax on innocent middle-class taxpayers applied to around 7 MILLION!!!!11!1! tax returns in 2021.

That's about 4% of all the tax returns filed.

So WATCH OUT because you, too, might be in danger of slipping into that top 4% and then you will be nailed.

The tragic examples used in the article are:

A couple who make a mere $245,000 in a year and, due to this onerous, sneaky tax, must pay an additional THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY AMERICAN DOLLARS in taxes.

That made me weep until I read the next paragraph which tells of a single man with an income of merely $230,000 who would be nailed for $1,140.

If these people were not hypothetical examples, I'm sure all of you would join me in starting a GoFundMe for them.

We are truly talking first world problems here.

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