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Still higher than Obama's "new normal" 2% expectations for the next decade. That's what Trump inherited.
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Still higher than Obama's "new normal" 2% expectations for the next decade. That's what Trump inherited.
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The list of companies paying bonuses, giving raises, contributing to employee benefits, etc., is over 300 now.
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Let them eat cake
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https://www.apnews.com/8821fda1e08b4416a51baa5504b33b44
Tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers
How much extra cash? It depends on several factors, such as workers’ income, how often they are paid and the number of withholdings allowances they claim on their IRS Form W-4 with their employer.
Those whose employers were quick to make the change welcomed the extra money — anywhere from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars.
Wayne Love, who works in managed care in Spring Hill, Florida, got an extra $200 in his paycheck last week, which he said will help offset a $300 increase in the cost of his health insurance.
“I have heard time and again that the middle class is getting crumbs, but I’ll take it!” Love said by email.
Julia Ketchum, a secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said she was pleasantly surprised her pay went up $1.50 a week. She didn’t think her pay would go up at all, let alone this soon. That adds up to $78 a year, which she said will more than cover her Costco membership for the year.
And Todd Anderson of Texas and his fiance, who are both educators, got an extra $200 in their paychecks combined that they plan to use to cover the costs of a second baby on its way.
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https://www.apnews.com/8821fda1e08b4416a51baa5504b33b44
Tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers
How much extra cash? It depends on several factors, such as workers’ income, how often they are paid and the number of withholdings allowances they claim on their IRS Form W-4 with their employer.
Those whose employers were quick to make the change welcomed the extra money — anywhere from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars.
Wayne Love, who works in managed care in Spring Hill, Florida, got an extra $200 in his paycheck last week, which he said will help offset a $300 increase in the cost of his health insurance.
“I have heard time and again that the middle class is getting crumbs, but I’ll take it!” Love said by email.
Julia Ketchum, a secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said she was pleasantly surprised her pay went up $1.50 a week. She didn’t think her pay would go up at all, let alone this soon. That adds up to $78 a year, which she said will more than cover her Costco membership for the year.
And Todd Anderson of Texas and his fiance, who are both educators, got an extra $200 in their paychecks combined that they plan to use to cover the costs of a second baby on its way.
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WaPost reporting on something they're clearly rooting against. At least they acknowledge the truth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...o-be-paying-dividends/?utm_term=.817694e446eb
The GOP’s big tax-cut gamble appears to be paying dividends
A month ago Republicans passed what was, according to some measures, themost unpopular bill in decades: their tax plan.
Today, it’s looking more and more as if that was a risk well worth taking.
A day after President Trumpplayed up the tax cuts in his State of the Union address, a Monmouth poll showeda huge swing in favor of the bill. Although 26 percent of Americans approved of the package in mid-December, as lawmakers were putting the final touches on it, support in the latest poll rose to 44 percent. For a bill that sometimes polled with twice as many opponents as supporters, it’s now on level terms, with just as many supporters as opponents (44 percent).
Other polls have shown smaller bumps in the plan’s popularity...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...o-be-paying-dividends/?utm_term=.817694e446eb
The GOP’s big tax-cut gamble appears to be paying dividends
A month ago Republicans passed what was, according to some measures, themost unpopular bill in decades: their tax plan.
Today, it’s looking more and more as if that was a risk well worth taking.
A day after President Trumpplayed up the tax cuts in his State of the Union address, a Monmouth poll showeda huge swing in favor of the bill. Although 26 percent of Americans approved of the package in mid-December, as lawmakers were putting the final touches on it, support in the latest poll rose to 44 percent. For a bill that sometimes polled with twice as many opponents as supporters, it’s now on level terms, with just as many supporters as opponents (44 percent).
Other polls have shown smaller bumps in the plan’s popularity...