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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

According to this, those making 100k (33.6% of Americans) will be getting less money. The 66.4% of Americans will be getting significantly more.

Via zippa

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (6 children)

As a programmer and my wife is a doctor, I'm in the upper brackets. But I don't care. Also happy to see the millionaires losing even more money!

In my eyes, $3000 goes a long way for someone struggling!

[–] explodicle 8 points 1 month ago

That's because anyone with even a shred of empathy would rather live in a healthy society for relatively cheap.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's not losing, it's sharing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Same. Oh no I’ll have to cook at home a few more times per year. How will I survive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I would pay less under Trump and so would everyone in my area. The brackets that would pay less under Kamala can't afford to live here. Still a very blue area.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming you mean they will be getting a lower portion of the increases? The chart you have here looks more like how many people fall in a given bracket.

It makes plenty of sense to shift things to greater gains on the lower end. A while back there was a study that said somewhere around $75K was the point at which actual income gains start to level off as far as what improvements it makes to your life. At that point you can probably pay your bills and afford to eat without stressing so much over every decision. I forget if that was for a single person or what, but for where I live it would be doable to be sure. Lower than that and you need that extra boost to just meet the basic needs.