'Its lunch money': Blue-collar Trump voters underwhelmed by GOP tax cut

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
07 MAR 2018 AT 10:17 ET

The Republican Party is counting on its massive tax cut to be its saving grace in the 2018 midterm elections — but so far, some of its voters are decidedly underwhelmed.

The New York Times went to Ohio this week to talk with blue-collar voters for their views about the tax cuts the Republican Party passed last year, and many of them said the cuts aren’t adding up to much on their paychecks.

“I have seen a little uptick in my paycheck, about what I expected, about 30 bucks,” said machinist Matt Kazee, who voted for Trump in 2016, of the tax cut. “It felt to me about like where things were 15 years ago.”

Brian Barkalow, a worker at Requarth Lumber, told the Times that he feared paying slightly less in taxes now would only mean paying more in the future. “He’s pulling out jazz hands and shiny stuff up front and will screw us on the back end,” he explained.

Trump supporter Rob Wright told the Times that, while he’s happy to see extra cash in his paycheck, he isn’t all that enthusiastic about what he’s getting.

“It’s just a little extra money I can count on,” he said. “It’s not going to change my life.”

Wright also said that, for coworkers at his machine shop, the tax cut represents “a couple gallons of milk and loaves of bread to feed their kids.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/lunch-money-blue-collar-trump-voters-underwhelmed-gop-tax-cut/

[sandensea]

1. Having already gone though this with the Shrub, I'm just surprised he's surprised.

If nothing else, a testament to the power of brainwashing.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. If you live in a state that has state tax or you belong to a union, youre paying more.

I got a bump of $75 in take home pay but I pay $71 a week in state taxes, a net of $4. Add in my weekly union dues, which also can no longer be written off and I’m paying $149 more in taxes every week.

It’s a sham and a travesty.

[Kittycow]

3. I'm still wondering if the truckers got screwed.

[Freddie]

4. Won't they be surprised

[link:https://www.irs.gov/individuals/irs-withholding-calculator
They could very well end up owing next year. The new tax tables are deliberately "generous" so you'll thank the GOP for the "tax cut". I changed my W4 back to the old amount.

[Chiyo-chichi]

5. "jazz hands." That made my day for some reason.

Tiny, tiny jazz hands.

[Kirk Lover]

8. A blue collar guy saying jazz hands is a beautiful thing.

[BannonsLiver]

6. Suckers

[gratuitous]

10. The old saying

"Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump." Bad news for Republicans: They seem to be smartening up some of their chumps. Good news for Democrats, though, if we can figure out a way to make an issue out of the massive tax cut that wasn't. But how???

[SoCalMusicLover]

7. Don't Even Think That Would Make A Difference

They will still be voting repub when November comes. Even if their guy shoots someone or likes to date minors.

[hatrack]

9. Paying attention now?

Sure hope so!

Good luck with those health insurance premiums.

[Wounded Bear]

11. And prices are going up...

at least they are in my neck of the woods.

Of course, I'm on a fixed income.