With the cost of living skyrocketing, I’m honestly overwhelmed. Groceries, utilities, and housing have all doubled in what feels like no time. Retirement seems like a far-off dream now-how are we even supposed to save when inflation keeps eating away at our earnings?
Exactly. It’s scary how quickly your money loses value. I’ve been trying to invest to stay ahead of inflation, but I’m not sure if my strategy is working. I’m worried I might be taking on too much risk without seeing real growth
One big mistake I see people making is waiting too long to adjust their portfolios. By the time they realize they’re exposed to too much risk or not enough growth, it’s often too late. This cost of living crisis is a wake-up call to get serious about protecting and growing what we have
So true. I’ve been thinking about getting professional help because doing it alone isn’t working for me. Do you know of any investment advisors who can actually make a difference? I need someone who understands both long-term and short-term strategies
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I grew up during the 80s, my entire life has been a financial struggle as a single person. Thank goodness I decided to not have children. Hats off to all you parents trying to survive out there.
@@KungPowEnterFist but it’s not the 90s being a 90s baby myself you can clearly see the uptick in crime some of the most henious crimes happened a few years ago
The prices have been going up every single month. I’m on a fixed income and I know it there’s things I have to live without including food and medication. This is awful. Something‘s gotta change.
I agree! I just came back from Walgreens and bought a bottle of syrup for cold/ flu. Paid $19.79 one bottle if used every 4 hours will last one and half day.. so I need at least 3 for my mild symptoms to clear them up. It's not normal.
My oldest daughter is a medical professional making the most she ever has, and she is more broke than she has ever been, even during the lean post graduate years. My youngest daughter is living on disability and she gets less than 1k a month because “her husband makes too much” so we are supplementing her income for groceries, medical bills, and medications. My husband is a truck driver, when people and companies aren’t buying because they are broke, then less freight is on the road and our income has gone down over $30,000+ a year since 2020. We are 3 families struggling and we are FAR from being alone.
What size house are they living in and what cars are they driving that $1k and a husband that "makes too much" can't afford anything? Maybe you should have taught her how to live within her means?
I disagree, it’s not about class warfare. Never has been, it’s only the left that screams about class warfare. All Americans need a relief package from Congress. We have a spending problem which is why taxes AND the debt is so high.
@@kurtphillybecause we keep paying more taxes every year on an item we already paid for! You think we should pay our vehicle sales tax all over again every year?
Our gov consists of incompetent fools that don’t have to live with the consequences of their decisions and thrive off their constituents suffering. We’re all way too tired of this.
You don't know what your talking about. You can't even name enough "young people" to fill all those positions. We don't want some newbie, wet behind the ears, green punk running our national defense. Sit down.
By slashing social security, medicaid, and cutting the defense budget? And while we’re at it, how about we eliminate the FBI, CIA, FAA, FEMA, NASA, the FDA, the Navy, Postal Service, and close some of these prisons. Will that make the government small enough for you?
@ You didn’t answer the question. Social Security, Medicare, Defense and interest on the debt is 85% of the budget. You could eliminate ALL the rest of government, no border control, no CiA or FBI, no flood control, no food inspection, no air traffic control and all the rest and you would STiLL have a deficit.
@byronbuck1762 The Pentegon just failed its 7th audit in a row. It can't account for some of its 825billion. I'm sure some money can be cut there. Especially if they are just gonna lose it anyways.
Already struggling making $28/hr. My studio is $1700/mo. Just finished school and got a job making $34/hr and guess what. I got a rent increase of $300. So now back in the same position. Ready go give up. Last year it went from 1425 to 1700. It’s insane
@@rl5579Not everyone is the same. Everyone deals with different variables in their live, just because you can afford it doesn’t mean everyone can. Expand your mindset.
We are facing a money printing crisis. The real definition of inflation is an increase in currency. High prices are a consequence of inflation, not inflation itself.
It's also big corporations buying up smaller companies and buying up farmland, real-estate and rental properties and pushing up prices as high as they can. We have of work to do if we want to fix our economy. The problem is that big money doesn't want it fixed.
I agree, since the lobby has a politicians in their pockets, they’re not gonna touch that area. We the people need to demand that the rich pay their fare share and corporations too.
@oscarquezada895 good luck Oscar. They're gonna run us into the ground until all our last pennies are theirs, until weve had enough and with nothing to lose, strike back. The future is not painting a good picture.
@@oscarquezada895 Absolutely! Warren Buffet said that if the wealthy paid their fair share in taxes, we could pay off the national debt and fully fund social security. This is coming from a very wealthy man, with zero bankruptcies as a businessman. Cutting benefits for the people who depend on, specifically senior citizens and veterans, is not the answer.
There needs to be a law passed to prohibit corporations purchasing ANY residential housing!!! THEY are fueling the ridiculous high prices in the housing market. And limit investors too!!
@@philrutulante6105lack of incentive and constantly being kicked backwards ruined the work ethic. I opted for early retirement in the cheap seats. Materialist turned minimalist. Happier without all the hastle.
I dont know how so many people were able to spend on Christmas gifts. Everything is expensive that I couldn't buy any gifts because my money was to cover my rent and groceries. I feel like these past years have been the hardest years of my life. I have been single for many years and I was able to have more money left to provide more for my kids. Now that my rent has gone up twice and I have to pay more on bills, not to mention groceries, my income doesn't help as much.
People have put themselves so far into debt that they stopped caring about their debt amount and will just continue to pay minimums and spend money. I was shocked to hear spending was up for Christmas. Especially when so many people complain about the cost of living
@davidammonds2011 exactly. Even in times like this, most people could actually live fine if they would budget, stop buying cars and stop spending on material crap
From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I think it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
...as my main concern is how to survive all of these financial and political crisis; the government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.
True, I have been in touch with a brokerage advisor. With an initial starting reserve of $12k, my advisor chooses the entry and exit commands for my portfolio, which has grown to approximately $110k
10% for first 10k, 11k-45k get taxed at 12%, with it going to 22% for every dollar after 45k up to 95k. A flat tax would increase taxes on the working class and decrease taxes for people with higher incomes, especially the wealthy and super wealthy. Check this guy's networth and you'll see exactly why he would advocate for flat 15%.
Why the tax bracket jumps from 12% to 22%, and 24% to 32%? Gosh, earning a dollar more exceeding the limit causes crazy high taxes percentage, it does not make sense. I ve been working so hard incl. overtime everyday to meet the needs of the family, but is forced to pay crazy high tax rate that the income looks okay, but the net disposable income is less than average!
@@tungtung8378 you only get taxed at the new rate for each dollar past the new tax bracket. Example: let's say you made 13k this year. You will pay 10% on the first 11k, then 12% on the following 2k. But that's not really the point. The point is that 15% flat tax is a tax increase for lower income Americans and a tax cut for higher income Americans. Especially the rich. We're never going to reduce our deficits if we keep cutting taxes for the rich and corporations.
Corporations would just oass it down i. The product. Businesses would move out of the country. Collected taxes would go way way down for sure with loss of jobs. @@FosterTravis1071
The government can't tax corporations too much or the companies will just leave the country and set up shop somewhere else. We need term limits and Congress, house, and Senate members need to take a pay cut. They don't deserve 120k-180k per year when they barely even show up at Capitol hill and are only interested in self serving
When earning 100k a year is barely getting by , anyone making 50k or less a year in Washington State is not able to live on their own unless they live in slums and then they are working just to have a bed to sleep in.
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A flat tax may be the answer. The IRS regs are just crazy. I've been a tax accountant for many years, gave it up, can't keep up with it anymore starting 10 years ago. Noticed tax rates declining in some states but the deductions you used to be able to take have disapperaed. Net result---higher taxes.
Thanks to the 2017 tax act. Hit middle and low incomes, but gave large breaks to people making over 500k a year. Also people like Ron Johnson in congress got to deduct his private jet.
Such an agenda would be facing rather strong headwinds from Congress. SCOTUS has already ruled multiple times on the Constitutionality of the federal income tax.
@@johndsouza842oh bs, SS is their money they put it in. The government steals from it for other nonsense. The government gives billions for nonsense like finding out how many times a bee pukes to fill one cell in their hive with honey. Etc etc etc
I was thinking about this the other day. I am also 35. I remember having a nice condo in west palm beach for $700 back in 2011 workimg a b s job. It was easier to maintain back then. Things have certainly changed.
Also mid-30s. Was dreaming about our $825/mo 2bd dump apartment in MA back in 2015. Now it’s $1450 for a dump apartment in OR…. 2025. Will rents double again over the next decade??
We're facing one? We're already in a cost of living crisis. We went to the food store the other day I bought $280 worth of food and I can still see through the bottom of the cart. That used to be a full cart of food now it's just a few things...... Saying how we have a birth rate crisis well how's anyone supposed to support raising kids if they can't even feed themselves...... The answer is not to bring in the third world...... The answer is to fix our country and make it usable again.
So strange that Fox is covering this. People have been saying this for years now. The poor are in a depression the rich are in a bull market. Finally doing your job Fox! Keep it up.
15% flat is still too much. No income tax period. Government taxes everything else and makes more than enough without having to steal from the working class
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
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I recently sold half my tech stock holdings due to all-time highs, leaving me with $400k. Should I invest in ETFs now or wait for a market correction considering potential inflation?
From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
@@kellio8087 idk honestly but I hope President Trump can do something about it cause it's a problem having to choose btw eating or keeping the roof over our house
The government from the local to the federal has to stop subsidizing the poorest to the richest. Amazon built a warehouse in Box Elder South Dakota and we the Tax payers paid for the new infrastructure but out of state construction came in and did all of the work and they got a TIF to boot, out of state amazon employees are working there. Also Box Elder South Dakota has built an extreme amount of Apartments that are being income based government section 8 and immigrants from all over are getting preferential treatment. End the subsidies.
It’s not your taxes, it’s lack of competition in our every day life. Rent is more because corporations have bought and raised rents, goods more because monopolies own our meat packing companies. We continue to give out corporate welfare who keep raising prices on everyday goods.
There is nothing to worry about. As Trump and Vance promised during the campaign, everything will be cheaper and affordable as soon as Trump takes office.😅
I am retired and I had to cut out eating lunch a year ago because of the price of food. I weigh 105 lbs. My property insurance has doubled over the last 2 years and Medicare insurance has increased substantially. I worked hard all my life and I worry how long I will be able to hold onto my home. It isn’t looking good.
Then they shouldn’t be in debt with us if they are tired of servicing their own debt. If they didn’t ask us for money, they wouldn’t be in debt with us.
@@TH-camKB323 Are you that dense? The US prints, prints and prints to support your so called "American Living Standards". How do you think your annual trillions of deficits be serviced? But it's cool, soon nobody would hold on to your worthless USD, all those printed money would fly back to you. Enjoy your hyperinflation soon. Better stop begging other nations to buy or loan you more money. Everyone is selling their USD reserves. Why do you think your treasury interest rate is so high, because nobody would buy it
To drop house prices you need to KEEP INTEREST RATES HIGH and make it Harder to get a mortgage and over time the market will collapse. If you lower interest rates or make it easier to get a Loan or give people down payment help the price of a house will simply go higher
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man he won't even notice you're picking his pockets. Hell give him someone to look down on and he'll empty them out for you. Lyndon B Johnson
@@Ziegfried82doesn’t matter. Several Republicans want to see social security sunset. They would have zero income then. I see a lot of old people working after retiring to supplement their income. Yet, there are millions of Americans able fly and travel and buy whatever they want. Yet, corporations receive major tax cuts, shrink their products, and raise prices. Top executives make millions while the average worker makes less than $20 an hour.
"Privatize profits and socialize losses." That sounds like the middle earners losing out any which way you slice it. Would Universities taking the money and turning out useless degrees and then Student Loans being forgiven for the taxpayers to pay back fall under this concept?
@byronbuck1762 The stock market does not represent the overall economy just a small percentage. The top 10% own 93% of the stock market (2024). When it comes to the employment rate including gig jobs in those statistics make it a complete joke. Open your eyes no country with the amount of homeless people we have has a good economy. Stop parroting what the rich feed you to say.
@ Homelessness is primarily due to a lack of affordable housing. By all traditional measures the economy is strong, and the strongest in any first world country. Free lance employment has always been counted as part of employment. Many of us choose this work over traditional salaried work. That said, this economy isn’t working for everyone. You can count on Trump’s tariffs and deportation plans to make it worse.
People on social security receiving below poverth need an increase. Why haven't they done anything to help us? Most of us worked all our li es. We are human too
I don't think you tried very hard: 26 U.S.C. § 7201: "Anyone who willfully attempts to evade or defeat any tax imposed, in addition to other penalties provided by law, are guilty of a felony and after conviction, shall be fined up to $100,000, or $500,000 for a corporation, or imprisoned up to 5 years, or both."
Folks, anytime your government increases the money supply cost go up. To much money chasing assets, goods and services = higher prices. Our government took the m2 money supply from 4 trillion dollars in yr 2000 all the way to 21 trillion dollars today. There is why life is so hard today. The ultra rich got a large % of all that money and are now able to bid up prices. Also population increases have put a strain on supply of food and housing = higher prices. Supply and demand still works today. Reduce the population and prices will fall. IMHO
I’m going off subject for a minute, but does anyone notice that ALL of the news people on ALL OF THE CHANNELS ARE WEARING THE EXACT SAME COLORS, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, ALL OF THEM ARE WEARING BLACK!!! Check out all the news channels when they come on, tell me if I’m seeing things or not!!!
It’s not just taxes killing us it’s the tasteless profiteering from people without proper business ediquite. There’s a max profit % that a company should take for themselves, the rest should be split amongst the employees since paying people good is beyond them. If that doesn’t happen your business will fail, because the next consumer you need will be working 12 hour days and still won’t have the money to buy your product.
Our savings accounts are going into the pockets of the teachers union! If you’re not talking about eliminating personal property taxes, then let it crash! If the reader doesn’t understand what I’m saying, that’s a clear indication of how stupid this uninformed public is! Very stupid!
Given that personal property is any property other than real estate including airplanes, boats and property held for business purposes such as supplies, furniture, machinery and equipment, fixtures and improvements, aren't only businesses subject to tax on personal property? How is the teacher's union getting all of your business's tax on your personal property? If you eliminated personal property tax from county coffers they would have to raise all our real estate property taxes and I for one am against that.
.63 cents on every dollar goes straight to the teachers union. Plus lottery plus casino revenue. School levy’s galore, and when property values are artificially raised, that makes us pay more in property taxes that increase funding for the schools/unions. Schools are not funded. Bonds are funded! That equals less money for working class to put in savings averaging $3000.00 a year! You do the math
.63 cents on every dollar paid in personal property taxes goes straight to the teachers unions. Lottery, casino, cigarettes, they are getting money thrown at them from every direction. That money funds Bonds! We pay out of pocket for garbage pickup, a sewer bill that is really just a300% tax on our water. Oh and these schools also are getting money from federal also! Teachers unions are breaking our city’s. Our schools are a joke and highly over funded! Eliminate personal property taxes and give us the right to own our homes and not have to rent off the government
@@brianarmstrong6215 .63 cents? Do you mean around 2/3 of a cent? And .63 cents on every dollar of WHAT? Of property tax? Or of personal property tax which you complained about earlier, which only businesses pay into? I can do math, thanks to our public school system. You can try to defund it if you want, but if you want to make an effective case then please do a better job of explaining your position. Because if your true gripe is how much you pay in property taxes, then please google your local county budget and understand how much of it also goes to police, fire, road/street maintenance, city services, libraries, etc.
Investment firms/groups should be forced to sell the homes they bought and arent trying to rent/sell... Aka, advertising to rent for more than the going rate should warrant being forced to sell. Lets start with Blackrock and all of their umbrella investment groups and everyone with investments with Blackrock needs to file erisa lawsuits for mishandling their investment funds as they claim on their website that they don't buy houses/multi-family (under 5 units) housing, which is an absolute cause for erisa lawsuits because if you research whos buying rental properties and research where the buyer works and who funds them, Blackrock is right there, throwing money at rental housing and a lot of the properties sit empty because they want 3x+ nearby comparable rental properties are actually getting renters. The reason Blackrock doesnt want to rent out said properties is they write-off for every year older the property gets for depreciation to get tax write-offs despite the home values increasing.
It's not tax that causes hardship for Americans today. It's inflation and widespread price gouging. We don't need tax cut. We need prosecution of price gougers
My lease is up, and I've been looking to flee the country. Thankfully, I work from home, so I would be able to keep my job and income while living overseas, but I would prefer if I didn't have to. It's very stressful living and being unable to save. If I have an emergency here in the US, I am done because my money is getting eaten away by debt and high cost of living. If the cost of living wasn't so high, I would have been able to pay my debt this past year, yet at this rate, I would be shocked if I could get half this year.
Logic? I would beg to differ. Tariffs will increase prices. There will be shortages. Trump will give tax 'relief' to the rich people. The others - I doubt it.
Most of the people complaining about the cost of living are also overspending in non essential expenses… subscriptions, brand name cloths, eating out, vacations
You are out of Touch if you actually believe this! You definitely are not struggling like those of us who are making more than we ever have but barely able to make it.
@ there are some people that are truly struggling, yes, but that’s maybe 10%…. The vast majority are driving cars they can’t afford, going on vacations they can’t afford, and not focused enough on career growth.
Cutting taxes will not help with cost of living because that increases cash on hand which increases inflation. The supply needs to be increased to overcome the demand.
With the cost of living skyrocketing, I’m honestly overwhelmed. Groceries, utilities, and housing have all doubled in what feels like no time. Retirement seems like a far-off dream now-how are we even supposed to save when inflation keeps eating away at our earnings?
Exactly. It’s scary how quickly your money loses value. I’ve been trying to invest to stay ahead of inflation, but I’m not sure if my strategy is working. I’m worried I might be taking on too much risk without seeing real growth
One big mistake I see people making is waiting too long to adjust their portfolios. By the time they realize they’re exposed to too much risk or not enough growth, it’s often too late. This cost of living crisis is a wake-up call to get serious about protecting and growing what we have
So true. I’ve been thinking about getting professional help because doing it alone isn’t working for me. Do you know of any investment advisors who can actually make a difference? I need someone who understands both long-term and short-term strategies
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Thank you so much for the suggestion! I really needed it. I looked him up on Google and explored his website; he has an impressive background in investments. I've sent him an email, and I hope to hear back from him soon
Fox got this news a little bit late. We have been living in an economic crisis for the last two years.
10 years dude.
try decades good ol corporate greed. they gave all our decent jobs to china and imports cheap labor through h1b visas for the last of the decent jobs
1980 is when the wealth gap started getting bigger
I grew up during the 80s, my entire life has been a financial struggle as a single person. Thank goodness I decided to not have children. Hats off to all you parents trying to survive out there.
It actually started under Nixon, by taking the dollar off of the Gold Standard. That was the beginning of the official destruction of our currency.
No kidding. Americans are suffering from this cost of living. Rent increases, food, Insurance they are killing us.
Thanks Joey.
don't worry once Trump passes tax cuts for the wealthiest again everything will be fine.
Yet Bibi is well funded.
Which has nothing to do with taxes.
You nailed it.
People struggling will just do what they got to do to survive. So expect crime to go way up
Yep I said this years ago
@@sagba947 And it totally did not happen. Crime across the board is down about half from where it was in the early 1990's.
@@KungPowEnterFist but it’s not the 90s being a 90s baby myself you can clearly see the uptick in crime some of the most henious crimes happened a few years ago
@@KungPowEnterFist Wow, someone here actually knows facts?
If it get to a point where my family is homeless and hungry I become a criminal as well. The greed and corruption in this country is crazy.
The prices have been going up every single month. I’m on a fixed income and I know it there’s things I have to live without including food and medication. This is awful. Something‘s gotta change.
Vote for Trump 🤣🤣🤣
The woke company's are going to up the cost to cover the woke cult
VOTE RED
I agree! I just came back from Walgreens and bought a bottle of syrup for cold/ flu. Paid $19.79 one bottle if used every 4 hours will last one and half day.. so I need at least 3 for my mild symptoms to clear them up. It's not normal.
@rl5579 able body's under 65 should work
My oldest daughter is a medical professional making the most she ever has, and she is more broke than she has ever been, even during the lean post graduate years. My youngest daughter is living on disability and she gets less than 1k a month because “her husband makes too much” so we are supplementing her income for groceries, medical bills, and medications. My husband is a truck driver, when people and companies aren’t buying because they are broke, then less freight is on the road and our income has gone down over $30,000+ a year since 2020. We are 3 families struggling and we are FAR from being alone.
What size house are they living in and what cars are they driving that $1k and a husband that "makes too much" can't afford anything? Maybe you should have taught her how to live within her means?
@@Calebm90what makes you think I owe you this information?
@@rl5579what? You want me to send a financial statement? Show me yours first.
They need to budget
@@Calebm90exactly
It's not about left VS right, it's all about rich VS poor especially now
I disagree, it’s not about class warfare. Never has been, it’s only the left that screams about class warfare. All Americans need a relief package from Congress. We have a spending problem which is why taxes AND the debt is so high.
I totally agree but it's also about the rich you are living behind concrete walls and can't see the real world 😢
Takes a lot of money to pay the influence peddlers.
It's about the beaurocracy vs. The People.
@@terryjohnson1376
That’s something Biden voters say, you’re so bitter, childish petty
Property taxes is definitely counter intuitive.
Why? Also nothing to do with this clip.
@@kurtphillybecause we keep paying more taxes every year on an item we already paid for! You think we should pay our vehicle sales tax all over again every year?
@@MultiAnne36 I think if own a car you should pay me $100.00 every month just for the privilege of driving.
@@kurtphilly It's a tax on unrealized gains percentage wise.
@@MultiAnne36they call it registration instead of tax 😢
Lower my taxes! I’m sick of paying for Illegals, Ukraine and corrupt government officials to get rich.
Greed really screws up economies.
tell that to ANY millionaire including traitor trump LOL!
Biden is also a millionaire, they all are.
When will government stop bailing out banks and investors who make money and run. At the taxpayers expense.?.?
never
Your absolutely right. Automotive manufacturers got billions in tax money, none of us can afford a vehicle now
They won't.
Our gov consists of incompetent fools that don’t have to live with the consequences of their decisions and thrive off their constituents suffering. We’re all way too tired of this.
@CHADCHOPS
Well until the masses stop paying taxes nothing will change.
Doesnt take an economist to figure this out
Exactly my thoughts
We the people want all officials fired. We need a younger government.
No we don't these young ones are nuts!
You don't know what your talking about. You can't even name enough "young people" to fill all those positions. We don't want some newbie, wet behind the ears, green punk running our national defense.
Sit down.
Trump is Morbidly Obese and is almost 80 years old
More age appropriate, not ones that can be all our grandfather
Corruption doesn’t have an age limit
You have to cut the size and reach of the federal government.
Absolutely unrelated.
No you need a huge powerful military
By slashing social security, medicaid, and cutting the defense budget? And while we’re at it, how about we eliminate the FBI, CIA, FAA, FEMA, NASA, the FDA, the Navy, Postal Service, and close some of these prisons. Will that make the government small enough for you?
Yes...government needs to lower the price of eggs. Oh wait...the government isn't in the business of eggs never mind. 😂
Don’t you mean corporations? The reach? You don’t like the postal service or the military?
People need government to quit spending.. its that simple
Really? Where should we stop spending?
@byronbuck1762 If you don't know where the problem is, guess you are the problem...smh
@ You didn’t answer the question. Social Security, Medicare, Defense and interest on the debt is 85% of the budget. You could eliminate ALL the rest of government, no border control, no CiA or FBI, no flood control, no food inspection, no air traffic control and all the rest and you would STiLL have a deficit.
@@byronbuck1762 You must be from Ukraine or maybe Isreal or Afghanistan.
@byronbuck1762 The Pentegon just failed its 7th audit in a row. It can't account for some of its 825billion. I'm sure some money can be cut there. Especially if they are just gonna lose it anyways.
Already struggling making $28/hr. My studio is $1700/mo. Just finished school and got a job making $34/hr and guess what. I got a rent increase of $300. So now back in the same position. Ready go give up. Last year it went from 1425 to 1700. It’s insane
Bot or just dumb
You need to move my boy, thats overpriced even with today’s economy.
@@jaysonoweh2227 how it is dumb when all of California, and many places across the US are experiencing the same thing?
@@UnsencoredTube I agree, I am looking into other states but all of my life and family are here so not as easy.
@@UnsencoredTubeits happening everywhere. There's no running from this.
I’m 30 years old and still living at home. I cannot afford to live out on my own. I have just enough money to essentially survive.
@@rl5579Not everyone is the same. Everyone deals with different variables in their live, just because you can afford it doesn’t mean everyone can. Expand your mindset.
Living with your parents as long as you can is smart. It's the new trend. Many people no longer look down to it because it's so common now.
33 percent of people ages 18-34 live at home. 1 out of 3 people your age live at home. It’s not a personal failing it’s a systemic failure.
@@kellio8087USA is the only country that had a problem with that. In Europe it was always common for families to stick together like that.
Greedy CEOs are a major problem.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
2025- better buckle up
It will never get better.
If it gets better 😮
It's going to get worse before it gets worse.
We are facing a money printing crisis. The real definition of inflation is an increase in currency. High prices are a consequence of inflation, not inflation itself.
It's also big corporations buying up smaller companies and buying up farmland, real-estate and rental properties and pushing up prices as high as they can. We have of work to do if we want to fix our economy. The problem is that big money doesn't want it fixed.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, no matter what the little guy thinks.
100% and this incoming administration will do absolutely nothing to improve the situation
@2011hwalker
Neither side does. That's how we got into this mess and you defending one side of the crooks is how they stay in charge.
Answer- corporate greed !
Absolutely!
Everything is all about profit and keeping investors happy. No more about helping people and providing customer service.
I agree, since the lobby has a politicians in their pockets, they’re not gonna touch that area. We the people need to demand that the rich pay their fare share and corporations too.
@oscarquezada895 good luck Oscar. They're gonna run us into the ground until all our last pennies are theirs, until weve had enough and with nothing to lose, strike back. The future is not painting a good picture.
@@oscarquezada895 Absolutely! Warren Buffet said that if the wealthy paid their fair share in taxes, we could pay off the national debt and fully fund social security. This is coming from a very wealthy man, with zero bankruptcies as a businessman. Cutting benefits for the people who depend on, specifically senior citizens and veterans, is not the answer.
A flat tax as long as every corporation and politician pay the same amount.
How about no tax, stop ripping people off.
How about no roads, no police, no fire protection, no water, no flood control, no air traffic control…..
How about no IRS and federal reserve?
@@bonnessacoy8990 Now you're talkin. The entire system is a scam.
There needs to be a law passed to prohibit corporations purchasing ANY residential housing!!! THEY are fueling the ridiculous high prices in the housing market. And limit investors too!!
Definitely needs to be regulated. Private equity is the main culprit.
I can't afford to live in the United States anymore.
Can not afford to live and work in the United States anymore. Why work?
@@philrutulante6105lack of incentive and constantly being kicked backwards ruined the work ethic. I opted for early retirement in the cheap seats. Materialist turned minimalist. Happier without all the hastle.
Pack it up and leave.
@@johndsouza842 Can't Afford to leave either
@@johndsouza842 Wow, you're genius 🙄
They are just figuring this out now ?!?! 😡
Really?! People have been struggling, wake up !
Joe Biden says bidenomics is working...lol
It been happening for more than 5 years, Americans cant afford there own homes anymore
Go fund more warcriminals. God is not asleep.
I dont know how so many people were able to spend on Christmas gifts. Everything is expensive that I couldn't buy any gifts because my money was to cover my rent and groceries.
I feel like these past years have been the hardest years of my life. I have been single for many years and I was able to have more money left to provide more for my kids. Now that my rent has gone up twice and I have to pay more on bills, not to mention groceries, my income doesn't help as much.
Clowns really cry a lot 😢
People have put themselves so far into debt that they stopped caring about their debt amount and will just continue to pay minimums and spend money. I was shocked to hear spending was up for Christmas. Especially when so many people complain about the cost of living
People are spending money they do not have ‘ credit card debt is at an all time high, and most people are living from pay check to paycheck
@davidammonds2011 exactly. Even in times like this, most people could actually live fine if they would budget, stop buying cars and stop spending on material crap
Maybe you shouldn't have spread your legs to every guy you make eye contact with!
From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I think it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
...as my main concern is how to survive all of these financial and political crisis; the government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.
Anyone who's not in the financial market space right now is making a huge mistake. Simply get a coach and make your money work for you
True, I have been in touch with a brokerage advisor. With an initial starting reserve of $12k, my advisor chooses the entry and exit commands for my portfolio, which has grown to approximately $110k
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I'm in dire need of one
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No we need the government to stop spending. No more money overseas and eliminate welfare.
White Americans make up the majority of total welfare recipients though.
How would that help the economy? What we need is better paying jobs.
@ where do you think inflation comes from?the government spending money we don’t have.
@kurtphilly
Better paying jobs would just allow the people you rely on to stay alive to take more money from you.
@@kurtphillyhard when the boomers let them all
Get offshored. They got paid tho
I'm in my 50's and can hardly afford to live or even eat. If I told Biden that I often go to bed hungry , he would just tell me to go to bed earlier 🙄
Trying to get a handout? Maybe you could pull just a bit harder on your bootstraps eh?
And Trump will just tell you to F off.
@@bobbysays that's right. He didn't care about any americans just illegals
@@Calebm90 There you go talking about your hands out and pulling on things again 🙄
@@bobbysays Homophobic AND lazy? Jesus dude, you're slipping in your old age
10% for first 10k, 11k-45k get taxed at 12%, with it going to 22% for every dollar after 45k up to 95k. A flat tax would increase taxes on the working class and decrease taxes for people with higher incomes, especially the wealthy and super wealthy. Check this guy's networth and you'll see exactly why he would advocate for flat 15%.
Why the tax bracket jumps from 12% to 22%, and 24% to 32%? Gosh, earning a dollar more exceeding the limit causes crazy high taxes percentage, it does not make sense. I ve been working so hard incl. overtime everyday to meet the needs of the family, but is forced to pay crazy high tax rate that the income looks okay, but the net disposable income is less than average!
@@tungtung8378 you only get taxed at the new rate for each dollar past the new tax bracket. Example: let's say you made 13k this year. You will pay 10% on the first 11k, then 12% on the following 2k. But that's not really the point. The point is that 15% flat tax is a tax increase for lower income Americans and a tax cut for higher income Americans. Especially the rich. We're never going to reduce our deficits if we keep cutting taxes for the rich and corporations.
Take away all tax loopholes holes for big corporations that will bring in needed revenue
And, raise the corporate taxes to 50%.
I wouldn’t raise the tax on them just have them pay their fair share
@@thomasmccarthy985550% would be a fair share. 1980 is when the wealth gap started getting bigger.
Corporations would just oass it down i. The product. Businesses would move out of the country. Collected taxes would go way way down for sure with loss of jobs. @@FosterTravis1071
The government can't tax corporations too much or the companies will just leave the country and set up shop somewhere else. We need term limits and Congress, house, and Senate members need to take a pay cut. They don't deserve 120k-180k per year when they barely even show up at Capitol hill and are only interested in self serving
When earning 100k a year is barely getting by , anyone making 50k or less a year in Washington State is not able to live on their own unless they live in slums and then they are working just to have a bed to sleep in.
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15% flat tax with no exemptions is such a fair and easy system that fighting against it is just insane.
A flat tax may be the answer. The IRS regs are just crazy. I've been a tax accountant for many years, gave it up, can't keep up with it anymore starting 10 years ago. Noticed tax rates declining in some states but the deductions you used to be able to take have disapperaed. Net result---higher taxes.
it needs to be flat tax of 30% to 40%
Thanks to the 2017 tax act. Hit middle and low incomes, but gave large breaks to people making over 500k a year. Also people like Ron Johnson in congress got to deduct his private jet.
I keep telling people this but no one is listening. You can’t deduct nothing. People out here making up fake companies.
15% flat tax and 0 income tax. This will boost our economy enormously.
A flat tax IS an income tax. You haven't a clue what you're talking about. WOW
@@uisblackcat So do you well when it comes to the economy year over year? If not, then you also don’t know what you’re talking about.
Such an agenda would be facing rather strong headwinds from Congress. SCOTUS has already ruled multiple times on the Constitutionality of the federal income tax.
That makes zero sense. A flat tax is referring to the rate of income tax.
A Flat tax would just eliminate Tax Credits and Loopholes . And everybody pays the same percentage .
A crisis like every single retired person on Social Security is going to be homeless...
Rather go out in a blaze of glory.
That’s the generation that created this mess. Oh well.. 🤷♂️
@johndsouza842 the people on Social Security are the ones that created the mess?
@@johndsouza842oh bs, SS is their money they put it in. The government steals from it for other nonsense. The government gives billions for nonsense like finding out how many times a bee pukes to fill one cell in their hive with honey. Etc etc etc
That's the Purpose Vivek wants to make USA like India and people poop in the street
I had a way easier time getting an apartment at 20 with shitty income than I do now with a way better income at 35.
I was thinking about this the other day. I am also 35. I remember having a nice condo in west palm beach for $700 back in 2011 workimg a b s job. It was easier to maintain back then. Things have certainly changed.
Also 35. We got screwed from top to bottom.
Also mid-30s. Was dreaming about our $825/mo 2bd dump apartment in MA back in 2015. Now it’s $1450 for a dump apartment in OR…. 2025. Will rents double again over the next decade??
We're facing one? We're already in a cost of living crisis. We went to the food store the other day I bought $280 worth of food and I can still see through the bottom of the cart. That used to be a full cart of food now it's just a few things...... Saying how we have a birth rate crisis well how's anyone supposed to support raising kids if they can't even feed themselves...... The answer is not to bring in the third world...... The answer is to fix our country and make it usable again.
They will just replace you with foreigners
Tax relief won’t work unless the root cause is addressed in most states is housing and food. Can only cut taxes so much our debt is enormous.
So strange that Fox is covering this. People have been saying this for years now. The poor are in a depression the rich are in a bull market. Finally doing your job Fox! Keep it up.
We have been living in crisis for the last 10 years!!!
probably since 2008
Late on reporting, we been facing it for years now
15% flat is still too much. No income tax period. Government taxes everything else and makes more than enough without having to steal from the working class
TAX THE IMMIGRANTS LET THEM WORK
Yea, who needs those stupid roads and schools and police and fire departments and military and air traffic controllers and ..............
@@rl5579 Even at 10 percent, there would be more than enough funding! Get back to your glory hole!
Ok. We will just get rid of road maintenance, the police and the fire department
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
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From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
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@@terryjohnson1376
So you like paying more taxes and being ruled by the government?
@PodClips-j1r Answer the question DAMNIT
Nobody but what choice do we have? There are better ways of running society but nobody knows what they are.
After working 50 hours a week I'm still broke bc my taxes are too high and my city taxes are higher than before
Many people are broke at the end of the month and don't even have enough left to pay taxes. How are they to make it?
@@kellio8087 idk honestly but I hope President Trump can do something about it cause it's a problem having to choose btw eating or keeping the roof over our house
The government from the local to the federal has to stop subsidizing the poorest to the richest. Amazon built a warehouse in Box Elder South Dakota and we the Tax payers paid for the new infrastructure but out of state construction came in and did all of the work and they got a TIF to boot, out of state amazon employees are working there. Also Box Elder South Dakota has built an extreme amount of Apartments that are being income based government section 8 and immigrants from all over are getting preferential treatment. End the subsidies.
It’s not your taxes, it’s lack of competition in our every day life. Rent is more because corporations have bought and raised rents, goods more because monopolies own our meat packing companies. We continue to give out corporate welfare who keep raising prices on everyday goods.
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Like last time with 18 million jobs lost
There is nothing to worry about. As Trump and Vance promised during the campaign, everything will be cheaper and affordable as soon as Trump takes office.😅
Nothing like avoiding the Elephant in the room until its too late and then pretending like this is new, insane.
I am retired and I had to cut out eating lunch a year ago because of the price of food. I weigh 105 lbs. My property insurance has doubled over the last 2 years and Medicare insurance has increased substantially. I worked hard all my life and I worry how long I will be able to hold onto my home. It isn’t looking good.
Shouldn’t American citizens vote and then Congress does what we want?????
Flat rate of 10% would be the best tax code for all, no filing
Ya think? Eating out, groceries, a couple major purchases and my CC is back to being heavy in debt. This country is fkd.
Money is debts, all debts must be serviced and the world is tired of servicing the US debts.
Then they shouldn’t be in debt with us if they are tired of servicing their own debt. If they didn’t ask us for money, they wouldn’t be in debt with us.
@@TH-camKB323 Are you that dense? The US prints, prints and prints to support your so called "American Living Standards". How do you think your annual trillions of deficits be serviced? But it's cool, soon nobody would hold on to your worthless USD, all those printed money would fly back to you. Enjoy your hyperinflation soon. Better stop begging other nations to buy or loan you more money. Everyone is selling their USD reserves. Why do you think your treasury interest rate is so high, because nobody would buy it
They mined the harbor before fleeing.
End property tax, it's in everything you buy, including that sandwich your eating.
I just went to long horn steak house at 6pm New Year’s Eve. I was told 1.5 hours wait. I live in one of poorest state in USA. Thanks for listening
i cant afford to go there
@@MrMustangMan You just need credit cards like all the others.
The only way I can eat out is by using cheaper restaurants discounts and offers on apps. Those discounts are what the prices should be.
To drop house prices you need to KEEP INTEREST RATES HIGH and make it Harder to get a mortgage and over time the market will collapse. If you lower interest rates or make it easier to get a Loan or give people down payment help the price of a house will simply go higher
Wait until tariffs kick in and prices rise. Then,
increased government spending and deficits will raise interest rates.
We need elimination of all income tax ASAP !!!
Average rent in Orlando for a 1 bedroom apartment is $1600 a month.
Thats actually low for Fl.
@ You must be looking at Miami/West Palm/Fort Lauderdale/Tampa rent.
I have a 4/4 in St. Cloud harmony for $2700. I think it’s reasonable for a big new house.
@@andrewsnyder9262 That’s on a mortgage not rent?
@ no that’s rent.
Getting rid of endless regulations is the number 1 factor to get the cost of living down.
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Reduce taxes, which will increase spending, will increase inflation....
Me and my husband are down to eating once a day,and we had to cut the cable tv off 2 years ago. Thanks to traitor jo!fjb
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Maybe you should make more money?
@@joelclaus288 if they are retirees that's not really how it works.
@@Ziegfried82doesn’t matter. Several Republicans want to see social security sunset. They would have zero income then. I see a lot of old people working after retiring to supplement their income. Yet, there are millions of Americans able fly and travel and buy whatever they want. Yet, corporations receive major tax cuts, shrink their products, and raise prices. Top executives make millions while the average worker makes less than $20 an hour.
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"Privatize profits and socialize losses." That sounds like the middle earners losing out any which way you slice it. Would Universities taking the money and turning out useless degrees and then Student Loans being forgiven for the taxpayers to pay back fall under this concept?
Inflation in the past 30 years was artificially suppressed because of Chinese imports. Imagine what happens when you stop Chinese imports.
Lmaooo
How about breaking monopolies that causing high prices and wages stagflation?
We've been living in an economic crisis since Biden took office ffs.
Ridiculous. Unemployment dropped in half and stock market doubled
Trump supporters just keep getting dumber and dumber
@@byronbuck1762
@byronbuck1762
The stock market does not represent the overall economy just a small percentage. The top 10% own 93% of the stock market (2024). When it comes to the employment rate including gig jobs in those statistics make it a complete joke. Open your eyes no country with the amount of homeless people we have has a good economy. Stop parroting what the rich feed you to say.
@ Homelessness is primarily due to a lack of affordable housing. By all traditional measures the economy is strong, and the strongest in any first world country. Free lance employment has always been counted as part of employment. Many of us choose this work over traditional salaried work. That said, this economy isn’t working for everyone. You can count on Trump’s tariffs and deportation plans to make it worse.
Oh please, us lowly civilians don't deserve to take tax cuts away from corporations and their greedy CEOs.
People on social security receiving below poverth need an increase. Why haven't they done anything to help us? Most of us worked all our li es. We are human too
Trump is going to take that away, permanently....
SSI pays less than the minimum wage. Which shouldn't even be legal.
Try saying something intelligent for a change. Trump will eventually find ways to help social security, which I'm on.@@FosterTravis1071
Because they only care about the new voters. Aka illegals and lazy people.
Get ready to say goodbye to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, VA services and FREE SPEECH
No worries. Trump’s tariffs will save your day.
It’ll make it worse
Economic crash likely with DT etc
does the tax code say income tax is under the criminal code. because i can't find you have to pay income in the criminal code. so i am not paying
I don't think you tried very hard:
26 U.S.C. § 7201:
"Anyone who willfully attempts to evade or defeat any tax imposed, in addition to other penalties provided by law, are guilty of a felony and after conviction, shall be fined up to $100,000, or $500,000 for a corporation, or imprisoned up to 5 years, or both."
@@rl5579 that isn't the criminal code. read the federal mafia
@@rickhayes-oh2zm It is in the criminal code, but whatever. You just go with that attitude and see how far you get
Folks, anytime your government increases the money supply cost go up. To much money chasing assets, goods and services = higher prices.
Our government took the m2 money supply from 4 trillion dollars in yr 2000 all the way to 21 trillion dollars today. There is why life is so hard today.
The ultra rich got a large % of all that money and are now able to bid up prices.
Also population increases have put a strain on supply of food and housing = higher prices. Supply and demand still works today.
Reduce the population and prices will fall.
IMHO
The prices will stop increasing when people stop buying things they don't need.
Not how it works. Supply and go down causing prices to increase.
People don't go into business to loose. During a downturn, they may fire or raise prices or both.
I’m going off subject for a minute, but does anyone notice that ALL of the news people on ALL OF THE CHANNELS ARE WEARING THE EXACT SAME COLORS, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, ALL OF THEM ARE WEARING BLACK!!! Check out all the news channels when they come on, tell me if I’m seeing things or not!!!
It’s not just taxes killing us it’s the tasteless profiteering from people without proper business ediquite. There’s a max profit % that a company should take for themselves, the rest should be split amongst the employees since paying people good is beyond them. If that doesn’t happen your business will fail, because the next consumer you need will be working 12 hour days and still won’t have the money to buy your product.
When 42 acres without a house is 628,000, you bet 😢
in 1990 I could buy an acre of desert land for $2000 now it cost 10,000 and there’s still nothing on it
The American people have spoken tales are the numbers one issue!
Inflation and overcharging is the problem
LOL what?
Our savings accounts are going into the pockets of the teachers union! If you’re not talking about eliminating personal property taxes, then let it crash! If the reader doesn’t understand what I’m saying, that’s a clear indication of how stupid this uninformed public is! Very stupid!
Given that personal property is any property other than real estate including airplanes, boats and property held for business purposes such as supplies, furniture, machinery and equipment, fixtures and improvements, aren't only businesses subject to tax on personal property? How is the teacher's union getting all of your business's tax on your personal property? If you eliminated personal property tax from county coffers they would have to raise all our real estate property taxes and I for one am against that.
I guess I'm stoopid. Educate me on how your savings accounts are going into the pockets of the teachers union
.63 cents on every dollar goes straight to the teachers union. Plus lottery plus casino revenue. School levy’s galore, and when property values are artificially raised, that makes us pay more in property taxes that increase funding for the schools/unions. Schools are not funded. Bonds are funded! That equals less money for working class to put in savings averaging $3000.00 a year! You do the math
.63 cents on every dollar paid in personal property taxes goes straight to the teachers unions. Lottery, casino, cigarettes, they are getting money thrown at them from every direction. That money funds Bonds! We pay out of pocket for garbage pickup, a sewer bill that is really just a300% tax on our water. Oh and these schools also are getting money from federal also! Teachers unions are breaking our city’s. Our schools are a joke and highly over funded! Eliminate personal property taxes and give us the right to own our homes and not have to rent off the government
@@brianarmstrong6215 .63 cents? Do you mean around 2/3 of a cent? And .63 cents on every dollar of WHAT? Of property tax? Or of personal property tax which you complained about earlier, which only businesses pay into? I can do math, thanks to our public school system. You can try to defund it if you want, but if you want to make an effective case then please do a better job of explaining your position. Because if your true gripe is how much you pay in property taxes, then please google your local county budget and understand how much of it also goes to police, fire, road/street maintenance, city services, libraries, etc.
Investment firms/groups should be forced to sell the homes they bought and arent trying to rent/sell... Aka, advertising to rent for more than the going rate should warrant being forced to sell. Lets start with Blackrock and all of their umbrella investment groups and everyone with investments with Blackrock needs to file erisa lawsuits for mishandling their investment funds as they claim on their website that they don't buy houses/multi-family (under 5 units) housing, which is an absolute cause for erisa lawsuits because if you research whos buying rental properties and research where the buyer works and who funds them, Blackrock is right there, throwing money at rental housing and a lot of the properties sit empty because they want 3x+ nearby comparable rental properties are actually getting renters. The reason Blackrock doesnt want to rent out said properties is they write-off for every year older the property gets for depreciation to get tax write-offs despite the home values increasing.
It's not tax that causes hardship for Americans today. It's inflation and widespread price gouging. We don't need tax cut. We need prosecution of price gougers
Inflation is not due to price gouging. It is due to excess devaluation of the dollar.
Nope, printing $ is what happened
@Miner-dyne then explain what pricing power means
My lease is up, and I've been looking to flee the country. Thankfully, I work from home, so I would be able to keep my job and income while living overseas, but I would prefer if I didn't have to. It's very stressful living and being unable to save. If I have an emergency here in the US, I am done because my money is getting eaten away by debt and high cost of living. If the cost of living wasn't so high, I would have been able to pay my debt this past year, yet at this rate, I would be shocked if I could get half this year.
Many men are moving to other countries where the cost of living is cheap and to find a wife that doesn't have blue hair and an attitude
Lower taxes, but implement tariffs. Nothing wrong with that logic. 🙄
Logic? I would beg to differ. Tariffs will increase prices. There will be shortages. Trump will give tax 'relief' to the rich people. The others - I doubt it.
@@t47328 I was being sarcastic, which means we actually agree on this topic.
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@@joyofnft8084 Sheldon moment.
Isn't it ironic how lowering taxes for the wealthy while increasing tariffs on goods might end up hurting the middle class more than anyone else?
Most of the people complaining about the cost of living are also overspending in non essential expenses… subscriptions, brand name cloths, eating out, vacations
You are out of Touch if you actually believe this! You definitely are not struggling like those of us who are making more than we ever have but barely able to make it.
@ there are some people that are truly struggling, yes, but that’s maybe 10%…. The vast majority are driving cars they can’t afford, going on vacations they can’t afford, and not focused enough on career growth.
no we are not; you have to live below your means and save
I wish I could be as delusional and disconnected as you.
Research Zimbabwe and interview immigrants from that region. We can learn a lot about what is happening here as well with hyperinflation. 😮😮😮
Cutting taxes will not help with cost of living because that increases cash on hand which increases inflation. The supply needs to be increased to overcome the demand.
Surprised FOX and Conservatives did not just say get two jobs three jobs. Your living situation is your responsibility.
The billionaires will fix it
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Fix it to their advantage I would expect. They will be grateful for your money and hardships.
Why does tax cuts sound like a band aid to me? Cut spending!!
Revenue is the problem. 808 Billionaires in the US.