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We are small and so have been on a hiring freeze since 2022. I’d like to hire but the upfront cost is high. For those around when this went into effect many bu
by jweir 1y ago
We are small and so have been on a hiring freeze since 2022. I’d like to hire but the upfront cost is high.
For those around when this went into effect many business owners were surprised. Our accountants told us they seriously thought congress would fix this before it went into effect.
- throwup238 1y ago[flagged]
- viraptor 1y agoIt's actually not uncommon for something stupid to make it to the official tax code and then get reverted. They knew the history.
- gbxyz 1y agoGet a better government.
- bandyaboot 1y agoGet better citizens.
- master-lincoln 1y agoGet better education for kids that grow to become citizens
- datavirtue 1y agoThis. We are seeing the ROI for "education" in America.
- mcsniff 1y agoThere's another word for "educating" people until they reach the decision you want them to. Brainwashing. You know it's completely possible that people have a different outlook or opinion or perspective on things and that is why they disagree with you, not necessarily a lack of education? Some people think these are good ideas and they vote or welcome them. Some people think they are bad ideas and they vote or oppose them.
- iancmceachern 1y agoNo, education is not brainwashing. These terms have different definitions. One is by definition good, one bad. Words matter, definitions of words matter.
- thegrimmest 1y agoI’d love an education system that only teaches scientific consensus, and leaves moral conclusions to parents and households. However I’m sure you’d appreciate that’s not what we have.
- iancmceachern 1y agoFortunately our system is setup such that passionate folks like you can work to effect change. Go do it - volunteer for your local PTA, run for school board positions, show up to public hearings. Be the change you want to see in the world. God Speed my friend.
- thegrimmest 1y agoHaving the ideology of the majority taught in schools is the outcome of a strictly democratic process like the one you’re describing. I’m suggesting that the separation between church and state be extended to any ideological teaching.
- iancmceachern 1y ago
- dan-robertson 1y agoOften the way this works is that some time bomb is added to the tax code so that forecasts for future tax revenue will be higher (justifying more spending in the short term) and congress then needs to remember to remove the time bomb before it blows up. So it isn’t that uncommon for these things to be reverted.
- throwup238 1y agoEveryone knows it’s a time bomb but the only way we can get an omnibus funding bill through Congress is reconciliation. That’s how our government has been functioning since like 1980 and almost nothing has been “reverted” since then except for the time bombs required to get through the reconciliation process.
- jacobolus 1y agoOr in this case, not justifying extra spending, but justifying extra tax cuts for incomes above a half million dollars per year, inheritances of more than 5 million dollars, corporate profits, private jet flights, and a variety of other special tax cuts, mostly aimed at wealthy GOP donors.
- spwa4 1y ago... they did that because that's exactly how Trump presented the change. The article points that out: this change was an attempt to lie to the congressional budget office, not intended to be an actual tax change. And then it suddenly was an actual tax change. Like so many Trump actions: "oops".