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		|  02-27-2018, 06:57 PM | #1 |  
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					Originally Posted by zimmy  You've said in previous posts you are a simple guy.  Maybe it is that issues tend to be more complicated and nuanced than you want them to be. It isn't that we are becoming too stupid to survive, it is that over time, we as a society have a better understanding of the complexities of biology, genetics, gender, psychology, that things aren't as simple as they were made to be. More than half of the country (if you wanna believe polls) oppose laws requiring transgender people to use the bathroom of sex identified at birth.  That shows progress in empathy and understanding of a complicated issue. |  Well said Zim. As an aside, Jim, saw my accountant today and my taxes are going UP for 2018. That plus what the tax plan has done to interest rates is costing me dearly on my mortgage refi. Thanks Trump and the GOP. |  
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		|  02-27-2018, 09:26 PM | #2 |  
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					Originally Posted by spence  Well said Zim. As an aside, Jim, saw my accountant today and my taxes are going UP for 2018. That plus what the tax plan has done to interest rates is costing me dearly on my mortgage refi. Thanks Trump and the GOP. |  That is awful for you, but puts you in a small minority. |  
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		|  02-27-2018, 09:59 PM | #3 |  
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					Originally Posted by spence  Well said Zim. As an aside, Jim, saw my accountant today and my taxes are going UP for 2018. That plus what the tax plan has done to interest rates is costing me dearly on my mortgage refi. Thanks Trump and the GOP. |  Get a new accountant and congrats on the raise! Get 15 years and you will make out great.
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		|  02-28-2018, 08:02 AM | #4 |  
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					Originally Posted by Sea Dangles  Get a new accountant and congrats on the raise! Get 15 years and you will make out great.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  02-28-2018, 08:41 AM | #5 |  
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					Originally Posted by spence  Has nothing to do with my accountant, just the new rules don't work with my personal situation as well as the old ones. |  
Can't deduct all your mortgage interest, eh? |  
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		|  02-28-2018, 12:54 PM | #6 |  
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					Originally Posted by JohnR  Can't deduct all your mortgage interest, eh? |  Haha, that I still can... |  
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					Originally Posted by spence  Has nothing to do with my accountant, just the new rules don't work with my personal situation as well as the old ones. |  It has everything to do with your accountant just ask Trump.
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		|  02-28-2018, 06:32 AM | #8 |  
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					Originally Posted by spence  Well said Zim. As an aside, Jim, saw my accountant today and my taxes are going UP for 2018. That plus what the tax plan has done to interest rates is costing me dearly on my mortgage refi. Thanks Trump and the GOP. |  I think there might be a bar in Boston that caters to people who expected their Insurance premiums to go down under Obamacare, but didn't. You should check it out, maybe you can commiserate with them.
 
I think Tuesday night is 1/2 price well drinks for those who didn't get to keep their doctor. |  
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		|  02-28-2018, 06:45 AM | #9 |  
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					Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman  I think there might be a bar in Boston that caters to people who expected their Insurance premiums to go down under Obamacare, but didn't. You should check it out, maybe you can commiserate with them.
 I think Tuesday night is 1/2 price well drinks for those who didn't get to keep their doctor.
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		|  02-28-2018, 02:28 PM | #10 |  
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					Originally Posted by spence  Well said Zim. As an aside, Jim, saw my accountant today and my taxes are going UP for 2018. That plus what the tax plan has done to interest rates is costing me dearly on my mortgage refi. Thanks Trump and the GOP. |  Because of the cap on state/local taxes?  That hurts me too, but the expanded childcare tax credits more than offset that for me, I have 3 kids...
 
What else would be dinging you?  Did you get a raise and you are blaming the tax hike on Trump?? |  
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