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Personal Finance and Investing

wryter2000

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2. I guess Manchin did something good

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:23 PM

Mar 2021

I remember when that ghastly Ronald Reagan started taxing unemployment "to make it less attractive to be on unemployment." His downturn in the economy had cost lots of people their jobs. People were committing suicide behind it. He began the utter cruelty that we see in the current Republican party.

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Congress Is Poised to Upend Tax Season With New Break for Unemployment Benefits [View all] question everything Mar 2021 OP

Yasss! soothsayer Mar 2021 #1

I guess Manchin did something good wryter2000 Mar 2021 #2

Sounds good to me. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #3

Screw that nykym Mar 2021 #4

Does this mean our taxes won't fit on a postcard anymore? progree Mar 2021 #5