Tax filing season is upon us, and Democrat Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. is taking an approach that’s been used by other Dems to try and fool people:
If you’re filing your taxes and got no refund, just remember: republicans gave the super rich and big business $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. That’s where your refund went. https://t.co/QD6xJ5BQ6X
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) February 22, 2019
Yeah, nice try, but no:
This is completely untrue. The “refund” went back into people’s paychecks throughout the year instead of sitting with the government as an interest free loan. https://t.co/K8kdRtDcFc
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 22, 2019
A member of the House Ways & Means Committee (the Committee that writes tax laws!) has absolutely no idea how income tax withholding works.
That or he’s being embarrassingly dishonest. https://t.co/zhiFLFPjPG
— Phil Will (@PhilWillSays) February 22, 2019
Bill, literally none of this is true. https://t.co/b8gARbBxAp
— The?FOO (@PolitiBunny) February 22, 2019
Unfortunately he (and other Dems in Congress) don’t care. They’ll keep pushing that BS.
Sometimes I debate whether these people are dishonest or just stupid, and then I realize I don't have to choose. https://t.co/HIqyj5eaFU
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) February 22, 2019
Now that you are getting into financial planning, will you be recommending that we all overpay our utility bills so we can get a "refund" at the end of the year?
— Saltine Warrior (@dap260) February 22, 2019
Actually, jackhole, if you get $0 refund or OWE the government, that's a *good* thing. That means you didn't loan them a giant chunk of YOUR OWN DOLLARS interest free for a year or more
— Caffeine Queen (@Philly_Hoosier) February 22, 2019
Come on. You look at your total tax burden year over year, not your refund. Second, Republicans admittedly did not spend as much time as they should have talking about the benefits of putting money back in the productive sector of the economy. https://t.co/MlBcdrWO2s
— Mark Kelly (@MarkdKelly2) February 22, 2019
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TFW you don’t know what withholding is.
— Arthur Fortune (@CBove1) February 22, 2019
Dude, do you actually file a tax return? Doesn't your employer require you to fill out a W-4 TELLING THEM HOW MUCH TO WITHHOLD? A refund would be based on this as well as your effective tax rate. Your crazy is showing. https://t.co/IfdVQlyK6T
— Colorado RedTraci (@goptraci) February 22, 2019
And naturally other Dems love what Rep. Pascrell had to say:
I see @SenatorMenendez retweeted this completely ridiculous and false claim https://t.co/K8kdRtDcFc
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 22, 2019
Of course he did, it fits the b.s. narrative.
— Mike Mason (@MikeMason830) February 22, 2019
They’re so predictable.