r/MurderedByWords • u/Nigel_Hunter • 1d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/BothRequirement2826 1d ago

A lot of Trump's policies, the tariffs being a perfect example, rely on the ignorance of the general population.

It's scary how tremendously well this has worked out for him.

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u/Donkey-Hodey 1d ago

No one ever went broke betting on the stupidity of the average American.

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u/Huskies971 1d ago

There are Americans that think if they get a raise, they will make less due to taxes, because they don't understand how taxes work.

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u/SearchElsewhereKarma 1d ago

I consider myself a pretty smart guy and I’m turning my brain into a pretzel how this would even work.

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u/Huskies971 1d ago

So to make it simple with made up numbers, say you're making $99,999 and the tax for that bracket is 20%, but you get a raise to $100,000 that bumps you into the next bracket and that bracket taxes at 30%. They now think that all of that money gets taxed at 30%. They don't understand the US income tax is progressive.

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u/Solesky1 1d ago

They heard "progressive taxes" and tuned out

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u/Witty-Key4240 1d ago

Progressive? Sounds like socialism, I won’t pay your commie taxes!