September 15, 2019 By Michael Muldowney
Had a shocking, slap-in-the-face, experience this morning.
Last night, I happened to add a few new FB friends. Among them was one — let's call him Dick — he and I had attended the same schools in the same years for high school and college. More of an acquaintance than a friend. By all appearances, extremely successful and intelligent, a high achiever in his field.
I visited his page and found it to be chock-full of Trump-hatred. Nothing unusual about that, especially in Massachusetts. One thread was castigating Trump for seeking to eliminate Obamacare.
I pointed out that a couple nearing 65 and earning $65,000 would be paying the full-boat Obamacare price of $20,000 per year, that many people needed to mortgage their homes to pay the costs, and that many people had lost their homes because of the costs. This makes Obamacare a highly regressive tax. Totally factual, no invective whatsoever. Oh, no, said Dick, you're way off, not even close. Dick, I do taxes for some folks and I have seen it with my own eyes. TurboTax it, and you'll see. No way, says Dick.............To Read More....
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