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In reply to the discussion: Why Many Americans Are Shocked by Their Trump Tax Refund [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It was a pittance, compared to what the wealthy people got. It was intended to pacify the common people, to distract them, while someone was picking our pockets.
I don't remember if it came out of the tax returns. That makes sense, though. I don't remember why we got it. I just remember getting the check, and I certainly welcomed it, like everyone else. But it was gimmicky.
I saw a couple of posts in a neighborhood FB group last year, by a couple of the alpha male Trumpers who bully other members, talking up the bigger paychecks. How great Trump is! This will help the economy so much...we're all getting more money! Proof that the tax cuts are NOT just for the rich. Etc. I hope they got hit on their returns, but I'll never know because I left that group, for obvious reasons. They took it over...impossible to keep politics out of the neighborhood group.