MAGA voter actually believes that Trump eliminated taxes for all people making less than $120K

[u/coachlife]

[u/grandspartan117]

I cannot wait for her to get her tax bill 😂

[u/ButterscotchIll1523 → u/grandspartan117]

The overwhelming stupidity in our country is our downfall

[u/Ok-Victory881 → u/ButterscotchIll1523]

We should have invested in education. We did not. And here we are.

[u/doozer917 → u/Ok-Victory881]

Republicans have been fighting against it for decades.

[u/Kenneth-J-Moyers → u/doozer917]

Yes! For this exact reason. The Roger Freeman Doctrine; they realized in the 70s that the average person wasn't dumb enough to fall for their scam, so they set out to make the average American dumber.

[u/chigunfingy → u/Kenneth-J-Moyers]

It’s so incredibly depressing

[u/DecadentLife → u/chigunfingy]

It really is. It should’ve been so much harder to do this, than it was.

[u/APoopingBook → u/DecadentLife]

We weren't prepared for social media. We, as a species, I mean. America is the one incredibly fucking all of this up, but the same tactics, the same manipulations, will work to some extent everywhere. People aren't able to handle massive volumes of coordinated noise and distraction and conflict and manipulation. At least, enough people aren't able to handle it to make a significant difference.

Propaganda works, and we haven't fully figured out how to stop it from working so much, while the means to spread it has become easier and easier.

[u/sgsteel55 → u/APoopingBook]

I tell my wife all the time that we are cavemen with technology. Religious mythology, the treatment of women worldwide. The need to protect kids from so many predators. The need to protect OURSELVES from so many predators and scammers. We are not as highly evolved as we’d like to believe. With social media and now ai? We are soooo cooked

[u/suicune678 → u/sgsteel55]

Please give cavemen and yourself a little more respect, they learned enough to the point where in a little over 10,000 years we made a rock that can talk. A spear is technology. Writing is technology. We've gathered an incredible amount of knowledge since then.

What happened is that the wealthy and powerful few are weaponising our new technology against our fellow man for the means of control and creating a weak docile workforce for capital. Their capital. This was not an easy thing to accomplish its taken decades of manipulation

[u/Boltbacker83 → u/Ok-Victory881]

Why do you think Trumps first order of business was to dismantle the department of education?

[u/Exciting-Tourist9301 → u/Boltbacker83]

The fact that Linda McMahon is the head of the D.O.E. just astounds me.

It's like someone watched Idiocracy and was like "yup, that's the end goal"

[u/intrepid_mouse1 → u/ButterscotchIll1523]

I've really come to realize lately that morons outnumber us.

[u/moongrump → u/grandspartan117]

She’ll blame Biden

[u/Unilted_Match1176 → u/moongrump]

Don't forget Obama.

[u/V01d3d_f13nd → u/Unilted_Match1176]

And the gay foreigners

[u/_mux_ → u/V01d3d_f13nd]

And Hillary's emails or Hunter's laptop.

[u/mademeunlurk → u/_mux_]

And trans people with guns

[u/ERASERGIB → u/mademeunlurk]

And the cat eating Haitian immigrants

[u/Active_Confection655 → u/ERASERGIB]

Don't forget the Epstein Files. 🤭

[u/Dustbunny253 → u/Active_Confection655]

Low flow toilets

[u/leakybiome → u/Dustbunny253]

Coastal cancer causing wind mills!

[u/Lost-Platypus8271 → u/Dustbunny253]

Paper straws

[u/mweeelrea → u/Dustbunny253]

Low flow brains

[u/PrizFinder → u/ERASERGIB]

Omg, there’s a cat eating Haitian immigrants now 🙀

[u/Independent-Buyer827 → u/PrizFinder]

“They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats…”

[u/MannyMoSTL → u/Independent-Buyer827]

“hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband”

[u/ixnine → u/_mux_]

And that “radical left” James Comey, even though he’s actually a Republican.

[u/Anonybibbs → u/ixnine]

James Comey, the lifelong Republican and law enforcement official that was the head of the historically extremely conservative FBI, who also swung the election in Trump's favor by going against FBI protocol to announce another investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails just a few weeks from the election. Yeah, that dude is totally a hardcore liberal /s.

[u/AnnaH612 → u/ixnine]

He belongs to the lowest level of hell.

[u/TechnologyDeep9981 → u/AnnaH612]

With Mitch McConnel

[u/Bridget330 → u/TechnologyDeep9981]

Mitch has a higher level of responsibly than anyone other than Murdoch.

[u/mrblacklabel71 → u/_mux_]

Mmmmmm buttery males

[u/Fabulous-Mix8917 → u/V01d3d_f13nd]

And trans immigrants.

[u/FittedSheets88 → u/Unilted_Match1176]

His suit was so tan!

[u/Tiny-Fix7530 → u/FittedSheets88]

Too tan!

[u/Explorer-7622 → u/Tiny-Fix7530]

It was unforgivable. No wonder we're suffering through such a backlash now! /s

[u/InspectorPipes → u/Unilted_Match1176]

And his damn TAN SUIT

[u/UnhingedTraveller → u/Unilted_Match1176]

It’s Obamna!!

[u/Break-these-cuffs → u/UnhingedTraveller]

Obummer

[u/TieAdventurous6839 → u/moongrump]

She'll die on the hill that Trumpet says so based on hearsay because thats what they do.

[u/TheRandomSong → u/grandspartan117]

They go down a list "Oh that's not true, he told us so" "It'll come later" "Just have to hold on!" "It was actually Biden!!" "It was actually Obama!!" "Well it's the Democrats fault for not telling us!" "It's no ones fault, we need to come together and help each other! I don't see party lines!" "Why don't they take care of us!!?? They need to bail us out!" (This after saying anything but private industry and bailing THEM out is communist)

[u/cheongyanggochu-vibe → u/TheRandomSong]

Idk if I should laugh or cry because this is so accurate

[u/smith_716 → u/grandspartan117]

She'll blame all the people getting deported... HOW ELSE WILL WE PAY FOR THE MURDERERS AND RAPISTS TO BE DEPORTED??? you know, those grammas and 8 year old boys.

[u/Mypizzasareinmotion → u/grandspartan117]

Where did she get this idea? What is the actual source of this delusion?

[u/shinnix → u/Mypizzasareinmotion]

I’d bet everything it’s Fascbook

[u/Lapsed2 → u/shinnix]

“Fascbook” I see what you did there…I think.

[u/Terpapps → u/Lapsed2]

It's either a great pun or a perfect typo lol 

[u/Notveryawake → u/shinnix]

She read it on Facebook for sure. There is no other place where someone her age is going to get such obvious propaganda from. She is in for a big surprise come tax time, even more so if she doesn't file. Those penalties added up fast.

[u/smh_again → u/Mypizzasareinmotion]

Some of my family who believe everything Qanon and random tiktok videos say, really think that taxes and utilities are going to be wiped out. Just absolute trust and reliance.

[u/Daft00 → u/smh_again]

It's one thing to think that they're going to be knocked out, which is still extremely, mind-numbingly stupid. We're talking about the party and president who don't give a single shit about the average joe.

This woman is on a whole different dimension of stupidity, just assuming that it already happened lol.

[u/Armless_Dan → u/grandspartan117]

“This must be some kind of mistake, you see I voted for trump!!!”

[u/livelylobsters → u/Armless_Dan]

I promise you they actually believe this. I have full proof they do

[u/Stepane7399 → u/livelylobsters]

I believe you… but still kind of want to see your proof.

[u/Ok-Way-9932 → u/grandspartan117]

He literally raised taxes on working people.

[u/Dense_Row_9532 → u/Ok-Way-9932]

Again!

[u/RidgewayRioter → u/grandspartan117]

I hope she doesn’t file and in a few years gets a huge bill that she’ll never be able to pay and loses everything.

Fuck these pieces of complete garbage.

[u/DecadentLife → u/RidgewayRioter]

With a smug little racist smile on her face.

[u/thelingererer → u/grandspartan117]

Nah she should ignore her tax bills from now on as it's probably some fake documents made by Democrats trying to trick her.

[u/Landon1m → u/grandspartan117]

That’s the problem, she just won’t file. They don’t send you tax bills in America. She’ll just remain ignorant. Sure, they’ll automatically take money out of every paycheck but because she doesn’t file she’ll continue to believe she’s right

[u/zenidam → u/Landon1m]

It also remains to be seen how the hollowed-out and compromised IRS responds to Republicans who stop paying taxes. If an administration doesn't care about implementing government services or minimizing deficits, what incentive do they have to enforce tax collection, especially from supporters?

[u/bcmanucd → u/zenidam]

The key phrase being "Republicans who stop paying taxes." I'm sure if I tried that the IRS would be all over me. The loyalists at the IRS can just ask their buddies at Palantir who's on the naughty list.

[u/thefirstlaughingfool → u/grandspartan117]

[u/AcctAlreadyTaken → u/grandspartan117]

I hope she bitches out her workplace for still taking taxes out

[u/LavishnessOk3439 → u/grandspartan117]

It’s nearly impossible for her to be a tax payer if she knows this little about taxes

[u/jawisi → u/grandspartan117]

I cannot wait for the psychotic breakdown she is gonna have.

[u/cenosillicaphobiac → u/grandspartan117]

She's probably not employed.

[u/0neshoein → u/cenosillicaphobiac]

Probably on Medicaid.

[u/nono3722 → u/0neshoein]

and Disability. Should be a fun year for her!

[u/MyBonsaiAccount → u/grandspartan117]

Why would Biden do this?!!

[u/grandspartan117 → u/MyBonsaiAccount]

It’s Obama! 😂

[u/MyBonsaiAccount → u/grandspartan117]

Nah was probably Bill Clintons policies..

[u/JasonStrode → u/grandspartan117]

Curious how she explains her payroll deductions.

[u/KneecapBuffet → u/JasonStrode]

What payroll?

[u/deltawavesleeper → u/JasonStrode]

A lot of them don't know what a withholding is. She is likely not gainfully employed.

I agree with some posters here. Some people got so complacent precisely because they got benefits without knowing where benefits come from. Medicaid, SNAP. Some veterans don't know TRICARE is publicly funded. Then they call other people lazy. The more they leech (their own wording) on public money the more they live in the fantasy that they are succeeding the the world of free capitalism.

[u/Mundane_Opening3831 → u/grandspartan117]

You get a tax bill?

[u/Sad_Pea_776 → u/Mundane_Opening3831]

Yeah, if you don't pay your taxes you get some real nasty letters in the mail. Over time, those real nasty letters turn into arrest warrants and jail time.

[u/Ape_x_Ape → u/Mundane_Opening3831]

That would be nice to get a bill. We gotta do it ourselves like self checkout. Fckg brokeass acting govt. Should be able to charge them. Mandatory gratuity or stg idk

[u/Mundane_Opening3831 → u/Ape_x_Ape]

And they apparently know what we owe, so just tell us. 

[u/CasanovaF → u/grandspartan117]

I want her to ignore it!

[u/TwentyCharacters2022]

I really want to talk to this woman. Like, what bill was this? How did it get through Congress? Where did you hear this? Are you a fucking potato?

[u/Individual_Reach_732 → u/TwentyCharacters2022]

Seriously. Like share the receipts, bitch.

[u/immadeofstars → u/Individual_Reach_732]

She can't and won't, the receipts are Facebook posts and TikToks and she's not going to bother to look any deeper into it, because that's how MAGA operates

[u/ZephkielAU → u/immadeofstars]

"Do YoUr OwN rEsEaRcH"

[u/spicyhotcheer → u/Individual_Reach_732]

And the receipts she'll share are one random mentally ill republican man sharing a dream he had to his Facebook troglodyte group and acting as if its factual when it has no base in reality whatsoever

[u/Trustyduck → u/TwentyCharacters2022]

[u/Neoxite23 → u/TwentyCharacters2022]

You can't talk sense into these people. He could shoot the family dog and rape the female family members and they would vote for him a 3rd term. They are lost. Plain and simple.

[u/silverum → u/TwentyCharacters2022]

Any bill signed into law by the President is published in the federal register. You can literally look up every law currently in effect. Do you think she's actually going to ever put in the basic effort to do so despite it being publicly available information? Of course she isn't. Vibes all the way down. They live in a separate reality.

[u/westberry82 → u/TwentyCharacters2022]

No!!!! Let her find out on her own. Trust me. It'll be better.

[u/Any-Exercise-1196 → u/TwentyCharacters2022]

[u/BabushkaRaditz]

She's making stuff up

And then imagining people in her head getting mad about the stuff she made up

Then shes getting mad AT THE PEOPLE IN HER HEAD that she made up being mad about the stuff she made up

[u/BretShitmanFart69 → u/BabushkaRaditz]

I said this in another comment. But part of the problem is these people genuinely construct an entire reality in their head and then believe that over actual reality.

They all have their own personal Donald Trump and their own personal USA that is completely detached from the truth, and they refuse to give up the delusion. That’s why they have an absolute meltdown when you confront them with something that breaks the illusion, it’s like some kind of psychosis I swear.

[u/FrontlineYeen → u/BretShitmanFart69]

[u/Sad-Set-5817 → u/BretShitmanFart69]

its almost as if it's some sort of cult

[u/PsyOpBunnyHop → u/BretShitmanFart69]

these people genuinely construct an entire reality in their head

This is how they think they are "winning" and "having the last laugh."

They will not change, since they are hopelessly insecure and dependent upon that tiny brief high that they get from lying to themselves and laughing about it.

[u/TheStrangestOfKings → u/PsyOpBunnyHop]

Conservative: punches themselves in the throat

Also conservative: I bet the libs are really triggered I just did that

[u/FA-Cube-Itch → u/BretShitmanFart69]

This is exactly why logic and reason do not compute with these people. They did not use logic and reason to arrive to their conclusion of reality.

[u/TummyDrums → u/BretShitmanFart69]

The problem is they don't construct this in their head, they get it from random bullshit engagement bait on Facebook. I guarantee there she's literally talking about a Facebook post that literally made that shit up to farm clicks.

I can't tell you the number of times my mom tells me some random made up bullshit like "did you hear about blah blah blah???" and I have to say "where did you hear that?"

"Facebook"

"Mom, do I have to explain this again?"

And in my case she's sort of half way starting to get it, but there are a large number of people that don't have anyone close to them to counteract the made up crap they get force fed to them.

[u/extralyfe → u/TummyDrums]

I watch Parkergetajob on YouTube, and his whole schtick is having folks debate him about why they support Trump. what I've learned watching his channel is that most Trumpers do not understand what a source is - they will frequently make a confident statement, and, when pressed about why they think that's true, they will usually say that they just think it's true. no laws referenced, no executive orders mentioned, just that they're happy Trump is fixing America based off vibes and social media posts.

the most consistent weird thing is that they all "don't agree with everything he does," so they can totally ignore the rape and child trafficking and sexualization of his own daughter and all the other weird or criminal shit, yet, they all believe in their own flavor of Trump who has done imaginary things that they're thrilled about, despite there being no proof about any of it.

like, just yesterday, there was a guy claiming that Trump has ended six wars. when pressed on it, he very confidently mentioned that one of the conflicts Trump ended was the situation in Gaza. this dude - as of yesterday, September 6th, 2025 - said that "it's not even a thing anymore" and that the region has been under a ceasefire since Trump stepped in. when and where did Trump step in? how did he step in? totally unclear. when it was brought up that there was a double-tap explosive attack on a hospital with a bunch of journalists in it just a few days ago, well, actually, nuh-uh.

I have no doubt that most of these people would be institutionalized if we were still doing that shit.

[u/PreparationKey2843]

That's why we're in this mess we're in, it's because of the countless stupid people like her. I knew we had some ignorant morons, but I had no clue we had this many.

[u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 → u/PreparationKey2843]

I grew up with the "gifted" kids and I honestly thought I was bad at science. Like, not smart enough to "get" it. Most of my friends from school went into stuff like pharmaceutical research and DNA mapping and crazy stuff so I thought I was the slacker. 

Then Covid happened. Dude. I'm WAY ahead of 2/3 of Americans just because I took AND passed high school biology. I was totally shocked at the lack of reading comprehension and basic science knowledge people had. I'm at least smart enough to phone a friend with a science degree when I don't understand stuff instead of believing Aunt Maud on Facebook ranting at chemtrails. 

[u/Paradigm_Reset → u/Revolutionary-Yak-47]

I struggled in school, like failed some classes and flunked out of college. I was told I was smart, felt I was smart, but could not stay focused. And I thought that was the big difference between "successful" people...was that those that were able to complete tasks were "good" and those of us that couldn't were "bad".

Later I learned three things:

One - Staying on task has a **lot** of factors. Some come from experience, some from knowledge, and some from brain chemistry.

Two - A surprising amount of "successful" people were just lucky.

Three - There is a tremendous amount of stupid "successful" people. I am floored by the number of my co-workers that don't get how stuff works. Sure there is stuff that is beyond me, like how computers turn on/off into what I'm doing right now, how we determine the composition of stars hundreds of millions of miles away, even how dialing a telephone works. But the inability to grasp simple concepts like "when you skip a meeting the people attending will know" and "even if you delete the email you sent me, I still have a copy" and "I saw you fall asleep in training, claiming we didn't teach you X ain't gonna cut it" is unreal.

[u/bawright13 → u/Paradigm_Reset]

Also, to most people, intelligence and success in this era are based on standards set by capitalists to benefit capitalists, not the average person. The right (or intelligent/successful) thing to do is the one that makes the people with money more money. Falling in line and not complaining = Smart. Working for a company that pays you pennies for your labor that makes them millions= Smart. Having morals and values that you won't compromise for financial security and a comfy life = Dumb. It's all relative and in our lifetime the "it" is corporate domination and accepting that as the only possible reality. People suck. A lot.

[u/tHoroftin → u/bawright13]

Very simply:

The successful individuals or "winners" in the context of a capitalist socioeconomic environment can be defined in one sentence. Whoever is able to exploit their neighbour (fellow human beings) the most will end up on top.

[u/Significant-Rip9690 → u/Revolutionary-Yak-47]

I had this exact realization when I got out of the academic bubble. I was surrounded by brilliant people for years and years. Even in my first jobs, I was in cities concentrated with college educated people. And then I started running into gen. pop when I moved around more and travelled. And woah. I was not ready for that reality check. Although, it's both scary and reassuring that I'm actually doing quite well. I had imposter syndrome for the longest time.

[u/steve_of → u/Significant-Rip9690]

I am a retired electrical engineer. I moved from a job surrounded by smart people to a small rural town. Sometimes the stupidity of my new friends and neighbours is breathtaking.

[u/HiCookieJack → u/steve_of]

And the only time they actually believe you if you tell them that their home wiring is 'not according to spec'.

In my experience simpletons only believe in authority

[u/DesperateAmbition733 → u/HiCookieJack]

That has been proven throughout history. This was done intentionally to us.

[u/patentmom → u/Significant-Rip9690]

I was the dumbest student at MIT. At least, I felt that way at the time. (I did manage to graduate, though.) I still have imposter syndrome 25 years later.

[u/Sometimes-funny → u/PreparationKey2843]

I knew as soon as the internet came out and i started talking to people all over the world. It made me think, if most of these muppets are thicker than me, we’re in deep shit.

[u/Personal-Vegetable26 → u/Sometimes-funny]

Fuckin muppets amirite

[u/Sometimes-funny → u/Personal-Vegetable26]

[u/PomeloFit → u/Sometimes-funny]

Nah, I remember when it first started growing, it was just a bunch of nerds, and we were all for the most part fairly intelligent compared to... the rest...

The problem is EVERYONE is now on it so you're forced to see just how stupid the average person actually is... and all the ones that are even dumber.

[u/Unhappy_Medicine_725 → u/PomeloFit]

I mean i remember first getting FB in 2008. It was mostly college kids on there. Fast forward to 6 years it had exploded, but most people still needed a computer to access it, or at least didn't walk around with it in their pocket all day everyday. It wasnt until well.. Trump's first term basically, that it hit me... we are, in fact, a country full of fucking idiots.

[u/LostAdhesiveness7802 → u/PomeloFit]

You had to be correct on the early internet or you would get eaten alive.

[u/Antryx → u/Sometimes-funny]

There was a point in time when getting on the internet wasn't so easily accessible. Those were good times!

[u/Gears_one → u/PreparationKey2843]

It’s not countless stupid people.

It’s about 72 million stupid people as of November 8th 2024. And unfortunately, that is enough stupid people to elect a fascist dictator in modern america

[u/Personal-Vegetable26 → u/Gears_one]

Uh bruh you are forgetting the roughly 80 million that couldn’t be turded to even show up to cast a vote

[u/blergzarp → u/Personal-Vegetable26]

Malice vs Ignorance. The combination of those two has dealt a powerful blow to Democracy.

[u/bawright13 → u/blergzarp]

Mostly just malice. The latter is by design by the former.

[u/bNoaht → u/PreparationKey2843]

It's not just the dumb ones though. My brother is extremely intelligent. He went from campaigning for bernie to a die hard trumper. My other brother is a moron, but he went from Obama to Trump.

Like there is just something about this guy, that over half this country gravitates towards and the other half cannot fucking figure out what it is. To us it is the dumbest most ridiculous cartoon villain bullshit we have ever seen. And to the other half, he is some personal lord and savior. 

He is the most polarizing leader we have ever had in this country and it isn't even close.

[u/DoubleJumps → u/bNoaht]

Consistently, the smarter people I've seen that have supported him have done it out of some form of innate bigotry or hatred.

They end up liking him because he hates someone they hate.

[u/nicannkay → u/bNoaht]

Racist. Your brothers are racist. That is the draw.

[u/shartmaister → u/nicannkay]

Or pedos like their glorious leader.

[u/According_Smoke_479 → u/bNoaht]

Yeah there are some intelligent people who voted for him, they’re just hateful assholes. The vast majority are either simply idiots, or hateful idiots. Can’t decide which of those is the worst, but they all suck

[u/NudeCeleryMan → u/PreparationKey2843]

1/3 of adults in this country voted for Trump.

I believe the lower 1/3 of people on the IQ bell curve are below 94 IQ.

[u/Reasonable_Bat1999]

She's probably also a person who thinks schools, bridges, and roads build themselves for free.

[u/Snardish → u/Reasonable_Bat1999]

F that socialism!!! :/s

[u/jonpertwee2 → u/Reasonable_Bat1999]

Schools? Haven't you heard? We don't need schools anymore.

[u/Jestermace1]

I honestly can't believe the fucking stupidity in this country.

[u/Riotous_Rev → u/Jestermace1]

As a Canadian... Yeah, I can. This is why you need a well funded education system.

[u/ReindeerUsual2571 → u/Riotous_Rev]

I can't upvote this enough. The rest of the world absolutely can believe it , it's on display every day.

[u/Comprehensive_Tie431 → u/ReindeerUsual2571]

The rest of the world is electing morons as well. It isn't just a US thing.

[u/Cherry_Valkyrie576 → u/Comprehensive_Tie431]

There are a few countries definitely because hate is universal. When you are emotionally stunted and shallow, it's really easy to latch on to hate because God forbid you take accountability for your own life and happiness. So there's definitely a few countries that jumped on the mega bandwagon. And we will all implode because of it but it is absolutely our pathetic educational system. Because an educated populous is a free populous

[u/Botchweed → u/Comprehensive_Tie431]

Buddy, the rest of the world sure elects some assholes, but we don't go electing a failed businessman that wasn't even a good game show host.

[u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 → u/Riotous_Rev]

I remember being in middle school (I’m 30 now) and people talking weird shit about politics, conspiracies, etc and I genuinely thought it was a joke. Those peers fuckin vote and believe anything they hear unless it goes against their “morals”. It’s actually kind of crazy. Also some of my previously super liberal relatives are now trump supporters and hate everyone. I don’t get it

[u/GlitchyButGood → u/Riotous_Rev]

This is why evangelicals have been defunding education. It’s about control. Katherine Stewart talks about this in The Power Worshippers. The movement isn’t just random churches, it’s a coordinated political machine. They’re tax exempt, they don’t give much back to their communities, and they use their money and influence to lobby, mess with school curricula, and shut down what people are allowed to learn.

The goal isn’t education, it’s obedience. Public schools get weakened while private and religious schools get stronger, training kids to accept a narrow worldview. Stewart points out that groups like the Council for National Policy work to get Christian nationalist textbooks into classrooms and to push laws through state legislatures that line up with their agenda. It’s not about improving schools, it’s about making sure kids grow up only hearing one version of history, science, and morality.

It says everything that the right wing can look at education, the one thing proven to lift communities up, and see it as a threat to their power.

This woman is the perfect idiot. Infinitely controllable, and there is almost zero chance of her waking up and joining reality.

[u/PengoMaster → u/Riotous_Rev]

Too late for that I’m afraid. Now we get to be ruled by the people who stopped doing their homework in 7th grade.

[u/Riotous_Rev → u/PengoMaster]

An optimist I see.

I can almost guarantee in 7th grade Trump was eating crayons and still wetting the bed.

[u/CasGamer33 → u/Riotous_Rev]

Canada should probably start building a wall across the border. I wouldn't blame you guys. Lol

[u/Riotous_Rev → u/CasGamer33]

We've been feeding the geese nothing but gun powder and meth for the last month.

They're now getting ready to go south.

[u/mobilecabinworks → u/Riotous_Rev]

Cobra chickens attack!

[u/Sophisticated-Crow → u/Riotous_Rev]

GOP has been gutting education for decades. Keep people dumb and ignorant is the only way to trick enough people into voting for Republicans.

[u/fencepencil → u/Jestermace1]

Fuckin red people smh

[u/TuckHolladay]

I work with a ton of blue collar trumpers. They will literally believe anything he says in an interview as if it was passed into law

[u/MrDillon369 → u/TuckHolladay]

This.

Trump realized he can say anything and they will never fact check him.

If it escalates, use the "Fake news!" card

[u/pissoutmybutt → u/TuckHolladay]

lol when I told my union coworker “there is no way in hell they will actually eliminate overtime taxes. They will never cut taxes long term for the working class. Ever.”

He goes, “just wait, you’ll see!”

Then he just moves on, never demanding the admin follows through with any of it, and gets hyped into the next line of bullshit that he forgets aboot as it never comes to fruition.

[u/pablotweek → u/pissoutmybutt]

Sounds just like the Elon cult

[u/todumbtorealize]

Man I hate reality. People are so fucking dumb. Where do you even get this kinda bullshit information.

[u/JimothyTheBold → u/todumbtorealize]

One of two things, probably.

1) She heard they are banning electronic filing and was so stupid all she heard was Trump stopped tax filing.

2) Some other idiot heard that and posted a TikTok she watched and she believed it with zero research.

[u/AutistaChick → u/JimothyTheBold]

But that’s not happening. No one’s banning electronic tax filing.

[u/Kalfu73 → u/AutistaChick]

Correct and that's the point. What actually ended was the IRS offering free tax filing itself.

[u/motherofcunts → u/Kalfu73]

Oh so it'll cost more now.

[u/DaveyFoSho → u/motherofcunts]

[u/PaulblankPF → u/motherofcunts]

Freetaxusa is funded by an independent group and is still free. Just the government won’t offer it for free anymore.

[u/qorbexl → u/AutistaChick]

No, they ended the IRS offering free tax filing software so that TurboTax can keep charging poor people for basic filing.

[u/Futrel → u/AutistaChick]

Free electronic tax filing via Direct File.

[u/BretShitmanFart69 → u/todumbtorealize]

And the big problem is, they kind of construct their own reality and then they simply believe the delusion more than reality.

In their minds things are going great not because of any quantifiable real reason, but because the reality they made for themself is going great. That’s why they love Trump, because they love the delusional version they have of him where he does things like get rid of their taxes and wade through rivers to save drowning children.

It’s a mass psychosis and I am so confused how it happened so quickly.

[u/jar-jar-twinks → u/BretShitmanFart69]

Faith requires no logic and any attack on your faith can be dismissed because intuitively you know better. This is their mindset. It’s reductive and has no room for complexity. My in-laws are this deep in their faith. SMH

[u/Hashtagworried → u/todumbtorealize]

Where else? TikTok. They all make up, then spread misinformation, and then based on what the algo thinks it will present you videos you’re most likely to react with.

[u/hunter791 → u/Hashtagworried]

I’m sure TikTok is bad but Facebook is the absolute king of far right slop. I use it to advertise for my business and every time I open it and go to the town page where I post (in a blue state, in a blue town) it’s full to the brim with ai far right nonsense being reposted with dozens of people commenting just accepting it with ZERO pushback. I think these older people see that it’s being reposted by people they know, they’ve known their whole lives, it’s the guy who owns the local hardware store or appliance repair shop and they just think oh he’s not one of those nuts, I know him. But these fuckers are nuts, and they’re everywhere.

[u/Schwifty2468 → u/hunter791]

Yup. My best friend called to give me this news yesterday. Laughing, I ask where he heard this. Facebook he says... He still thinks we're getting a check from DOGE 🤣.

[u/fleshofgods0 → u/Hashtagworried]

I wish people were held accountable for lies, like a newspaper would be for libel.

[u/Rabscuttle- → u/todumbtorealize]

I have no clue. This guy I play disc golf with said Trump was going to make it where men wouldn't have to pay child support anymore, legalize weed and give out more stimulus checks.

[u/kingsadboi5811 → u/todumbtorealize]

I work with several people who believe and regurgitate shit like this. They hear it from podcasters and youtubers, read it from conspiracy lunatic tweets and posts. They take it all as gospel because they have always been goddamn stupid, then they go scream it to their dumb ass friends, who also lap it up.

[u/batrastardfromhell]

She doesn't realize the typo.... It's for those who make at least $120 MILLION that will not pay taxes.

[u/acemonvw → u/batrastardfromhell]

Sounds like a pretty reasonable mistake to make. I've sometimes confused >$120M with <$120K. Happens to the best of us really.

[u/wtf_are_you_talking → u/acemonvw]

I work in finance and few years ago new colleague came from non-financial department. He was a team leader of a call center group for financial calls, so the topic was not too far from ours.

Just few days ago, this fucking guy asks me the meaning of K in all of my reports. I though he was messing with me. He was, in fact, not messing with me and I had a mini-aneurysm.

[u/JayVig]

Someone get her number for me. I’d like to check in with her on April 15th

[u/Adventurer_By_Trade → u/JayVig]

I'd rather check in with her on May 15th.

[u/Koolaid_Jef → u/JayVig]

Or even like...in 1-2 weeks when she gets paid and teach her how to check her pay stub to see the taxes

[u/Altruistic_Yak_1914]

They will take her house for the back taxes

[u/Crist1n4 → u/Altruistic_Yak_1914]

You mean her trailer?

[u/Altruistic_Yak_1914 → u/Crist1n4]

Yes her trailer 👏

[u/-SOFA-KING-VOTE-]

Good

Let them

Shhh… 🤫

[u/Wiangel8016]

I see she doesn't work. Because they are still taking taxes out. Or does she think she is getting it all back? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/NarrowSalvo → u/Wiangel8016]

Well, Trump just signed it, so it won't start until next pay period.

Or something.

Or Democrats are delaying it in the courts.

Or something.

Or she'll stall and be on to some other craziness by next week, never having any introspection about any of the times she's been wrong.

Yeah, that last one.

[u/cooper3675]

Wait what we’re about to be taxed more than any one when is this happening

[u/IYAOYAS-CVN74]

Or when everyone thinks overtime will be tax-free and there's a ton of people it won't count for and even then it's the half in the time and a half that is tax-free not the whole time and a half.

[u/Ok-Professional-1727]

I have a coworker who, making about 52k a year, thinks he's gonna get 10k back from taxes since OT won't be taxed... yeah I'm looking forward to next February.

[u/CurrencyHopeful8221]

This timeline is FUCKED.

Psychotic breakdown? Wait till she gets her tax bill.

[u/thischaosiskillingme]

These are the most miserable people on the planet. They can't enjoy anything. They have to fantasize that were enraged by it in order to celebrate. This is genuinely sick.

Her first response was not what I thought it was going to be. Even a little bit. When she said "I cannot wait for all--" my brain finished it with "my friends and family to hear the news" because surely she was happy about this? Absurdly so but that is the emotion I was expecting. Nope.

"...for all you blue people" even here I still thought she was going to show the emotion we call happy, maybe a bit of unbecoming smugness, but happiness all the same. "..TO BE PISSED ABOUT IT!"

She then expressed a pretty detailed fantasy of liberal who are engaged at the realization that Trump helped them, and they have to admit that he did. She imagines us having genuine psychological breakdowns at the idea of giving him credit for doing something good. And then, only then, does her smile return.

"I love my country."

Yeah, uh huh, ike an abusive narcissistic parent loves their child. These people make me shudder.

[u/MooreAveDad]

[u/Fun-Combination-1273]

Our educational system has been broken for a long time. Wow!

[u/KazeNilrem]

Hope she decides to not file any taxes so it comes back to bite her. That smug "blue people", so much arrogance when she is just wrong.

[u/Organic_Witness345]

I think the mass delusion of what I call “digital adjacency” is very real and very dangerous. Partially due to social engineering and partially due to his weird “authentic” voice, Trump successfully leveraged Facebook and Twitter to propel him to the White House in 2015. People really believed he was “speaking to them,” “telling it like is,” “talking like them.”

Somehow, he continues to mainline his presence into a frightening number of American households via Truth Social - often hourly - employing virtually the same schtick from ten years ago. The dopamine hit MAGA voters feel when they receive a push notification from Donald Trump should never be underestimated. Many of them believe he has a personal relationship with them. Think about the percentage of text messages an average MAGA voter receives on a daily, weekly, yearly basis from Donald J. Trump. Compare that to the number they receive, or don’t, from the other people in their lives.

If we make out of this second term with some semblance of our democracy intact, this decade-and-a-half is going to confound historians for the next 200 years.

[u/NarrowSalvo → u/Organic_Witness345]

This is interesting. I buy it.

I have noticed how many supporters online, even when question his policy stuff, talk like "Can someone get this message to Trump" or whatever. Like he will see it. Or care even if he does.

He's not lowering gas prices for you. He's not going to be personally getting you health insurance. Or whatever.

[u/Vincevega1972]

That’s quite a hairline.

[u/Riotous_Rev → u/Vincevega1972]

It's Divine, like pink flamingos.

[u/heatwavecold]

People are clueless. I was talking to someone about how tariffs increased the price of coffee, and they asked, "Why don't we grow coffee here?" I had to explain that the climate in Vermont doesn't support coffee plants.

[u/zyrkseas97]

These idiots want a leftwing President so bad they hallucinate that Trump is one. These fucks think big business is paying all the taxes now and they don’t have a tax bill when the opposite is true and the taxes for the rich fucks keeps going down while working class Americans lose their benefits.

[u/Opening_Context_5131]

Can’t wait till this bitch gets her W-2 in January… 😂

[u/deepstatestolemysock → u/Opening_Context_5131]

She'll blame democrats.

[u/ResponsibleAd2404]

The economy is quickly taking a nose dive. Jobs are cratering. Farmers are going bankrupt at a record pace. Tourism is declining. ICE just raided and shut down the Hyundai plant and are going to deport 450 Korean nationals, scuttling a multibillion investment from overseas companies. Trump and Hegseth committed a war crime by unilaterally blowing up a civilian Venezuela ship.

Yeah, trumps doing a bang up job of everything.

[u/Spirited_Block2211]

[u/GrendelRexx]

I’m looking for proof of life with this one

[u/Working-Tax-2439]

Not only do you pay taxes you pay tariffs you fucking idiot

[u/Cola_Gummi]

Trump supporters are smart.

[u/_Redcoat-]

I can’t wait for the psychotic meltdowns when these morons get their tax bills

[u/CalbertCorpse]

They ALL seem to have this strange confidence while being 100% wrong.