A Congressperson named Cathy used April 15th to spew nine tweets of gibberish about her Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
We have already explained that Rep. McMorris Rodgers does not understand the central conceit of her tax act: borrowing money from strangers to spend now, like a desperate junkie. Except junkies don't repay their debts. Taxpayers do.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers' tax act has many features she never mentions. For example, people take the loss of the personal exemption personally -- it is a loss to everyone, personally. Rep. McMorris Rodgers never mentions it.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers used an avalanche of ignorance to tout her tax act after paycheck withholding changed.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers used quotes and photos of imaginary constituents about "their" paycheck windfall.
Today, Rep. McMorris Rodgers blithely posts an imaginary constituent "quote" about "getting $47.98 more than I had in the past. Which is about $1200 a year. For me, they're not crumbs."
Stories from home→ “I’m getting $47.98 more than I had in the past. Which is about $1200 a year. For me, they’re not crumbs. It’s more money for me put food on the table. I’m so happy I wanted to tell everybody, the whole world, that these tax cuts work.” #TaxCutDay
— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) April 15, 2019
The "quote" was first used when withholdings were reduced. It was attributed to "Armida from north Spokane", although it was determined that no such constituent existed in north Spokane. No Armida sent this quote, including its GOP-ricocheted buzzword from Rep. Pelosi about "crumbs".
Armida from north Spokane called my office last week excited about the nearly $50 extra dollars in her paycheck. That’s about $1200 more a year. She said, “For me, they're not crumbs.” Learn more about the #TaxCutsandJobsAct at https://t.co/s1JXEJP1Ej
— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) February 5, 2018
Rep. McMorris Rodgers is well known for her creationism, including her 2014 national embarrassment about "Bette in Spokane" who claimed to be damaged by the Affordable Care Act, but she was just an ignorant hillbilly like her Congressperson.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers also touted fictitious tax act fans "Eileen, Ashley, Cathy, and Julia", all fake. Fake, Fake Fake Fake.
Indeed, "Eileen", "Ashley", and "Julia" each are stock photograph models with copyrights managed by Ukrainian photographers. The photographer managing the "Cathy" stock photograph model is Serbian.
The #TaxCutsandJobsAct is a good deal for women: Meet Eileen, Ashley, Cathy & Julia.https://t.co/Ty2MtzvB9F
— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) January 6, 2018
Rep. McMorris Rodgers has no instinct for what is fake, a common trait for politicians scoring as high as she does on the Inanity Index. So of course she blithely posts about fake constituents with fake photographs she cannot tell are fake.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers also blithely posts quotes from fake constituents of the boys down at House GOP. Rep. Yoho, claimed a constituent was having $500 per month less deducted from his/her pay.
“I just want to let you know, because of the tax cut, I am getting an extra $500 a month, $500 a month times 12 months. That is $6,000 a year.” #TaxCutsandJobsActhttps://t.co/nwWS7titrR
— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) June 5, 2018
Rep. McMorris Rodgers has no instinct for math, and thus $500 per month less in withholding is not a red flag for her. Could this $500 per month windfall be true?
Did anyone have $500 less withheld? Ask someone making $250,000 per year how much their withholding went down with the tax act -- nowhere near $500.
Rates changed from 15% to 12%, and 25% to 22%, and 28% to 24%, and 33% to 32%, and 39.6% to 37%, with the 35% bracket staying the same. There is no mathematical scenario where a taxpayer received a $500 withholdings windfall under the new act, unless the taxpayer was a salaried employee making well over $500,000. Not exactly the type of fake constituent to tout.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers lacks the math common sense to understand when she is being manipulated.
Happy tax day!