Raynine
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This is why I voted for Donald Trump:
Years ago, I thought to myself that taxing overtime pay at a higher rate was unfair to average workers. I had a wild thought: what if overtime pay was tax free? I mentioned this to one of my coworkers and he laughed. “Yeah, good luck with that”. Well, Donald Trump is floating that idea, and I think it’s a long time coming.
It must have been about twenty years ago, but I recall being told by the company I worked for that mandatory overtime was the new rule. All the salaried workers got the weekend off but regular rank and filers like me had to work Saturdays and even Sundays. One day I told my boss that I did not want to work on Saturday. He said, “No exceptions”. I said I was not working. About an hour later I got visit form higher-up who wanted to know what the problem was, in an Indian accent of course.
I told him I had other plans, and he said we work mandatory overtime here and if you don’t like it, you know where the door is. I worked Saturday like I worked every Saturday. I retired after 30 years there.
Overtime pay should not be taxed because it is essentially a punishment for working harder and longer especially if it is mandatory. I would like to see income taxes on overtime pay eliminated for workers today even though I will not benefit from it. Companies pay a higher rate for overtime pay and the government should not be entitled to steal that money through extra taxes that push a worker into a higher tax bracket. Does anyone recall any Washington swamp politician calling for no overtime taxes on average workers?
Donald Trump is doing that and he is known for saying what he means and doing what he says. Washington swampers are now being exposed for the kleptocrats they are, and they are not happy.
Years ago, I thought to myself that taxing overtime pay at a higher rate was unfair to average workers. I had a wild thought: what if overtime pay was tax free? I mentioned this to one of my coworkers and he laughed. “Yeah, good luck with that”. Well, Donald Trump is floating that idea, and I think it’s a long time coming.
It must have been about twenty years ago, but I recall being told by the company I worked for that mandatory overtime was the new rule. All the salaried workers got the weekend off but regular rank and filers like me had to work Saturdays and even Sundays. One day I told my boss that I did not want to work on Saturday. He said, “No exceptions”. I said I was not working. About an hour later I got visit form higher-up who wanted to know what the problem was, in an Indian accent of course.
I told him I had other plans, and he said we work mandatory overtime here and if you don’t like it, you know where the door is. I worked Saturday like I worked every Saturday. I retired after 30 years there.
Overtime pay should not be taxed because it is essentially a punishment for working harder and longer especially if it is mandatory. I would like to see income taxes on overtime pay eliminated for workers today even though I will not benefit from it. Companies pay a higher rate for overtime pay and the government should not be entitled to steal that money through extra taxes that push a worker into a higher tax bracket. Does anyone recall any Washington swamp politician calling for no overtime taxes on average workers?
Donald Trump is doing that and he is known for saying what he means and doing what he says. Washington swampers are now being exposed for the kleptocrats they are, and they are not happy.
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