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[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Watch Congress turn bodyguards into something you can get a tax break for, like they did for private jets under Trump's tax reform. In the end they'll find a way to make sure we pay for it, not them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Employees like that are generally already tax deductable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We don't pay for it with a tax break. They still pay for it they just get some money back for doing it come tax time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which is money that doesn't go into the budget to be used for health care, housing or any of the other things ordinary people need.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Which means those of us without a bunch of loopholes to exploit have to pick up the slack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Cool. Then the general public should be able to hire bodyguards for their kids in school for massive tax breaks.