They're setting up something. Maybe working to make these problems "old news" and get ahead of the Trump campaign. "I've answered all these questions already! I'm not going to play Trump's game by making headlines with these fake issues."
You know the drill.

The problem is the Biden team is lying. Its simple math folks. The average low to middle income family has few if any deductions. The Trump tax bill DOUBLED the standard deduction from $6,000 per adult to $12,000 per adult---or $24,000 for a married couple filing jointly. It also lowered the actual tax RATE for lower and middle income tax payers. The idea that repealing the Trump Tax Cuts wont result in higher taxes on lower and middle tax payers is demonstrably false. The Biden surrogate then simply states that they wont raise taxes on lower income workers---but gives no specifics----Essentially what the Biden surrogate is saying is a slight variation on Biden's "court packing" answer---"Voters dont deserve to know any more than what Im telling you. You have to elect me to see what my tax plan is."

(10-12-2020 11:57 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The problem is the Biden team is lying. Its simple math folks. The average low to middle income family has few if any deductions. The Trump tax bill DOUBLED the standard deduction from $6,000 per adult to $12,000 per adult---or $24,000 for a married couple filing jointly. It also lowered the actual tax RATE for lower and middle income tax payers. The idea that repealing the Trump Tax Cuts wont result in higher taxes on lower and middle tax payers is demonstrably false. The Biden surrogate then simply states that they wont raise taxes on lower income workers---but gives no specifics----Essentially what the Biden surrogate is saying is a slight variation on Biden's "court packing" answer---"Voters dont deserve to know any more than what Im telling you. You have to elect me to see what my tax plan is."

And they could easily explain it by saying, "Our legislation keeps the deductions and tax rates in place for those making up to x."

But they refuse. So we can only guess their motive for refusing.
1. They're lying.
2. They don't have a documented policy.
3. They're idiots and have no clue what they're talking about.

And those answers are not mutually exclusive.

(10-12-2020 11:57 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The problem is the Biden team is lying. Its simple math folks. The average low to middle income family has few if any deductions. The Trump tax bill DOUBLED the standard deduction from $6,000 per adult to $12,000 per adult---or $24,000 for a married couple filing jointly. It also lowered the actual tax RATE for lower and middle income tax payers. The idea that repealing the Trump Tax Cuts wont result in higher taxes on lower and middle tax payers is demonstrably false. The Biden surrogate then simply states that they wont raise taxes on lower income workers---but gives no specifics----Essentially what the Biden surrogate is saying is a slight variation on Biden's "court packing" answer---"Voters dont deserve to know any more than what Im telling you. You have to elect me to see what my tax plan is."

Most upper middle income don't itemize anymore either. You pretty much have to have to have a mortgage and a lot of donations to itemize.