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03-09-2018 | 01:39 PM
#91
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From: The GF of FUPM
What a bunch of horse sheet. Are you forgetting it was 'Slick Willy' who watched the AAL flight attendants go out on strike in '93 just before Thanksgiving? He didn't stop that. And what about the Northwest pilot's strike? They shut down their airline for 15 days in '98. Slick didn't stop that either. And the Northwest pilot strike was 18 months AFTER the AAL pilot strike. So much for the big four 'losing the ability to strike.' Lol. Maybe ol' slick did exactly what APA leadership wanted him to do. In any case, the APA pilots became the highest paid pilots in the industry a few months after that stopped strike. Heck, we all got PAID during Slick's Santa Claus for labor administration. Record breaking contracts as I recall. Kinda like during Obama's administration.
You're dicking up his narrative with all that ancillary factual information. Just knock it off will ya? EVERYTHING is just as it seems on the surface. Anything else is just fake news.
03-09-2018 | 01:42 PM
#92
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From: FO
http://www.creditloan.com/blog/unite...l-tax-dollars/
to many articles on this subject...just cause you paid your 150K house off doesn't mean anything..if you live in a state that takes more from the Feds then it gives...your opinion is worthless.
to many articles on this subject...just cause you paid your 150K house off doesn't mean anything..if you live in a state that takes more from the Feds then it gives...your opinion is worthless.
03-09-2018 | 02:58 PM
#93
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What a bunch of horse sheet. Are you forgetting it was 'Slick Willy' who watched the AAL flight attendants go out on strike in '93 just before Thanksgiving? He didn't stop that. And what about the Northwest pilot's strike? They shut down their airline for 15 days in '98. Slick didn't stop that either. And the Northwest pilot strike was 18 months AFTER the AAL pilot strike. So much for the big four 'losing the ability to strike.' Lol. Maybe ol' slick did exactly what APA leadership wanted him to do. In any case, the APA pilots became the highest paid pilots in the industry a few months after that stopped strike. Heck, we all got PAID during Slick's Santa Claus for labor administration. Record breaking contracts as I recall. Kinda like during Obama's administration.
03-09-2018 | 05:20 PM
#94
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From: Airbus 320 Captain
http://www.creditloan.com/blog/unite...l-tax-dollars/
to many articles on this subject...just cause you paid your 150K house off doesn't mean anything..if you live in a state that takes more from the Feds then it gives...your opinion is worthless.
to many articles on this subject...just cause you paid your 150K house off doesn't mean anything..if you live in a state that takes more from the Feds then it gives...your opinion is worthless.
03-09-2018 | 07:05 PM
#95
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http://www.creditloan.com/blog/unite...l-tax-dollars/
to many articles on this subject...just cause you paid your 150K house off doesn't mean anything..if you live in a state that takes more from the Feds then it gives...your opinion is worthless.
to many articles on this subject...just cause you paid your 150K house off doesn't mean anything..if you live in a state that takes more from the Feds then it gives...your opinion is worthless.
03-10-2018 | 04:00 AM
#96
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From: B-737 Captain
Guppie, agree with some of your points but, how do you credit Obama and his administration for contract gains? Name what airlines struck during his administration. The gains made are directly correlated to a pilots ability to say "no" to a insuficiant offer. Plus the gains made in the past 8 years doesn't even come close to what has been lost in the past 25 years. Obama policies demolished union labor during his 8 years in office.
You're right, "demolished" seems appropriate. 😉
03-10-2018 | 05:47 AM
#97
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I’m a narrow body FO and I hit AMT in 2017. If you hit AMT in 2017, 2018 will be a tax cut for you....
03-10-2018 | 06:24 AM
#98
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DD, I get hammered by AMT. Even with the higher AMT threshold, after reading the changes, my CPA believes my taxes will go up in 2018 due to the loss of deductions. Again, I'm a captain, married, kids, one income, mortgage, relatively low tax state. I hope he's wrong, but...
03-10-2018 | 08:39 AM
#99
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From: Le Bus
DD, I get hammered by AMT. Even with the higher AMT threshold, after reading the changes, my CPA believes my taxes will go up in 2018 due to the loss of deductions. Again, I'm a captain, married, kids, one income, mortgage, relatively low tax state. I hope he's wrong, but...
No AMT, higher standard deduction, and no traditional pilot deductions WILL equate to a higher 2018 tax bill.
03-10-2018 | 10:19 AM
#100
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Joined: Oct 2014
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From: 787
Democrats have said for a long time that high income earners aren’t paying their fair share. Congrats, you are now paying your fair share.
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