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Originally Posted by awval999
The deep reflection of why I seem to make taxes/money the primary motivating voting factor.
Furthermore, the $2000ish tax cut (it wasn't $500), can be overshadowed easily by market gyrations caused by an Executive who makes rash decisions. I can imagine a situation where the annual tax cut can be overshadowed by a market drop due to another government shutdown. And even though I'm only in my 30s, it's quite easy to look back at my Fidelity retirement account and see the $30,000 or so drop during December (it's climbing nicely back up) and see how unstable leadership could cause even worse drops.
One could even imagine a parallel universe where another executive did not pass the tax cuts, but their guidance of the nation could allow for market conditions that do not gyrate as much.
Since you're going to do some reflection, I thought I'd give you some relevant numbers. Based on your claim of a $2,000 tax cut, you saved about 66 cents per child who was detained and separated from their parents at the border. That's based on the lowest estimated number of family separations on Wikipedia, by the way.
You also expressed displeasure with the GOP's blatant lies on voter fraud. According to the Washington Post, Trump lied 8,158 times in his first two years. That means you saved less than a quarter per lie.
These numbers should make you feel awful about your vote, or about even thinking about voting for Trump again. You're way smarter than the average Trump supporter and way more aware of the truth. You're not brainwashed, you (admittedly) just make selfish voting decisions.
Every single time you walk into a voting booth for the rest of your life, you should think about those kids separated from their parents. Some of them died, for God's sake. Think about that every single time you vote.
Enjoy your tax cut, awval.