Republicans Want to Punish Divorced People to Fund Tax Cuts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republicans are considering removing “head of household” as an option for filing status on U.S. tax returns as part of their plan to extend Donald Trump’s 2017 tax plan.

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The head of household status was designed to benefit single parents who take on the primary responsibility of caring for a dependent, allowing them to be charged lower rates on more income. For example, in 2025, the 12 percent tax bracket begins at $11,925 for single filers, but $17,000 for head of household filers, according to the Tax Foundation.

Some believe that this creates what is known as a “marriage penalty,” meaning that if you want to get married, your tax rate will increase. Well, it seems that’s just not going to work for the pro-family Republican Party, which is set on seeing all those unmarried cat women not-so-happily wed to hyper-masculine MAGA men!

But removing this status will likely hurt another group of vulnerable people: divorcees with children. It could be especially problematic for anyone considering getting a divorce but trapped by financial circumstances.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-want-punish-divorced-people-225207853.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Gee, and I wonder what percentage of heads of households are female?

[CousinIT]

3. They also want to tax childless women more as well. Nt

[Wiz Imp]

10. 76% based on a 2015 survey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_household#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20for%20instance%2C%20heads,of%20household%20filers%20were%20women.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Jesus wants to punish republicans for being republicans

[surfered]

4. They must mean divorced and not remarried, because...

…Trump and Musk have each been divorced 3 times. I mean Trump’s an idiot, but not stupid enough to raise taxes on himself

[sheshe2]

5. Or...

It could be especially problematic for anyone considering getting a divorce but trapped by financial circumstances.

Not just problematic but perhaps lethal for a woman and her children forced to stay in an abusive marriage.

[drmeow]

6. To Republicans

that's a feature, not a bug.

[tulipsandroses]

7. Cruel. There are 2 options being considered. Get rid of HOH completely, or limit it to those with dependents under 17

Never mind those people taking care of disabled adult children or still supporting an adult child in college.

[Squaredeal]

8. Taxes are going up for the little people.

But we already knew this.

[cpamomfromtexas]

9. Widows will be punished too!!

And Im a military widow that will lose benefits if I REMARRY!

I asked President Biden to fix this but so far he hasn’t.

[spooky3]

11. It's up to Congress to fix that. Nt

[cpamomfromtexas]

13. Actually no. When our husbands died benefits

Were already funded without question. Us remarrying doesn’t change that.

[spooky3]

15. Congress has to pass legislation to change benefits provisions. The President

Can’t change a policy like that.

For example, see

https://benefits.va.gov/GIBILL/docs/IsaksonRoe/IsaksonRoeFactSheet.pdf

Both Houses of Congress passed it, then the President signed it into law.

[cpamomfromtexas]

19. Most of these are not VA benefits. Fyi

[spooky3]

20. Instead of arguing with me, why don't you Google how policy

Changes are made?

[Blappy]

12. Widowers with children too

like I was for many years after my wife died. I used head of household because widowed was only for 1 or 2 years, including the year of loss.

[summer_in_TX]

14. The Project 2025 writers are pushing to get rid of no fault divorce too.

Just whittling away, one freedom at a time.

Unless of course they unleash an onslaught of changes to overwhelm us, which reports said were part of the plan.

[valleyrogue]

18. They can't do anything about that. It is a state matter. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Likely to result in more marital separations without divorce.

My friend's son has been separated from his wife and children for three years with no prospect for divorce. Both parties don't have the money to seek legal redress or the minimum intelligence to file themselves.

[valleyrogue]

17. These creeps need to understand marriage is on the way out. They probably DO understand that.

What they don't get is there is no going back seventy, eighty years ago when the economy was far different and women were in even worse shape than they are now.

These people want a return to white male privilege, especially the male part. It ain't gonna happen, ever. Marriage is the basic institution for patriarchy and it is dying out in the West. I say "good riddance" to it. Women are increasingly seeing it is basically a ticket to a second-class status and life, being used as an appliance and f*cktoy for men. There is nothing in it for women anymore and there never was.

There shouldn't be ANY bennies for women to trade sex for financial support, which is what marriage IS and always WILL be.

[travelingthrulife]

21. More beating up on women and gays it seems.

I think evangelical christians still hold the title for most divorces in this country. Liberals or non-religious have the fewest, usually.