# The Union's in a state **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923 "2026-02-24T04:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/121 "2026-02-25T02:34:43Z")
You’re made of sterner stuff than me, my friend. Stay frosty! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/122 "2026-02-25T02:36:43Z")
Recognizing military heroes now. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/123 "2026-02-25T02:38:57Z")
Of course, everything good is because of Republicans. Democrats wanted tax increases to hurt you all. I gave you no tax on tips or social security. Auto loan interest is tax deductable, only if the car is made in America. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/124 "2026-02-25T02:40:32Z")
Cherry-picking people whose taxes have actually gone down, like Megan. And Megan can set up Trump accounts for her kids! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/125 "2026-02-25T02:41:01Z")
Deconstruct DHS! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/126 "2026-02-25T02:41:47Z")
How do the Trump Accounts work?? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/127 "2026-02-25T02:42:30Z")
That’s the beauty of it. They don’t. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/128 "2026-02-25T02:42:33Z")
Low IQ person Nasty I’m currently watching the Peoples’ State of the Union on my laptop, with the shit show on tv with sound off. I think they just showed Chuck Schumer with a big grin on his face. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/129 "2026-02-25T02:42:36Z")
No idea. He’s not saying. “Go to trumpaccounts (dot) gov.” Back to the stock market … ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/130 "2026-02-25T02:42:39Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I gave you no tax on tips or social security. Yeah, now my wife wants me to redo our taxes, since we did pay tax on our Social Security. And if that let’s you estimate our wealth, keep it to yourself (my wife is also still working while also drawing her SS (yes, we are old also), so that contributes). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/131 "2026-02-25T02:44:07Z")
He just insulted the Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/132 "2026-02-25T02:44:34Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > … I gave you no tax on tips or social security. … Dunno about tips, but Social Security is — to no one’s surprise — a baldfaced lie. And the extra $6K senior deduction netted me about $150 compared to last year. Thanks, Donald! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/133 "2026-02-25T02:45:21Z")
Well, 22 Nobel prize winners in economics called it wrong. Only I got it right. Supreme court ruling on tariffs. But he will eventually introduce tariffs that are legal. Oh, and again, “foreign countries pay tariffs.” Bullshit, you idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/134 "2026-02-25T02:45:26Z")
He’s lying about where the money from tariffs comes from. And he’s just now insulted Congress. WTF is “a speck of time”? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/135 "2026-02-25T02:46:25Z")
This is the first time I’ve heard about social security, but I heard that the supposed no tax on tips did have strings attached, like being a below the line deduction which only applies if you itemize. I don’t have the details on it but being Trump I’d assume that it had a catch by default. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/136 "2026-02-25T02:46:58Z")
He REALLY doesn’t get tariffs does he? Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/137 "2026-02-25T02:47:15Z")
BTW, how long has he had a “vagina neck”? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/138 "2026-02-25T02:47:27Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > WTF is “a speck of time”? Damned if I know. He’s into general insulting of Democrats now. They’re liars. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/139 "2026-02-25T02:47:52Z")
Neither do his worshippers, so he’s fine on that one, I’m afraid. I did recently get the chance to sort one of then out on the tariff thing, but it took awhile. And I’m still not sure it will stick. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/140 "2026-02-25T02:48:01Z")
He just did a cognitive test. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923.md?page=8)