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GOP’s tax pill is hard to swallow

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, accompanied by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, signs the final version of the GOP tax bill during an enrollment ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, accompanied by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, signs the final version of the GOP tax bill during an enrollment ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Andrew Harnik AP

Regarding Steve Boyle’s letter, “Trump critic needs to take a chill pill,” (December 23), I took his advice and used the Trump Tax Calculator to compare my taxes for last year with what I should expect to have to pay under the new tax law. The result does not show me “how much money (I) will get back under Trump’s new and best-ever tax code,” but rather that I will have to pay $2,000 more — hardly something about which I can chill.

Max Riedlsperger, San Luis Obispo

This story was originally published January 4, 2018 at 8:21 PM with the headline "GOP’s tax pill is hard to swallow."

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