{"id":33113,"date":"2021-05-27T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=33113"},"modified":"2021-05-27T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:29:01","slug":"its-just-schadenfreude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/05\/27\/its-just-schadenfreude\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Just Schadenfreude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/27\/trump-payroll-tax-deferral-491017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Out of<\/a> <em><strong>Politico<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story mobile-spacing\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Many of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s political appointees got a nasty surprise when they left the government: A big tax bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">They&#8217;ve been ordered to immediately repay months of payroll taxes that had been deferred under a bid by Trump to boost the economy ahead of last year\u2019s elections \u2014 levies he had assured them would later be forgiven.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cIf the indebtedness is not paid in full within 30 calendar days, we intend to forward this debt to the Department of Treasury, Treasury offset program, for further collection,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/ed\/b1\/9ed1502f4170baec05f23e218168\/image.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"reads one letter  (opens in a new window)\">reads one letter\u00a0<\/a>to a former White House official, demanding she pay $1,500.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story hide-under-small\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">That has left some shocked and angry.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"7\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">One former official called her $1,300 bill \u201cunacceptable,\u201d saying she and her colleagues \u201cgave our time and effort to this agency and this is how we\u2019re getting paid back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">When you dance with the devil, fellows, this is what you should expect. Maybe you should send the bill to the Donald. The Asshole.<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">And this person:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI just think it\u2019s really hypocritical that the Biden administration, which is spending trillions to send people checks in the mail, are demanding that former government employees who went into the office every day are now being forced to give back hard-earned money for a program that I did not opt into in the first place,\u201d another person said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow. You knew there was a good chance this was coming. You knew Trump was not looking good for reelection, and eventually he threw it all away, as pundits puzzled over his &#8220;strategy&#8221;. Why bitch about it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of Politico: Many of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s political appointees got a nasty surprise when they left the government: A big tax bill. 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