I've noticed something recently.

After the new tax laws were passed, several tv shows and youtube vids had accountants give examples of people in various monetary situations across the US and how the new tax code would affect their overall income taxes owed. There was at least 95% if not more of the people that found that their taxes would in fact be less than under the previous laws, and most of them were very surprised because until then they'd been fed a diet of the usual MSM BS with Pelosi et. al. calling it a 'tax scam'.

Now, I'm hearing a lot of people getting advise from articles and accountants and tax calculator programs to start setting aside additional money from their paychecks and claiming less dependents on W4's so they don't get hit by a huge surprise payment come tax time in 2019. As far as I can tell, my check has increased an amount consistent with what was predicted (within a dollar or so of my initial calculations in December), and the refund next year looks to be about the same as before despite the changes. I see disappointment and confusion from people that are told that they need to withhold money to a point that they're actually taking home less this year than last.

I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has seen stuff like this the last few weeks… and could it be an attempt to either dupe people into thinking they're worse off financially when they hit the voting booths later this year, or at least to minimize the effect of the tax cuts for the purpose of making people more likely to vote (D) simply to have a better chance to halt the progress we're making by possible impeachment procedures (before they find out that they'd been overpaying massively all year)?