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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave the Republican ever, EVER, itemized the zillion dollars of tax loopholes they want to close?
All I've ever heard is that they will close tax loopholes and recover the lost money.
But what the hell are these loopholes?
Sure there are lots of special cases, exceptions and certainly some true loopholes but what is the GOP talking about when they say they want to close tax loopholes?
It's fine to say you want to close loopholes just like it's fine to say you want eliminate all illegal activity in the US but how the farking jesuit in a jar are you going to do it?
Has anyone ever heard?
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)bluestate10
(10,942 posts)american voters about having a plan for jobs. What voters saw in 2012 is that not only didn't republicans have a plan for jobs, but they had no plan for anything else.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)I don't believe they ever had any intention of closing any significant "loopholes" (a word I hear misused a lot). It was all just a ploy to try to sell the idea that even more tax cuts would not affect the deficit. If they ever do try to get rid of any major tax breaks, there are lots of well-funded lobbyists in Washington who will make sure the ones that benefit their clients are protected (or quietly restored later).
neverforget
(9,436 posts)tax cut.
TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)The only plan is for Obama and Democrats to debate with themselves to come to a consensus on something the TeaPubliKlans might say yes to like their last stated position, to then refuse whatever Reich wing tomfoolery that was as a commie plot, then on to exacting concessions a many and pouring the seven seas into whatever weak ass, corporate koolaid that was allowed on the "stakeholders" table, then a healthy dose of obstruction for obstruction's sake to give time for shitty deals to come out or for the contents of the bill to come out, then between ZERO and a passing minimum of votes if whatever is still standing and they don't actually object in spirit, and then move on to beating Democrats over the fucking noggin good for passing more or less their shitty ideas.
Since that has worked pretty good with little opposition from elected Democrats, they have no plan B. Maybe tents won't fold as usual and the cycle is broken but thus far the TeaPubliKlans have been able to get away with shit in one hand and nothing in the other because Democrats accept and work within their bogus frames and have become so desperate to get things done that the what, when, and especially how takes a back seat or even goes under the tires.
Their seems to be some brain lock on the idea of you can't meet in the middle when the poles aren't declared. TeaPubliKlans can't say what they want without opening themselves up for bigger trouble than they have now, not too directly.
Democrats are too busy trying to read the tea leaves and pretending the other fucks are serious that rather than a consensus the best we can on what we are shooting for our dumbasses are actually try to discern some sensible or at least coherent and plausible in the real world policy of their crazy talk and then spend the rest of time trying to get them to say yes to our reckoning of their supposed policy.
When you insist on pretending crazy, dangerous, dishonorable, and delusional are the opposite then you are crazy too. Whatever is going on between your ears, your interaction with the world is irrational.
No, the plan is to bellow and bullshit. A complicit media and an opposition unwilling to oppose makes it as good a plan as any and if we don't fold then they'll do the scream like stuck pigs on their daily domination of the mainstream TV rotation, have their crappy talking head pawns sigh and wheeze about how unreasonable and not very "serious" Democrats are, and crank up the Faux and the hate a notch or two.
AKA
Nothing. We should have save the nation a lot of trouble, treasure, and pain by putting our foot down some time ago. No more human shields for them to hide behind and no more hostages and the charade can start to wrap up.
wiggs
(7,814 posts)of their tax reform plan. They want more of the 47% to pay more taxes This means that more people who are at or near poverty, or students, or those receiving medicare benefits should sacrifice more. They certainly don't mean that the wealthy who pay no income tax should pay more...they've said repeatedly the rich already have an unfair burden.
Ryan said it during the campaign.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)They don't want to work, and they don't have brains.