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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts) Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:52 PM Sep 2017

Prediction: One of the few things the Repubs will get done is the TAX CUT BILL.

I think the tax cut bill is one of the few things this admin. & Congress will push through, because that is the one thing they are ALL on board with, and ALL are drooling over. This is why the Repubs have been holding back on criticizing Trump. This is what put that sh*t eating grin on Paul Ryan's face yesterday. More than anyone, Ryan is practically orgasmic over getting a big tax cut for himself and his donors.

They will get this done. And it WILL increase the deficit. Bush tax cuts deja vu, only more so.

Also, this is NOT tax reform. Still complicated. This is a tax CUT, pure and simple.

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Prediction: One of the few things the Repubs will get done is the TAX CUT BILL. (Original Post) Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 OP

Moreover, it will happen in an election year. unblock Sep 2017 #1

And Pres. Fathead will crow about it in a way that impresses his forty million dedicated followers Kolesar Sep 2017 #2

Yeah...we know the routine. He'll get on tv & lie bigly about it, & Trumpers will blindly believe.nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #4

few things the Repubs will get done mitch96 Sep 2017 #3

Absolutely NO Democrats should vote for this farce! Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #5

Yeah, I'm kind of curious to see how many Dems .......... socialist_n_TN Sep 2017 #7

Will the deficit hawks be screaming that cuts add to the mounting debt? procon Sep 2017 #6

unblock

(52,322 posts)

1. Moreover, it will happen in an election year.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:56 PM

Sep 2017

They'll be thrilled to pass something in the summer.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)

2. And Pres. Fathead will crow about it in a way that impresses his forty million dedicated followers

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:57 PM

Sep 2017

They will tell us that it fixed the deficit, ended QE, grew the GDP and dropped the unemployment rate.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

4. Yeah...we know the routine. He'll get on tv & lie bigly about it, & Trumpers will blindly believe.nt

Reply to Kolesar (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:01 PM

Sep 2017

mitch96

(13,924 posts)

3. few things the Repubs will get done

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:57 PM

Sep 2017

It will make the Koch brothers happy...
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Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

5. Absolutely NO Democrats should vote for this farce!

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:01 PM

Sep 2017

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

7. Yeah, I'm kind of curious to see how many Dems ..........

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:34 PM

Sep 2017

DO vote for this bill. There will probably be more than a few. Reagan got a lot of Democratic help with his tax cuts as did W. I don't see Trump being different in this respect.

procon

(15,805 posts)

6. Will the deficit hawks be screaming that cuts add to the mounting debt?

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:41 PM

Sep 2017

Probably not, IOKIYAR, the House Freedom Caucus and their phoney act only works when Dems are in charge, so the pretense of caring about the deficit was the thinnest of veneers.

When Bush was hyping tax cuts he promised there would be trillion dollar surpluses... still waiting? Now Republicans are back with more tax cuts and once again promising that is going to supercharge the economy and make up for lost revenue.

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