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Latest on the tax bill: Hatch says it will likely include a fiscal trigger . . .
"Fiscal trigger": if corporations take their tax cuts & don't invest in the USA with new jobs and investments, then taxes on the middle classes will "trigger" to cover the shortfall. The deficit and therefore the debt would balloon if taxes aren't increased.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/hurdles-remain-in-gathering-50-senate-votes-tax-debate-update
IN OTHER WORDS, if "trickle down" doesn't trickle down (and it WON'T because it never does), then taxes on the MIDDLE CLASS will be raised to cover the deficit.
So we're all FUCKED. TWICE.
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