I was amused by how carefully he worded it. "Tax credit" instead of "tax cut." Both accurate and misleading.
He could have also said "single minimum wage mom will get an additional $75 handout! Also, people paying many thousands in taxes will pay a few thousand less."
But then it sounds like everyone is getting something. And since Rs sponsored it, and it's easier for Ds to get elected in the next two cycles if the economy doesn't keep going gangbusters, he couldn't say that. The whole DC cesspit just disgusts me.
The thing is, I actually agree with his underlying point that more of the benefit should have been tilted to people at lower incomes. I just wish he could say it in an honest, non-jerky kinda way.
Go get him!
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18h18 hours ago
Joy Reid Retweeted Kulturefree
Making those Native American heroes stand under the looming portrait of Andrew Jackson hasn't been getting enough attention, because it was as offensive as Trump's "Pocahontas" jab.
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
thethe (11-29-2017)
Love how the left refuses to take a white women to task for using a minority standing to better herself. Selective outrage at its finest.
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Garmel (11-29-2017)
that isn't what happened m but whatever
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
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rosanne cash Retweeted Naomi Wolf
This is me, and every musician I know. This is a catastrophe for artists.
Naomi WolfVerified account @naomirwolf
#selfemployed FOUR ALARM ALERT!
This tax bill cuts almost ALL deductions for self-employed people! "child and dependent care;
education expenses; job expenses; home office tax
deductions. This ending of deductions will have a huge effect on the incomes of
self-employed people"
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The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
It is almost like a race to become
East Germany circa 1975
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
If only you'd be OK with cutting spending we could cut taxes for everyone
I wish we could have a conversation where center-left liberals and people on the real left would consider certain good-sense spending cuts, while at the same time center-right conservatives and pro-business libertarians would consider pursuing an economic agenda that wasn't simply "cut all taxes for everyone always, period".
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BedellBrave (11-30-2017), goldfly (11-29-2017), Jaw (11-30-2017)
It's always been my opinion that jobs are the single most important characteristic of a strong economy. I will always be for pulling any levers that generate jobs.
That includes tax cuts on businesses to generate more free cash flow to POTENTIALLY create more jobs. And it also includes tax cuts for families to encourage spending on goods which generate more work for business.
I'm fine with people that disagree and I'm more than willing to read up on alternative tax policies to stimulate economic growth.
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BedellBrave (11-30-2017), Jaw (11-30-2017), jpx7 (11-29-2017)
That's great that you think that. But if we look past the rhetoric and look at actons, I think we can all agree that we spend a lot more money than we cut taxes, no?
In fact, the amount of spending makes it tough to cut taxes, giving the left a further lever to bark when the right tries to make some progress.
Y'all have your cake and eat it to.
You get your regulation. You get your high taxes. You get your high spending. And then you blame capitalism for lack of wage growth and wealth inequality.
must be nice
Big corporations have tons of cash right now. The corporate tax cut will mean that they will potentially have lots more. How do you think they'll use it? Spoiler alert: there are a lot of explicit indications already.
jpx7 (11-29-2017)
You're just giving up on even having conversations, aren't you?
Meanwhile: the spending-priorities of the center-left neoliberals who have actually been in position to advance policy the last forty years are very different from the spending-priorities of those leftists who "blame capitalism for lack of wage growth and wealth inequality". This confusion (purposeful or not) gives you the illusion that anyone who "blames capitalism" is having any cake.
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