$1.5 Trillion GOP Tax Cut Thread

[junior chįmp]

I'll believe Corker and Flake have a pair when I see it.

What makes you guys so opposed to this but you supported bush and Reagan tax cuts?

Both tax cuts didn't work and exploded the debt. Tax cuts are a scam and always have been

[junior chįmp]

DYNAMIC SCORE RELEASED: Even assuming large amounts of economic growth, bill still raises deficit by $1,006,700,000,000.  https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=download&id=5045&chk=5045&no_html=1

Should be noted that government agencies NEVER predict deficits right so it's actually going to be worse than that

[junior chįmp]

DYNAMIC SCORE RELEASED: Even assuming large amounts of economic growth, bill still raises deficit by $1,006,700,000,000.  https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=download&id=5045&chk=5045&no_html=1

This is the plan. Dramatically lower taxes on high-income earners to soothe the doners. This raises the deficit.
Then, exclaim that the debt and deficit are unsustainable and we therefore require massive cuts to social spending.

Uhhhh, our entitlements are already unsustainable

So then voluntarily give up your SS and Medicare for the good of the nation

[junior chįmp]

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/936355214449414144

Seems like SOMEthing's up.

Lol....Johnson looking mighty salty rite now

[junior chįmp]

senate parlimentarian being called to the floor

[junior chįmp]

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/936364080843165702
@sahilkapur
CORNYN: “It doesn’t look like the trigger is going to work, according to the parliamentarian. So we have an alternative, frankly, tax increase we don’t want to do.”

What does this all mean

[junior chįmp]

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/936364080843165702
@sahilkapur
CORNYN: “It doesn’t look like the trigger is going to work, according to the parliamentarian. So we have an alternative, frankly, tax increase we don’t want to do.”

What does this all mean

It means corker can say "at least I tried" while still voting yes

The GOP is a joke

[junior chįmp]

So Corker and Flake might kill this thing or they are going to pass a half assed version of the already unpopular tax bill

Why is Flake even being considered

He's cuck of the year

[junior chįmp]

So Corker and Flake might kill this thing or they are going to pass a half assed version of the already unpopular tax bill

Why is Flake even being considered

He's cuck of the year

I still say this title belongs to Ted Cruz.

Man calls your wife ugly and says your father was part of a plot to kill a president and yet you still vote for everything he wants in Congress.

You've got a point. Cruz seems to enjoy to cuckoldrly though

[junior chįmp]

So Corker and Flake might kill this thing or they are going to pass a half assed version of the already unpopular tax bill

Why is Flake even being considered

He's cuck of the year

I still say this title belongs to Ted Cruz.

Man calls your wife ugly and says your father was part of a plot to kill a president and yet you still vote for everything he wants in Congress.

He's even given up on being an outsider. Cucked by both Trump and McConnell!

He's more of a punk  being passed around at this point.

"Freeuse" Cruz

[junior chįmp]

If this passes Democrats need to hike taxes on the rich as soon as they get in in 2021, and ideally hike top income tax rates above 50% to pre-Reagan levels. This can be done with an infrastructure reform bill, overhauling the tax code and destroying Trump's one accomplishment while actually delivering for working Americans and creating more jobs and rising incomes.

How many votes are needed to increase taxes...is it a simple majority?

[junior chįmp]

Corker and flake announce they are unwavering no's

Oh look 2 nos....looks like Pence is gonna bring out the gavel and end this Kabuki theater farce

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+ Susan Collins =51 votes

I think she counts as one of the 52 GOP Senators

[junior chįmp]

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/936374446549585920
@sahilkapur
Cornyn says Corker want MORE than $350 billion in higher taxes as "he's latched on to the" JCT score showing $1 trillion in red ink after growth.



Good luck...

Lol what a dumpster fire

Has there ever been a more incompetent majority leader than Mitch?

[junior chįmp]

Lots of yelling on the senate floor.

Imagine the scene but with Roy Moore in his howdy doody outfit

[junior chįmp]

The motion by Sen. Stabenow to send the bill back to committee has failed by a vote of 45-55. Manchin/Heitkamp/Donnelly defect.

Wtf? Why did those three hayseeds defect?

Because they're Republicans

[junior chįmp]

The motion by Sen. Stabenow to send the bill back to committee has failed by a vote of 45-55. Manchin/Heitkamp/Donnelly defect.

Wtf? Why did those three hayseeds defect?

Because they're Republicans

Don't be silly. They're just smart enough to know they need to be seen as willing to work with Trump to win again.

Except it won't really make much of a difference. GOP can just say Donnelly will take your guns and the voters start foaming at the mouth

[junior chįmp]

https://twitter.com/SenFeinstein/status/936396691858747392

I hate to pick Feinstein of all senators to link but apparently, Rethuglicans are delaying the vote.

Smart move for the hold outs....demand larger bribes and more graft

[junior chįmp]

Every day they spend trying to pass this corporate gimme bill, the closer we get to a shut down... idiots.

I can imagine that they are so desperate....that they might literally pass the bill while it's still being typed up with typos and mistakes. These people are insane

[junior chįmp]

I was joking earlier about them still writing the bill with typos and mistakes in it and look:

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[junior chįmp]

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Bob, you really going to let this cuck talk to you like that?

Lyin Ted, the shooter from behind the grassy knoll, needs to get BTFO

[junior chįmp]

The comedic farce continues:

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[junior chįmp]

McConnell's going through repeal and replace all over again.

McConnell is a choke artist like Trump. Just another all talk, no action politician

[junior chįmp]

I'm glad theyre passing it. Only makes 2018 worse for them

[junior chįmp]

I'm glad theyre passing it. Only makes 2018 worse for them

Here is a slight historical question. Ignoring whether laws and legislation are good or bad for the people, when was the last time a party in power was significantly *helped* in a midterm by legislation they had passes in the years and months prior to the midterm elections?

Was it 2002, 1998?

I have a big book on historical mid term elections and I'm at work now but I'll come back this question later

[junior chįmp]

I'm glad theyre passing it. Only makes 2018 worse for them

Here is a slight historical question. Ignoring whether laws and legislation are good or bad for the people, when was the last time a party in power was significantly *helped* in a midterm by legislation they had passes in the years and months prior to the midterm elections?

Was it 2002, 1998?

I have a big book on historical mid term elections and I'm at work now but I'll come back this question later

I think regardless of what happens prior to the midterm, the best barometer to go by is the incumbent president's approval rating. Bill Clinton was super popular in 1998, and everything the GOP did only made him more so, and that lead to a good midterm for Democrats. Likewise, GWB was made exceptionally popular due to a rally-around-the-flag event and that made 2002 good for Republicans. I forget the exact numbers, but Clinton and GWB were sporting mid-high 60s in approvals going into their midterms.

Point being that if Trump still has awful approval ratings in October/November 2018, the GOP is going to get trounced.

It's actually not approval ratings because Eisenhower got shellacked in 1958 despite decent ratings. This book goes back to all mid term elections before polling existed. I mean approval ratings are helpful but there are other far more detrimental factors