Wednesday, December 20, 2017

What is good for the goose

Repeal and replace should be the new mantra for democrats going into the 2018 elections.  The republicans will pass their tax giveaway today and it is tailor made for the mid-terms, much as the ACA was for republicans in 2010.  The difference was Obamacare was redistributive downwards and was demonized as a gift to "those People".  The tax bill is a wet kiss to the .01% and a Bronx cheer to the rest of us.  In the final two weeks leading up to passage they made it even worse with goodies like the Corker kickback which benefits a dozen or so Senators as well as the*president.  The authors of the bill were counting on the crumbs which many in the middle class will get for the first few years to temper the backlash to the bill.  However, aside from inveterate Faux News viewers, the rest of us know what's in the bill.   Corker's embarrassment is due to some savvy reporting by David Sirota who wondered why the Tennessee senator changed his vote despite the bill's provisions exploding the deficit, which the pious Corker said was a non starter for him.  So let's make sure of democratic majorities in the House and Senate so this tax bill can be re-visited and made more equitable for the majority of the population.

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