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Krugman with more info on tax bill (Original Post) SHRED Nov 2017 OP
I'm fairly certain that Republicans don't know what they're doing. Cary Nov 2017 #1
It is nuts. SHRED Nov 2017 #2
The unabashed, unashamed cruelty RandomAccess Nov 2017 #3
Republicans should never be allowed anywhere near financial issues. Frustratedlady Nov 2017 #4

Cary

(11,746 posts)
1. I'm fairly certain that Republicans don't know what they're doing.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:24 PM
Nov 2017

And don't care.

It's nice to double the standard deduction but that's not a tax cut if you itemize. It's a shell game and clearly what Republicans are doing is shifting the tax burden yet again from the uber wealthy to the rest of us.

And next up, they wish, will be Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

It's insane.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
3. The unabashed, unashamed cruelty
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:02 PM
Nov 2017

f these people -- ARE they people? -- absolutely takes my breath away and stuns me senseless.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
4. Republicans should never be allowed anywhere near financial issues.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:49 PM
Nov 2017

Their thinking is bad...worse than it was in the past...and they look away from obvious fraud and/or evasion of taxes. By the time we get them back in the minority where they belong forever more, they'll have the country's financial condition in serious trouble. It would be surprising if we ever have an exact picture of our financial health.

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