Action is required NOW.

it has to be a loser. Forbes know that this sucker will crash his favorite play thing,the Stock Market.

Forbes is after all,a full blown Libertarian.

This is classic abusive spouse behavior. Let'm know how bad it can be, then they will feel grateful when it is a wee bit better.

Here is another tid bit. After watching a interview from a nice Lady from Oklahoma,who BTW is now the State Democratic Party Chair Person,talking about how the people suddenly are awake to what is really going on. And they are truly pissed. Remember,the Dems flipped one of the Reddest State districts by going back to the Old Time Campaign Methods,pounding on doors and talking to the people who vote.

It works,been there and done that.

The last place I would expect to see this News. They also ran a 2nd page story (AP I think) tearing the "Clinton Uranium 1" to shreds by simple fact checking.

This is a 16 page daily that is mostly ads and announcements.

Whatever is happening, it seems to be soaking in on those being trickled down upon.

All the On Air Talent on Cable and Network News could not babble any more positive about this Tax Nightmare.

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It says that right at the top.

They, like the New York Times and Washington Post, publish Op eds with varying viewpoints to show "balance". It doesn't mean they endorse them.

Democrats complaining don't have any power.
But of course these aspects of the tax plan are being hidden from all right wing media.

Like me, she would be in a world of hurt without Medicare and Social Security, yet she still defends the repukes who want to destroy it.

worked for one company for 20, 30, maybe even 40 years, depended on a pension, then put money into a 401k, and were promised Social Security. And now we're supposed to just say, "Oops!"

but rather the main problem is how corporations have screwed millions by doing things like keeping wages artificially low for the average worker for decades as well as raiding pension funds and or not contributing as they agreed to in order to pocket the money for themselves.

will blindly go along with it like the sheep that they are.

There are plenty of Seniors who end up with nothing to get by on other than their social security check. I'm one of them. It sucks living on such a minimalist amount. The only thing that would suck worse is not having even that!

In my personal case, my SS is just about exactly 1/3 of my income. I have a pension that is less than 10%, and savings that make up the rest. So even though my income isn't precisely in thirds, (savings, SS, pension), my Social Security amount fits that formula. And quite frankly, were it to go away or be greatly reduced, I'd be in trouble.

As it is, my pension is less than a third of what it should be, because the company I worked for declared bankruptcy more than once, and in one of those bankruptcies was able to shed its pension obligation, turning it over to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Lucky for me I'd never depended on that pension. I worked for that company for some ten and a half years at the beginning of my working life, and even though I knew I was vested in the pension by the time I left, I always assumed it would be trivial. In fact, I'm getting a bit more than I'd always thought, but when I realize that it should be three times that amount (which would bring it up to nearly 25% of my income) it's a bit galling. At least I didn't work for twenty or thirty years and retire, thinking my pension would be a significant part of my retirement income. Unlike a lot of that company's employees.

Here's the thing. Many of us do exactly what we've been told over the years: work at the same job for two or three decades. Live modestly. Save money. And now the Republicans want to take it all from us. What the hell?

so be it but this time the line of pikes is likely to be alot longer and all the money in the world will not protect them in the end.

So while I get your point, it's not entirely relevant.

again then on their own heads be it.

followed the rules and even though I won't be retiring to an island, I'm still mighty glad I did. I've never made a terrific salary, so I gave up some things to keep myself off a steam grate or having to be supported by some resentful family member. I've made some decisions about employment, etc. that I might not have made if I didn't have to think about retirement. As I turn 60 I still believe that I am in a better position than those who made different decisions, including not really thinking about retirement at all. You can only do what you can do.

That said, I recently adopted a cat, so I have been researching the better cat foods just in case.

You know that the GOP has done a fumble when the tax cut cheerleaders cannot even work up a halfhearted chant.

This is a Royal Republican Ream-job (RRR), being promoted by the republican 'god-emperor'* and experienced casino hustler.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief