EDITORIAL: GOP tax plan is cynical wealth redistribution
Blue states including
There are still key details that Republican leaders must hammer out to reconcile differences between the
The question now, after both houses added major policy changes, is how bad the final version will be.
They will likely keep the
At a time when we should be moving to alternative forms of energy, will
As if there weren't enough sweeteners for the wealthy in this plan, do we really need to eliminate the estate tax, which already excludes the first
And will they side with the House to break down the separation between church and state by repealing the Johnson Amendment, a 63-year-old prohibition on nonprofit groups engaging in political activism?
The
Every analysis of the bill debunks such trickle-down nonsense. The joint committee estimates that even after anticipated economic growth, the net cost of the plan will be
Future payments on that debt will crowd out available funds for services. Which fits neatly into the
We don't know yet exactly which programs will suffer the greatest cuts, but this Republican congress is more likely to target health care for the poor than, say, military spending.
It was perhaps most telling on where their priorities lie when
Don't let anyone tell you this is tax reform. There is no reform in it, just a cynical redistribution of wealth to
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