$1.5 Trillion GOP Tax Cut Thread

[pbrower2a]

A bill with F_CKING illegible hand written edits in the margins was passed! F_CK REPUBLICANS AND THEIR VOTERS.

You can just tell it was a Republican too: bad handwriting and tons of basic spelling mistakes

Which themselves will bring up Constitutional questions.

I'm waiting for someone to discover a typo that changes intent, something like a reduction in taxes on boats being written as "boots".

In one state some drug offenders had to be released because the statute prohibited "ethamphetamine" instead of "methamphetamine". 

How did this post become the #1 search result of "ethamphetamine typo in law" in google.  I think you made this up now.

It was in an issue of Playboy Magazine about 35 years ago.

The typo has been corrected.

[Blue3]

Good.

When was the last time Americans got a tax cut ? Can't remember.

Obama/Pelosi/Reid stimulus package in 2009... one third of it was tax cuts.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Ok, encouraging violence is banworthy. You are worse than the alt-righties that you claim to be fighting against.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Don't get any thoughts on the President! We will literally have a dead body plugged into the wall to save his beautiful kids a little bit.

[Matty]

Castro, dragon, yank, gass......what are the chances this thing fails in conference committee

[Brittain33]

Castro, dragon, yank, gass......what are the chances this thing fails in conference committee

If it does... what are the chances the House doesn't just pass the Senate bill?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

All humans are entitled to basic life necessities to ensure survival. For anything besides that, get your a$$ up and work for it like the rest of society.

[The Other Castro]

Castro, dragon, yank, gass......what are the chances this thing fails in conference committee

It's pretty unlikely that they fail to work something out.

[Matty]

Castro, dragon, yank, gass......what are the chances this thing fails in conference committee

It's pretty unlikely that they fail to work something out.

If it "fails" in conference, does that mean both chambers need to revote?

[publicunofficial]

All humans are entitled to basic life necessities to ensure survival. For anything besides that, get your a$$ up and work for it like the rest of society.

Ahh, thanks to this bill I am now properly incentivized to become a billionaire. Thanks.

[BudgieForce]

As I mentioned before, the biggest worry about going to conference should be Susan Collins amendments. If they get stripped out, they could lose her vote. Her+Corker and a senator Jones could kill this. Not likely, but I think a real possibility.

[GeorgiaModerate]

As I mentioned before, the biggest worry about going to conference should be Susan Collins amendments. If they get stripped out, they could lose her vote. Her+Corker and a senator Jones could kill this. Not likely, but I think a real possibility.

The AL election won't be certified until early January.  At the breakneck pace the GOP is pushing to get this done, it likely won't matter if Jones win.

[BudgieForce]

As I mentioned before, the biggest worry about going to conference should be Susan Collins amendments. If they get stripped out, they could lose her vote. Her+Corker and a senator Jones could kill this. Not likely, but I think a real possibility.

The AL election won't be certified until early January.  At the breakneck pace the GOP is pushing to get this done, it likely won't matter if Jones win.

Then I'm not sure where the third no vote would cone from tbh.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

All humans are entitled to basic life necessities to ensure survival. For anything besides that, get your a$$ up and work for it like the rest of society.

Ahh, thanks to this bill I am now properly incentivized to become a billionaire. Thanks.

I don't like the damn bill either.

[KingSweden]

Castro, dragon, yank, gass......what are the chances this thing fails in conference committee

It's pretty unlikely that they fail to work something out.

If it "fails" in conference, does that mean both chambers need to revote?

More or less back to the drawing board. IN which case a narrower package is probably done.

[Keep cool-idge]

Ok, encouraging violence is banworthy. You are worse than the alt-righties that you claim to be fighting against.

This guy needs to be banned attacking our armed forces should automatically get you banned.

[The Dowager Mod]

Ok, encouraging violence is banworthy. You are worse than the alt-righties that you claim to be fighting against.

This guy needs to be banned attacking our armed forces should automatically get you banned.

No, But attacking a moderator will.

[Badger]

A bill with F_CKING illegible hand written edits in the margins was passed! F_CK REPUBLICANS AND THEIR VOTERS.

You can just tell it was a Republican too: bad handwriting and tons of basic spelling mistakes

Which themselves will bring up Constitutional questions.

I'm waiting for someone to discover a typo that changes intent, something like a reduction in taxes on boats being written as "boots".

In one state some drug offenders had to be released because the statute prohibited "ethamphetamine" instead of "methamphetamine". 

Yep. Nebraska IIRC.

[Badger]

To make things simple I am now just rooting for House to pass this bill as it and call it  a day.  A great policy victory. GOP will get hammered in 2018 but it is worth it from my point of view.  The short term stimulus would mean that Trump will head into 2020 with a solid record of economic growth and could even win re-election which would delay another 4 years from Dems trying to reverse some of this.

In what ways are huge deficit spending and further decreasing revenue thereby incurring more deficit spending a victory? This bill is sure to do that and to make the math work you need to do cuts. Republicans won't cut or streamline discretionary but will only cut non-discretionary items like SS, Medicare, and Medicaid. Those programs could remain solvent with simple fixes, not decimation.

Also, Jaichind, you DO realize the OVERWHELMING consensus of economists (outside the White House of course) are of the resolute opinion this will do little to nothing to foster greater private sector growth? Corporations are ALREADY running with record level profits, and the economy's big weakness is lack of wage growth and money being put in the middle class's hands, for which this tax bill does little to nothing.

A recent survey of 40 top economists, including conservatives, were polled as to whether this tax cut is likely to notably spur economic growth. 39 out of 40 said "no"!

But hey, you're getting your beak wet, so FTW. Amarite? It's the Jaichind way.

[publicunofficial]

I'm going to die of a stroke when Democrats reclaim the chamber and Mark Warner or whoever gets on TV to talk about how they can't just pass everything they want because they have to care about the deficit.

[GlobeSoc]

I'm going to die of a stroke when Democrats reclaim the chamber and Mark Warner or whoever gets on TV to talk about how they can't just pass everything they want because they have to care about the deficit.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

I'm going to die of a stroke when Democrats reclaim the chamber and Mark Warner or whoever gets on TV to talk about how they can't just pass everything they want because they have to care about the deficit.

They are simply going to heavily increase taxes on the richest people & corporations.

[IceSpear]

To the people acting as if this will destroy the GOP: nobody will remember or care about this in a year. Just hope that Mueller indicts Trump a month before the midterms and the roughly 55% of the country that is remotely sane gives us a nice D wave.

[junior chįmp]

I'm going to die of a stroke when Democrats reclaim the chamber and Mark Warner or whoever gets on TV to talk about how they can't just pass everything they want because they have to care about the deficit.

They are simply going to heavily increase taxes on the richest people & corporations.

Depends on who becomes president in 2020. If it's Joe "billionaires are patriotic" Biden, then forget it

[Landslide Lyndon]

I'm going to die of a stroke when Democrats reclaim the chamber and Mark Warner or whoever gets on TV to talk about how they can't just pass everything they want because they have to care about the deficit.

They are simply going to heavily increase taxes on the richest people & corporations.

Depends on who becomes president in 2020. If it's Joe "billionaires are patriotic" Biden, then forget it

Biden said literally the opposite of what you posted.