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4. I thought he said he was going to go after welfare "reform" next
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 09:27 AM
Nov 2017
Trump calls for welfare reform as he rallies GOP for tax vote

President Trump told House Republicans that he wants Congress to tackle welfare reform after it finishes work on a sweeping tax bill that would slash the corporate rate.

The remarks came during a rare Capitol Hill visit by Trump ahead of a House vote on the tax bill, which lawmakers are expected to approve in a party-line vote.

A confident, jovial Trump said he expected the Senate to also pass tax reform and eventually deliver a bill to his desk, which would give Republicans their first major legislative victory of the Trump era.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360692-trump-calls-for-welfare-reform-as-he-rallies-gop-for-tax-vote

During the campaign, the Big Three were (1) repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with something "beautiful" (i.e., screw the poor and middle class), (2) lower taxes (that is, lower them drastically on the very rich--especially himself--while raising them on everyone else), and (3) rebuild the infrastructure. He must have recognized that the last one didn't screw anyone over, but in fact improved life for most Americans, from providing good paying jobs to fixing long-neglected bridges, tunnels and roads. So he's falling back to Plan A: screw the poor. He and the Repugs did the same thing by refusing to reauthorize the program which provides medical care for poor children.

Of course, there were the incessant cries of "Build the Wall!" and "Lock Her Up!", and we've seen how well he's done on those (thankfully).

Resist.

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