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DDySiegs

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19. Question for the ICC in The Hague

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 05:07 PM

Dec 2017

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has jurisdiction over crimes against humanity. Therefore should those who will be responsible ( assenting senators and congressman, and Trump) for these 10,000 deaths per annum (if the tax bill becomes law) be brought before the ICC and tried by it - and if convicted , be subjected to the same type of incarceration and odium meted out to prior ICC defendants found guilty of mass murders?

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Economist Larry Summers: 10,000 people will die annually from GOP tax bill [View all] DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

Sick....and this is the deaths....it doesn't begin to describe the suffering that will become Pachamama Dec 2017 #1

McConnell & Ryan: "ONLY 10,000 a year? That's not enough. It's time to IMPROVE the bill!" dalton99a Dec 2017 #2

You got that right. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #26

GOP Solution: Don't be one of those 10,000 ck4829 Dec 2017 #3

GOP: Nah,, Poor folk are not "real" Americans,,,,, Cryptoad Dec 2017 #4

I think they see anyone in need like homeless pets, and we know what Rump thinks of pets...like his Alice11111 Dec 2017 #27

If those ten thousand tapermaker Dec 2017 #5

Yep, the GOP plan is to cull the herd. Kill off as many as possible. It's blatantly obvious, and a RKP5637 Dec 2017 #6

Yup. Exactly. LiberalLoner Dec 2017 #13

Alan Grayson got attacked for giving us that news... dchill Dec 2017 #18

Yes, I recall when he did it, and he was 100% correct! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #21

Contrast what they provide for themselves at tax payers expense. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #28

This is an underestimate by orders of magnitude. diane in sf Dec 2017 #7

god you know it's bad when a worm like Summers condems it n/t Locrian Dec 2017 #8

My thought exactly. Hes not know as a progressive! Roland99 Dec 2017 #9

Exactly the way legislation like this should be looked at Jarqui Dec 2017 #10

And Here We Are howoldami Dec 2017 #11

And then there is the cost of people getting sicker but not dying TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #12

those folks simply will not be treated. Problem solved. pangaia Dec 2017 #25

This is just the beginning. Wait till the Medicare and Medicaid cuts kick in. n/t pnwmom Dec 2017 #14

K & R SunSeeker Dec 2017 #15

So much for "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" n/t aggiesal Dec 2017 #16

WE, you and me and family, friends, whoever MUST ACT NOW! BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #17

Question for the ICC in The Hague DDySiegs Dec 2017 #19

Build a Wall LadyVV Dec 2017 #20

Maybe more cuts may be necessary LongTomH Dec 2017 #22

The TaxScam is not a done deal. AlleganCarpenter Dec 2017 #23

Then let them be quick about it... fantase56 Dec 2017 #24

Yeah, but the people who die will be lazy, good for nothing freeloaders tclambert Dec 2017 #29