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AlleganCarpenter

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23. The TaxScam is not a done deal.
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 01:11 PM
Dec 2017

McConnel and Ryan have been painting a rosy picture that it’s all over except for a great (the Greatest!) photo op in the Rose Garden. Now that senators have actually read the TaxScam which passed with a bare majority, some of them are getting squishy. Susan Collins, for instance, wants to see what comes out of the reconciliation conference before she commits to voting for the TaxScam. It seems the promises McConnel made to her to secure her vote have no more substance than a fart in a whirlwind. Fiscal conservatives are in a quandary. For some of them, the TaxScam isn’t vicious enough. Others worry adding to the National Debt is really in keeping with their ideology even if it means a great windfall in jobs. Apparently, some of these critters find that Kool-Aid thin.
Let’s keep up pressure on all our congress critters. We need two senators to join with Corker to defeat the reconciled bill.
Call your Representatives. They all need to hear the wrath of voters. Especially those who are fervent supporters of the TaxScam like the protoplasm from Michigan’s 6th District. Keep calling senators. Collins is first on my list followed by Johnson, Flake, Sasse and Daines. Call Corker. Thank him for his principles. Tell all of them you support a bipartisan tax bill not one written by and for the 1% of Americans.
Collins (ME) 202-224-2523
Johnson (WI) 202-224-5323
Flake (AZ) 202-224-4521
Sasse Neb. (202) 224-4224
Daines (MT) 202-224-2651
Corker (TN) 202-224-3344

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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
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