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(6,239 posts) Tue Sep 11, 2018, 01:25 PM Sep 2018

The GOP tax cuts aren't popular, so Republicans want to do more of them [View all]

Source: Vox

Republicans are having a hard time selling their tax bill to voters — but that hasn’t stopped them from introducing another one.

House Republicans on Monday unveiled “Tax Reform 2.0,” a new set of proposals to stack onto the tax legislation they passed in 2017. The proposals would make the individual tax cuts contained in last year’s legislation permanent — they were scheduled to expire after 2025.

Read more: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/11/17845780/kevin-brady-republican-permanent-tax-cuts

More taxcuts for the rich. Crumbs for the middle class.

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The GOP tax cuts aren't popular, so Republicans want to do more of them [View all] at140 Sep 2018 OP

Pathetic gtar100 Sep 2018 #1

You know what they used to say about Ghouliani...a noun, a verb, 9/11? Well with repugs... brush Sep 2018 #26

And it's no surprise that people are underwhelmed by these tax cuts... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #2

Indeed. When W cut taxes people saw it right away. apnu Sep 2018 #5

Not, tRump got $200 million taxcut for himself! at140 Sep 2018 #10

The people I knew back then were delighted about the tax cuts. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #39

Ordinary people have already seen they are not being helped by the previous cuts Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #3

Working class people watoos Sep 2018 #4

Reduced withholding is a LOAN from the IRS - payable after the midterms. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #15

T H I S Cosmocat Sep 2018 #18

here's the republican logic: unblock Sep 2018 #6

They dont lose support when they attack their own constituents, they know this. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #7

They may not be popular Soxfan58 Sep 2018 #8

Can you imagine the amount of guano coming out of Congress Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #9

My guess is their long term plan is to try and cripple the United States government thereby cstanleytech Sep 2018 #11

This is what happens when you live in the GOP bubble BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #12

Because . . Iliyah Sep 2018 #13

E X A C T L Y !! nt at140 Sep 2018 #14

Guess they never heard the definition of crazy: doing the same things over and over expecting Texin Sep 2018 #16

Bad news in August, and for the first 11 months of Fiscal Year 2018 progree Sep 2018 #17

Trump & gang are spending like drunken sailors at140 Sep 2018 #19

Since only the middle class cuts are temporary, a bill to make cuts permanent would be for them. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #20

I would be shocked speechless if the proposed GOP tax bill at140 Sep 2018 #22

The fact that they would make the middle class cuts permanent... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #23

First of all next congress & president can change anything at140 Sep 2018 #24

It's set to expire in 10 years. Not that far away. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #29

In just 26 months we could have at140 Sep 2018 #32

Not exactly, IMO. It's very unpopular to reverse a tax cut. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #33

taxcut received by middle class needs a microscope at140 Sep 2018 #42

The individual tax cuts are skewed heavily towards the wealthy too. nt progree Sep 2018 #25

Yes. But only the ones in the 2% and 3% cut categories... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #30

True, the only "permanent" ones were the corporate tax cuts, maybe some for highly compensated progree Sep 2018 #31

I agree about the Lexus. The Bush tax cuts were that way. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #34

Yeah. I stole the line about the Lexus and the muffler from back in the 2001 criticism of the progree Sep 2018 #37

They're popular with the folks who pay for these politicians. paulrevere2018 Sep 2018 #21

Trump delays taxes, he does not reduce them. Cicada Sep 2018 #27

Trump is spendings OUR money like a drunken sailor at140 Sep 2018 #28

Trump Organization is a conglomerate, not a corporation. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #36

Any reduction in current tax payment is merely a delay, not a cut. Cicada Sep 2018 #43

The money for the spending is borrowed and added to the deficit. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #35

Yes, both progree Sep 2018 #38

Thanks. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #40

😂😂😂 n/t progree Sep 2018 #41