Senate passes tax bill 51-48

[Egnever]

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On a party line vote.

Grrr

[DesertFlower]

1. there's a special place in hell for them.

[sheshe2]

4. I hope it is hot.

[Hoyt]

2. Bless their short-sighted hearts.

[wcmagumba]

3. Merry effing...

something or other...

[OliverQ]

5. So mad. And none of them will ever face any consequences for

this unprecedented level of greed and evil. They'll get voted out, but I think they want that at this point while they retire comfortably with their millions.

[onecaliberal]

8. They want our social security and Medicare. The debt is a feature not a bug

Rotten to the core evil fucking bastards.

[BigmanPigman]

6. FUCK THEM ALL!

Especially Collins, Corker and Flake!

Lawrence O'Donnell said that when the Dems get the majority they can get rid of this corrupt, shitty, GOP,
rip off of Americans.

Dems had better use this on the campaign trail in 2018 and run with it! The Tax Scam, Healthcare and Russia should motivate people to vote Dem.

Take the gloves off and be ready to fight!
Anarchy in the USA?

[herding cats]

7. Im currently an independent contractor and I use the ACA exchange.

I’m so screwed out of the box. Yeah, we’re (mostly) all screwed down the road, but I’m their literal sacrificial lamb from the beginning.

Which is kind of extra messed up since I’m an independent contractor because of their messed up policies. It’s certainly not by my own choice.

[Egnever]

9. This is going to suck for a whole lot of people

Hopefully it motivates them to Vote!

[herding cats]

11. Sadly, the reality is most people won't feel the full real pain right away.

I’m just unfortunate enough to be in the first round of double whammy. 2019 will be very tough on me.

In 2019 (after midterms) we should see the ACA victims coming out, though. There’s a lot of them, and many, if not most don’t even know of this part of the ‘tax’ bill.

[Egnever]

12. Agreed they front loaded this piece of crap to give themselves cover.

By the time the water starts boiling most of these frogs will already be cooked.

Hopefully our party put's the adult pants on and calls this crap out loudly and repeatedly for the con job it is.

[herding cats]

13. Oh, Im confident the Dems will use this for all its worth.

Even still, there’s only so much that can be done to repair these permanent tax cuts for the wealthy. As we all know, someone has to pay the bills and the working class is the one holding the bag here.

Beyond a real super majority and both houses and the presidency, we’re screwed. Gerrymandering pretty much prevents this mega trifecta from being a reality. Not to mention 2020 is another census year.

[Cha]

14. So sorry to

hear this, herding.

I'm thinking I'll be one.. down the road a piece for a variety of issues.

Here's to a miracle happening.. it could.

[herding cats]

15. Hey, Im good with a miracle right about now!

Most of us will feel this eventually. I’m just kind of pouting tonight because of how I get hit twice in its first round. I’m being self centered when I stop and think about it, but I’m kind of angry right now.

We’re going to pull through, Cha. All we need is a blue wave and we’ll be ok. A big FU to the ‘both sides are the same’ and the career dividers. I personally despise each and everyone of them tonight.

[Cha]

16. Well, it is about as personal as you can get..

you have a right to be concerned about your own health.

We can't help others if we're incapacitated.

a blooming miracle

[herding cats]

18. We all have a right to be concerned about our personal health.

I’m just hoping people begin to realize they’re about to lose their healthcare with this mess.

I already am paying out the nose for what Trump did to destabilize the market. My insurance was within what I used to pay under my previous employer last year. This year, yeah it was a whole different animal. (I live in a red state)

I helped a person signup for the first time on the 15th and they were appalled at the fact that they had only two choices of carriers. Luckily for them the cheaper of the two was within their network. Otherwise they’d have been paying $800+ a month for similar coverage from the other provider with a much more limited network in their area.

Seriously, two providers to choose from here anymore. That’s been my personal experience and my experience with everyone I’ve assisted, or just spoken to. All thanks to the GOP destabilizing the market. I had maybe two handfuls to choose from last year and they were all mostly competitive packages. I cringe to imagine what next year will be. I expect to be priced out either then or at the very best the following year.

[Cha]

19. Yes, we can hope those

who voted for this atrocity to happen can get woke when it affects them personally, and do something about it at the polls.

I knew this was coming but until now it was in the back of my mind.. now it's front and center to try and not worry about.

I cannot wait until the pendulum swings back in the other direction where's there's help and hope instead of kicking people to the curb and trying to kill them off by the millions.

I wish the very best for you, herding cats.

[Luz]

28. I'm one. I went to my exchange and the only policy that

I could afford was absolutely useless. Would be a waste of my money to pay for. My other choice was a bcbs policy that would cost over half my salary to afford, even with a generous subsidy. So...no insurance for us in '18.

Wish us a healthy new year!? 😷

[irisblue]

10. ::sigh::

f all the republicans

[LenaBaby61]

17. IF I drank alcohol ....

Tonight would be a night to tie one on.

BAD NIGHT tonight.

[SunSeeker]

20. CORRECTION: GOP passes tax scam bill.

There, I fixed it for you.

Senate Dems had NOTHING to do with this abomination.

[Egnever]

21. You seem to think I am implying they did.

Not sure why.

If it will make you feel better I am happy to edit the OP to put the vote total in. Though I don't think many reading here thought the vote went any differently than it did.

[SunSeeker]

23. When we say "Congress" or the "Senate" did it, it implies Dems voted for it.

In situations where it was a strict party line vote, we need to be clear who is responsible.

[Egnever]

24. The senate did do it and I don't think it implies anything.

It wasn't the house that passed it it was the Senate.

On a board dedicated to politics? That has been talking almost exclusively about this the past few days? With nearly minute to minute updates on who is for or against?

Sorry if it offends you but I don't really think any clarity was needed here at DU beyond which chamber it passed in.

[SunSeeker]

25. Messaging is important. The Senate GOP pased it, not the Senate Dems.

If we can't get our message straight here, how are we going to get it straight out in the real world?

Why is it so hard for you to just say "Senate GOP passed it"?

[Egnever]

26. Wee ok

I'll try harder to stay on message next time I am watching something happen and posting about it in real time.

Not a single Democrat voted for it.

It was passed strictly by Republicans.

Hopefully that helps keep everyone here better informed.

[icymist]

22. The only thing I wish upon these people is that they experience the same as we do.

Everything we have experienced may they also experience.

[pansypoo53219]

27. that's an expensive petard.

[RandiFan1290]

29. Will the Dems fight to make this permanent in 8 years?

Like they did with the Bush tax cuts in 2010?