Trump Promises New Tax-Cut Vote After the Midterms. That's News to Congress

[left-of-center2012]

President Donald Trump said Congress will vote on a new tax cut for middle-class Americans after the midterm elections, even though Republican lawmakers say they have no such legislation in the works.

“We’re giving a middle-income tax reduction of about 10 percent,” Trump said Monday as he departed the White House for a campaign rally in Houston. “We’ll do the vote after the election.”

Party leaders were caught off-guard over the weekend after Trump said at a Saturday afternoon campaign rally in Nevada that “we’re looking at a major tax cut for middle-income people.” He said House Speaker Paul Ryan and other House Republicans were developing a plan that would be unveiled shortly before the midterms.

But congressional offices could not confirm that any new tax legislation was in the works. The White House hasn’t offered any details of the plan Trump has promised. It’s not clear what he meant by a 10 percent reduction. Even if policy makers hastily pulled something together at the White House’s insistence, lawmakers are out until after the election.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-22/trump-says-congress-to-vote-on-10-percent-tax-cut-after-election?srnd=premium

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Desperation

[Guppy]

2. I'll pay you as the job is finished

said to thousands of contractors

[John Fante]

3. A modern-day snake oil salesman in action, folks.

He may as well have promised a free unicorn for the firstborn of every deplorable. After the election, of course. 😂

If GOP voters fall for this, they're even dumber than they look - and they look like idiots!

[gratuitous]

4. Step up, Congress

You don't want to be disrespectful to the president like a common Saudi hit squad, do you? His whim is your command!

[unblock]

5. imagine the uproar if obama had said something like this right before an election

[Autumn]

6. They are covering for the orange diarrhea. He said a tax cut before the election

Link to tweet

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[magicarpet]

7. Pie in the sky promise to get the idiot Fascists a reason to vote Nazi Fascists into office.

The plan is to destroy and decimate Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care insurance for the general population.

Do not believe a word these Fascists vomit up for your enjoyment.