What do you think the odds are that a tax cut bill comes out of Congress?

[Tobin S.]

I was thinking they should be kind of low. But I'm not really sure about what's going on in the Senate, and the lobbyists sure are taking the the bill seriously.

[LonePirate]

1. It's only a tax cut bill for corporations and the 1%.

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The rest of us get almost nothing from it or it is a tax hike bill.

[Tobin S.]

10. I know

[LonePirate]

12. Then we should phrase it correctly. Don't let them win the messaging war. It's a tax hike bill.

[Tobin S.]

13. Nobody here needs to be educated on this.

[LonePirate]

14. Then what's with the insistence on calling it a tax cut bill when it is not?

[Tobin S.]

15. My point is that.we are not fighting a propaganda war on DU

It doesnt matter what we call it here. I know exactly what the bill does.

[democratisphere]

2. Zero chance of passing.

Like committing financial / fiscal suicide.

[unblock]

4. When has that ever stopped republicans?

[democratisphere]

6. Never been as close to the "edge" as we are now.

[unblock]

3. They have to pass something. If they can't pass a tax cut for the rich, Donnie's toast

My guess is it will be rather scaled down compared to what they are hoping, but they still need to pass something. Not just Donnie, all the republicans are in trouble if they can't pass a tax cut for the rich.

Big donors will be seriously pissed if they can't do that.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

5. "the lobbyists sure are taking the the bill seriously"

They're probably scribbling it with their crayola sets at this very moment.

[ginnyinWI]

7. LOLOLOL. That is all. n/t

[Purveyor]

8. What are the odds of anything passing out of Congress... Near zero and considering, that

is a good thing.

[Tobin S.]

11. I'm with you on it being a good thing

And I hope you're right on the ziltch.

[pbmus]

9. Remember a simple majority is all they need to pass

This ball of shit, last time I counted, it was 52 to 48....

[jmowreader]

16. Hold on a second, Hoss

It was 52-48 when they tried to ram through Trumpcare three or four times, and it always failed for the same reason: No politician on earth is going to do anything to jeopardize his seat, and a LOT of Congress-critters would be looking for work after kids and grandmothers started dying from lack of health coverage.

A reasonable analysis of this atrocity of a bill will show three things: it stands a very good chance of destroying the nation, it slashes Donald Trump's own taxes, and it'll raise a lot of Common Men's taxes. And we're back into Seat Protection Mode.

[pbmus]

17. Unfortunately the word Reasonable is not in

the republican lexicon,; as we speak, the turtle, and Ann Rands accomplice are twisting arms, threatening, and promising the moon to everyone that listens for more than 15 seconds.