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12. well, there's a lot of pain in hiking the deficit by $1.5 trillion for no good reason

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:40 PM

Dec 2017

and then the automatic spending cuts to try to make up for it, plus further political pressure on any more spending and political pressure for additional spending cuts,....

plus corporations will have an incentive to flush their cash out while they can take advantage of the crazy low rates, a number will leave themselves with too little and become vulnerable and will go belly-up when the recession hits....

plenty of pain even before much of it expires in 10 years.

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So can anything be done about this fucking tax scam if Dems get control of the House and Senate [View all] Quixote1818 Dec 2017 OP

Short of that -- mass rebellion. But KPN Dec 2017 #1

Unless Dems really do a 2010 on the Republicans and then some..... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2017 #2

Even that's not enough because we'll still have a Republican President. Bleacher Creature Dec 2017 #3

By the time people are hurt by the bill, they won't link their suffering to it. Garrett78 Dec 2017 #5

If Trump is still president, a lot can be done marylandblue Dec 2017 #4

it's a heist bdamomma Dec 2017 #6

#RESIST #REMOVE #REPLACE Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #7

If a Republican is still president 2/3rds is needed to prevent a veto. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #8

Take 60 or so symbolic votes to repeal it Freddie Dec 2017 #9

From what I see of the bill, the real pain won't kick in for ten years. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #10

well, there's a lot of pain in hiking the deficit by $1.5 trillion for no good reason unblock Dec 2017 #12

Unfortunately, most people won't PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #13

realistically, it's in until we control the house, senate, and presidency. unblock Dec 2017 #11