Thursday, December 21, 2017

If the GOP tax plan were good, its proponents wouldn’t have to lie

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/if-the-gop-tax-plan-were-good-its-proponents-wouldnt-have-lie
"I can appreciate the fact that there are political considerations at play, and Mnuchin probably doesn’t feel comfortable telling the truth about the tax plan he helped craft, but to brazenly lie to the public this way is to treat Americans like fools. The Joint Committee on Taxation concluded that the average tax burden on everyone earning up to $75,000 would go up, not down, if the Republican plan is fully implemented as written. The Tax Policy Center also published a report yesterday that found, among other things, that most Americans would pay more under the GOP plan, while nearly 83% of the plan’s benefits would benefit the top 1% of Americans – which is actually worse than the plan passed a couple of weeks ago by Senate Republicans. Those who can least afford to pay more would be asked to pay more. Those who already have the most would get the most. “This is about the middle class”? “This is about working families”? It’s apparently not enough for the Trump administration to pick Americans’ pockets; Trump World feels the need to insult us, too."