Never mind that shutdown business, House Republicans want more tax cuts
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Really, House Republicans? Really? House Republicans will try again this week to pass a year-end package of tax cuts after revamping the measure a second time to win broader political support. They're washing their hands entirely of their duty to the natioNever mind that shutdown business, House Republicans want more tax cuts
Really, House Republicans? Really? House Republicans will try again this week to pass a year-end package of tax cuts after revamping the measure a second time to win broader political support. They're washing their hands entirely of their duty to the nation to figure out how to keep the government open over Christmas, because they gotta get one last tax cut vote in before it's all over. Maybe that's what's behind Paul Ryan's foray into unintentenial docu-comedy, his «series» on his tax-cutting legacy. Or maybe it's their total lack of imagination. I mean, for fuck's sake: «It includes a provision, first sought by Ryan over a decade ago, that would give taxpayers a charitable deduction for making donations to college fraternities and sororities for housing improvements.» So that young Republicans can stand around a keg in a nicer room, dreaming about demolishing Medicaid. Big dreams, anyway. The problem is going be convincing the newly cublicle-dwelling lame duck Republicans to come back to town, because there aren't going to be any Democrats working to get it passed. Read more