NOTE: Obamagrandma and others have already posted on this. But I thought I'd add my voice to the growing chorus debunking this email.
You may have seen it: a snarky email that's going around, "summarizing" the first 500 pages of HR3200. Needless to say, it's a big ol' steaming pile of misinformation, misinterpretation and outright lies.
My response to things like this, generally, is to Reply All and bombard the entire recipient list with as many facts, or at least as much logic, as I can muster. And it occurred to me that others who are getting this email might be able to use it to give their friends and family something to think about, and maybe — just maybe — change their minds.
I'm self-employed, so I simply didn't have time to research and address every bit of absolute drivel contained in this little list. But here's a reality check on some of it, anyway. If anyone wants to correct anything I've said, or respond to a bullet point I ignored (especially on the tax stuff), or expand on one of my points, please feel free. I might even include it in an update.
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