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Didn’t the Republicans Shut-down the Govt, over this very issue a few years ago?
And they’re soooooooooo desperate, they’re ready to say ‘screw it’ — “Deficits really don’t matter, when WE’RE in Office.”
Fiscal Responsibility is for the Other Guys, not them.
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by RACHAEL BADE and BURGESS EVERETT, politico.com — 10/16/2017
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Conservatives have long railed against the nation’s now-$20 trillion debt. But now that they’re desperate to pass a tax bill, many Republicans’ repulsion to red ink is fading fast. Yet some deficit hard-liners are holding the line, insisting that tax cuts be paid for, either by axing deductions or with stiff spending cuts.
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Republicans say they want less debt but at the same time love a good tax cut — and are desperate to finally notch a major legislative achievement. Most Republicans are coming down on the side of tax cuts, preaching supply-side theories that tax cuts need not be paid for because they will grow the economy and eventually pay for themselves.
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“The scoring mechanism, again, is crazy,” said Sen Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “Just agree we’re going to lose money on a static scoring basis. I’m happy to live with a $2-3 trillion static loss.”
Desperate times, call for desperate jettisoning of your long-held cherished values — if you’re a member of the GOP, looking for at least ONE WIN in the upcoming elections ...
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After Republicans were unable to fulfill their longstanding promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the tax cut proposal is the only remaining game in town for the struggling majority and its allies on K Street. The inability to enact a tax cut — an idea that nearly all Republicans support in theory while differing on the details — would represent a monumental failure.
The party would have virtually no argument for re-election in 2018 and Senate and House incumbents would be wide open to challenge from both the right and the left. Big donors who are already sitting on their wallets would have no motivation to open them up. Mr. Trump’s ongoing Twitter feuds have complicated the task, but the Republican Party really has no choice — it must find a way to get a tax cut to the president’s desk.
“We are 10 months into a new president with a city that appears to be dysfunctional,” said Scott Reed, senior political strategist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It is vital that tax reform and economic growth get accomplished by the Congress.”
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It doesn’t just appear to be “dysfunctional” — it IS Dysfunctional, very much so.
All the more reason we must fight them, every step of the way, in their hypocritical efforts to notch a BIG Win, by adding “$2-3 trillion” to the Deficit.
Otherwise known as, extreme give-aways to the Rich and Famous. By the desperate Trump-enablers, now perfectly happy to wear the the banner of the Party of Fiscal Irresponsibility.