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Republicans Pass Historic Tax Reform!
Nov 17th, 2017 at 10:12am
 
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House Republicans Pass Historic Tax Reform! — Stock Market JUMPS 215+ Points! – ZERO DEMOCRAT VOTES


The Republican House passed historic tax reform today.

The final vote was 227 to 205 no votes.



EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST TAX CUTS FOR WORKING AMERICANS!




NOT ONE DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR TAX RELIEF FOR WORKING AMERICANS!


Just think of that for a minute…



President Trump and Vice President Pence met with House Republican members before the vote today.


The Dow jumped over 200 points on the successful vote.
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Reply #1 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 10:15am
 
The House passed "tax reform." Now it goes to the Senate where tax cuts for the very wealthiest aren't quite as popular. Sorry!
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Reply #2 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 11:59am
 
Love, aka Brother Love wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 10:15am:
The House passed "tax reform." Now it goes to the Senate where tax cuts for the very wealthiest aren't quite as popular. Sorry!


Oh, this will pass alright. And then, Amerika may well be led into terminal decline. The Reagan tax cuts led to deficits. Once taxes are cut, there's no raising them again. This would be politically impossible - hence why no president from Bush Snr to Obama has raised taxes, despite the huge US debt, which is predicted to rise to 100% of US GDP.

Bush Snr was booted out for not delivering on promised tax cuts, and he didn't deliver because he saw what this would do to the US economy. His son failed to learn, and cut taxes further. The deficit is where it is today because of Bush Jnr's tax cuts. By then, Bill Clinton had paid off the Reagan debts. In the US, the Democrats are seen as the party of economic management, thanks largely to Clinton.

If history is anything to go by - the Reagan and Bush cuts - the US economy will shrink, not grow. All tax cuts since Reagan have put all that wasted money in the pockets of the top 1%. Wealth inequality has grown accordingly. Rather than increasing economic growth as the economist Laffer claimed, cutting the taxes of the rich simply moves this money into savings and trust accounts - much of it offshore.

Since the GFC, governments have kept the global economy afloat. We've moved on from the whole Reagan mistrust in government, and for sound economic reasons. There has been a growing movement by the richest US citizens to reverse the political tax cut auctions. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffet want their taxes raised. They also want to raise the minimum wage. Doing this creates demand. Putting more money into the hands of the rich does not create supply. As Keynes showed in the 1930s, putting money in the hands of middle class consumers does. This creates economic growth.

These cuts are a huge mistake that may well cripple the US. Trump does not learn from history, and he's surrounded himself with rich billionaires, all of them, including Trump, born into money. Trump's cabinet aren't self-made Gateses or Zuckerburgs or Buffets, they're Establishment elites. This is the type who will benefit from these cuts, which largely go into savings and inheritance. They have no intention to make America great again. Like Trump, they're there for their own interests. While this is hardly uncommon in US government, never has the self-interest of appointed officials been so naked and unabashed. Trump has appointed just the sort of croney hacks he claimed to be running against. In return, he's made the generous gesture of refusing his presidential salary.

Yes, for the princely sum of 300-odd thousand dollars a year, Americans get to have their country's wealth handed over to the corporate Establishment, who just got a 20% tax cut.

Drain the swamp indeed.
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Reply #3 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 3:46pm
 
It wont pass the senate. It also
RAISES
taxes for the poor by as much as 20%. It also
RAISES
taxes for the middle class. It also makes healthcare
MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
.  So why is this a reform????

Because the mega wealthy get massive tax cuts.

I am sometimes astonished by just how incredibly stupid and naive are the GOP. The 'reform package is hated by most americans for rather obvious reasons and it will end up failing in the senate where if only 3 Repub senators cote against it then it is already gone. McCain and two others have already indicated they will vote against it.
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Reply #4 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 4:11pm
 
longweekend58 wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 3:46pm:
It wont pass the senate. It also
RAISES
taxes for the poor by as much as 20%. It also
RAISES
taxes for the middle class. It also makes healthcare
MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
.  So why is this a reform????

Because the mega wealthy get massive tax cuts.

I am sometimes astonished by just how incredibly stupid and naive are the GOP. The 'reform package is hated by most americans for rather obvious reasons and it will end up failing in the senate where if only 3 Repub senators cote against it then it is already gone. McCain and two others have already indicated they will vote against it.


Maybe, but that's why the American people voted for Mr Trump - he's the negotiator.

All he has to do is invite McCain out for a game of golf and entertain him with a few stories on the cut throat world of the 1980s Manhattan property market.

Mr Trump will have him in the bag.
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Reply #5 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 4:23pm
 
As for the other two, get the Russians to put something radioactive in their orange juice. Get Bannon to replace them with a couple of Trump stooges. Who knows? Maybe even a couple of Trump's kids can fudge their security clearances and step in to pass the vote.

You wait until the Trump tapes are released. This is just the type of planning going on in the Oval Office.

WE WILL MAKE AMERIKA GREAT AGAIN, no?
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Reply #6 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 4:34pm
 
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Mattyfisk wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 11:59am:
Love, aka Brother Love wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 10:15am:
The House passed "tax reform." Now it goes to the Senate where tax cuts for the very wealthiest aren't quite as popular. Sorry!


.....Once taxes are cut, there's no raising them again. This would be politically impossible - hence why no president from Bush Snr to Obama has raised taxes......



There are so many other ways.

Did you ever hear of "Bracket Creep", when your income rises landing you in a higher tax bracket?

American incomes, & therefore taxes, are affected by Administrative Policies, among other things, & those policies were an effective way of raising taxes.

I think you would be interested in a few publications regarding your above statement, where policies were effectively used to raise American Taxes (not limited to payroll & income taxes) without direct tax legislation. The documents are out there if you search, because everything is part of the public record.

Ronald Reagan's tax cuts actually generated enough economic stimulation across all sectors that it caused the net tax income of the Federal Government to dramatically increase via income/payroll taxes (companies hired more people at higher wages, causing the government to benefit through higher net income tax income)

Here is just one TAX CHART of many, that you might find interesting:


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Source:
Taxation History of the United States
(link)



I don't mind if the rich get a tax break.....I don't do income envy.....I'll leave that in the good hands of the Socialists & Communists.

The poor & the middle class don't put people to work, the rich corporations do. Tax breaks do wonders......

JFYI......if everyone had more spendable income, prices would rise, effectively wiping out any small gain you seemingly make, but if you want to grow jobs, lower corporate taxation will usually spur on job growth, because more production through more working hands mean more corporate profits. Amazing how it is, isn't it......the rich who want to earn more money, employ more workers, to produce more product to sell. Wink


Enjoy
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Reply #7 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 5:00pm
 
Panther, you mustn't confuse Karnal with economics. It just wants to talk about racism.

What a Great President!
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Reply #8 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 6:07pm
 
bogarde73 wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 5:00pm:
Panther, you mustn't confuse Karnal with economics. It just wants to talk about racism.

What a Great President!


Racism.....well, then she'll just eat it up!

Anyone making more that $8.00 an hour in America is a racist to those making $7.25.... Everybody knows that.

Well, somebody might get something out of it.....

I know, I know you can drag a mule to water, but it can't be forced to drink....
messes up the lipstick they say, or something like that. ...



I completely agree......What a Great President!!!!



Heads & shoulders better than the previous HNIC......opppps!! ... 

That's gunna piss off a few local thin skins!  Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #9 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 6:10pm
 
Panther wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 6:07pm:
bogarde73 wrote on Nov 17th, 2017 at 5:00pm:
Panther, you mustn't confuse Karnal with economics. It just wants to talk about racism.

What a Great President!


Racism.....well, then she'll just eat it up!

Anyone making more that $7.00 an hour in America is a racist to those making $6.75.... Everybody knows that.

Well, somebody might get something out of it.....

I know, I know you can drag a mule to water, but it can't be forced to drink....
messes up the lipstick they say, or something like that. https://33sm.net16.net/smileys/chuckle002.gif



I completely agree......What a Great President!!!!



Heads & shoulders better than the previous HNIC......opppps!! https://33sm.net16.net/smileys/sprint.gif 

That's gunna piss off a few local thin skins!  Grin Grin Grin



so you are in favour of RAISING taxes on the poor and middle-class and lowering them on millionaires and billionaires?
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Reply #10 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 6:16pm
 
Awwwwwww......did you mumble something???

Ohh well, prolly jus another one of yer Leftist Rants!!!

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Glad I missed it!  Grin Grin Grin

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Reply #11 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 6:18pm
 
So the pro-pedo coward Panther has nothing to say?


aww.....




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Reply #12 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 6:21pm
 
What was that???????

Speak up boy....spit it out!!! ...

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After many months of deliberation, internal conflict, and discussion, the GOP has finally passed its much awaited tax reform. One of the controversial aspects of this new tax reform is that it favors businesses, and while conservatives argue that this increases competitiveness of the market, liberals cry corruption.

CNBC calls this new tax reform, passed by the GOP after much consideration, “the biggest step yet” in their “once-in-a-generation effort to overhaul the American tax system.” For decades now, taxes have squashed businesses into submission, but hopefully with this new corporate tax rate, America’s economy will be booming once again.

The bill cuts the corporate tax rate down to 20% from an incredibly high 35%, and has made other tweaks aiming to make businesses far more competitive in today’s global economy. We saw some of the most crushing tax rates under the Obama administration, but with President Trump in office it seems that there’s a new tune to be sung.

It’s a tune that champions the working class, and reduces taxes for everyone—something that liberals have widely attacked as favoring the rich. Yet even though the upper 1% will be saving money, so will the bottom 99% in this country.

It’s estimated that:

Those earning between $20,000 and $30,000 a year would see a 10.4% decrease in taxes
Those earning between $50,000 and $70,000 a year would see a 7.1% decrease in taxes
Those earning over $1,000,000 a year would see a 5.3% tax cut


In contrast however, many middle class households will see a tax increase due to loss of deductions.

While President Trump has published his official tax plan on his website, it’s still uncertain as to what the exact details are of this new and bold tax reform....

........ “Through regular order and an open and transparent amendment process, the members of the Senate’s tax writing committee are also making real progress on a bill that’s been years in the making to fulfil our promise to the American people,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said after the House vote.

Earlier Thursday, President Trump visited Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans ahead of the vote.....


The poor & the middle class don't create jobs, the Corporations do!!!.....

Especially if they have more to invest in employing new workers due to the planned corporate tax breaks....workers that produce, & earn good wages....workers that will also pay new taxes into government coffers. Wink

The Working Poor are getting tax breaks.....see above.
The lower middle class is getting tax breaks....see above
The upper middle class will be seeing a modest tax increase in the form of lost deductions.....those that take the standard deductions will fare better.

The unemployed will see more opportunities via new job creation....

All plan estimates are variable simply because nobody knows how much envious Senate demonrats will butcher the plan to hurt the American Working Class, who are BTW the ones who voted for Trump.

All you will hear from the Left is Class Envy, hate, & words meant to divide & destroy America.

The welfare recipient will still get their food stamps & minimal welfare benefits.....no welfare increases are planned in the next 7 years of the Trump Administration.....






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Reply #14 - Nov 17th, 2017 at 7:03pm
 
I am always suspicious when they list an 'estimated' tax cut, in this case, for the poor. With the actual rates in place you shoul be able to PRECISELY calculate the 'cut'. This sounds like they are including things like 'trickle down' or other 'estimated' factors to convince people that a lowest rate of now 12% is somehow lower than the old rate of 10%.

All smoke an mirrors from a party that is absolutely determined to punish people for the crime of not being rich. This is why in the western world, USA has both the most billionaires and also, the most people in poverty.
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