After Trump and the GOP raised taxes on the rich, Democrat lawmakers in three of our bluest states (California, Illinois, New York) are now twisting themselves (and in some cases, the law) into knots, hoping to shield the wealthy from paying higher federal taxes.
During a montage of statements on the Republican tax bill during Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) stated that the bill is “a prime example” of the country being “in the hands of a handful of creepy billionaires.”
In the midst of much hand-wringing and anguished sighs, the Huffington Post has announced to its readers that after his first year in office “Trump Is Winning.”
Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of Job Creators Network and the retired co-founder of The Home Depot, writes in an op-ed in the Hill that the Republican tax bill will provide small businesses with much-needed relief.
The Republican tax bill under consideration on Capitol Hill would add $1.7 trillion to budget deficits over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said.
