help with this. if and i repeat IF we get the house and senate in 2018 can we

[bluestarone]

do anything with the mandate? or anything else in this piece of shit tax plan?

[MineralMan]

1. Sure. Any law passed by Congress can be repealed or changed

by the next Congress. Nothing Congress does is permanent, despite language to the contrary.

[rock]

9. "Permanent" in politics means

Until we change it. I.e. the law does not have an expiration date on a part of it. (I'm agreeing with you.)

[unblock]

2. not really, as long as there is a republican president there to veto anything.

we should be in good shape starting january 20, 2020, around noon or so....

[bluestarone]

7. can you tell us when the mandate is actually stopped?

is it as of today there is no mandate? and also Could that mandate removal part be challenged in court? TY

[unblock]

10. pretty sure the mandate will not be effective for tax year 2018.

i.e., you will have to pay it (if applicable) on your 2017 taxes that you file by april 15, 2018.

however, it will not be effective for 2018 taxes, returns filed by april 15, 2019.


could it be challenged in court? i doubt it. at least, i haven't heard any legal argument for this. courts can't reverse a legitimately passed law just because it's stupid.

[bearsfootball516]

3. Only if we win back the presidency in 2020

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Short answer: Yes.

Laws can be repealed, amended, replaced. A democratically controlled Congress can and will do this. Trumpy, however, stands in the way. But he may be gone before the next election. A lot of people may be gone from the Executive Branch before the next election. Nonetheless, a GOPer will remain in charge of the Executive Branch until 2020. So the road is long and treacherous.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Only if there are enough votes to override a veto by the MOTHERFUCKER president.

[zipplewrath]

6. Only with Presidential cooperation

Which believe it or not may not be as hard to get as one thinks. Just have to give him "ego cover" so that he can claim it is the "greatest".

[bluestarone]

8. gotcha there make him

think it's his idea right

[zipplewrath]

11. At least that he "cut a deal"

He loves to be the "deal maker".