I cannot believe the extent to which the GOP tax cuts have been pushed off front pages of

[wiggs]

news sites! Even the General Discussion first page has no tax discussion.

Even when media discuss gop tax cuts, it's all about who gets what cuts, who is hurt and who is not. Which is fine, but it's only half the story. Maybe not even half.

Tax cuts also have ramifications for spending. Dems and pundits need to talk about what tax cuts (for anyone!) mean for programs, safety nets, public spaces, infrastructure, education, environmental protection, health care, etc..

THE CONVERSATION SHOULD NOT BE JUST ABOUT DIVIDING UP TAX CUTS BUT ALSO HOW MUCH LESS MONEY THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO APPROPRIATELY RUN THE COUNTRY.

[LongTomH]

1. K&R for Truth

[MatthewG.]

2. I hate the GOPs debt financed tax cuts...

I really hate the GOP’s strategy of pushing debt financed tax cuts intended to help the wealthiest, but I think they’re getting less coverage than one might expect partly because the Senate came up with a plan that can’t pass without Democratic support, which suggests a certain lack of seriousness on their part.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Ali Velshi just discussed it on MSNBC.

Finances is his specialty and he loves talking about that on his show.

[gratuitous]

5. The GOP tax cuts that have no chance of passing

Fixt.

[brooklynite]

6. Where's your analysis?

I always find it irritating when people try to determine what other people should talk about.

[procon]

7. But... but... you just did the same thing, yeah?

C'mon, don't bash a fellow Du'er for pointing out the obvious, it is an important issue. There probably aren't too many world class tax experts hanging around here, but there are plenty of in depth analyses worth reading if that was your intent...

I think Republicans are snared in their own lies and the whole mess is going to fall apart like a house of cards. Even Paul Ryan admits the Republican's plan is a hoax.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), desperate to approve a massive tax-cut package, spent much of the week making a specific boast: the GOP plan, Ryan told several conservative media outlets, delivers “a tax cut for everybody.” Who’ll benefit? “Every single person,” he said.

At face value, that doesn’t even make sense. Even if we put aside the independent assessments that show millions of Americans would pay more in taxes under the House Republican proposal, the whole point of tax reform is to shift burdens in such a way that some would pay less and others would pay more.

To hear Ryan tell it, GOP officials have come up with a way to cut taxes for literally “everyone” who pays taxes in this country. That’s clearly wrong, and an ostensible budget wonk should know better.

So why did the Speaker keep repeating a claim that obviously isn’t true? The Washington Post contacted his office and Ryan’s spokesperson said the Wisconsin congressman “misspoke.”

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paul-ryan-abandons-key-boast-republican-tax-cut-plan

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