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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:38 PM Dec 2017

IS there anything we can do to stop the damn tax bill?

My senators and representative are Ds who aren't supporting the bill.
I've called representatives in nearby districts in my state to say stop this shit.

I don't think a march will do anything.

All I can think of that might twist arms is an economic boycott.
Essentially stop buying everything which we can possibly live without.
Make this xmas season a disaster for the economy.
Tell every damn company that you purchase goods or services from, that you are no longer going to be a consumer until this country is back on trace.



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Irish_Dem

(47,131 posts)
2. Everyone has an Achille's heel, what is theirs?
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:42 PM
Dec 2017

I think it is time for civil disobedience, highly public and or hitting the elite's pocketbooks.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
3. People in Maine could convince Collins that this is an extinction-level event for her.
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:43 PM
Dec 2017

Otherwise, nope.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. The people who will be hurt the most by a boycott are those barely making it now.
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:51 PM
Dec 2017

Unfortunately, short-term most people are going to find they have a little more money in their paychecks next year and won't see anything bad happen to the economy for several years. That's just the way these things work and the GOPers know it.

 

Horizens

(637 posts)
5. CONTACT THEM IN ANY CASE
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:56 PM
Dec 2017

I doubt the bill can be stopped but we should inundate them with phone calls and emails. Don't allow them to think they're fooling us to that we will forget.

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