NYT Report Reveals Truth About President Donald Trump Tax Cuts | The Last Word | MSNBC

Lawrence O’Donnell talks to NY Times reporter Jesse Drucker about what happened after the 2017 tax cuts were signed into law and the corporate lobbying blitz began. Aired on 12/30/19.

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[VacationImpossible]

Backdoor deals screw the small guy in the backside

[hermes]

As long as lying to the public has no consequences, they will keep lying.

[elnachismo]

This was the move to get their hands on social security next.

[Jv-fnxg]

you can thank pelican neck moscow mitch for that bill passing.

[muaythaiforever]

I feel extremely ill listening to this video! People can’t afford the daily necessities and corporations, lobbyists, are allowed to send their lawyers in to “negotiate “ what is fair to be considered taxed! Most people that don’t have the ability to decipher this conversation won’t even watch this video, nor will it ever be broadcasted on conservative TV like Fox News and the likes of them!

[allenyeong]

The tax cut is the results of the government having no income and therefore infrastructure spending was put off by giving the excuse of 'cover up' before the infrastructures meeting, take note of the many excuses given by the clown, period

[eds]

The old saying goes, “only two types of people vote republican, millionaires and morons. Check your wallets to see which you are.” Update that to billionaires for today’s use.

[ryanodonnell]

We all knew this anyway... Criminal GOP

[fugeekue]

Thanks for nothing Trump, Mnuchin, and Ryan

[Dan-udhz]

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― Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

[anpdm]

This means budget shortfalls that we'll be asked to cover.

[lottasunshine]

and the budget for Meals on Wheels was cut.

[coopart]

So big business is getting fat. Government is getting deeper in debt. And the average Trump supporter is not living a better life. Are we living in the twilight zone or what.

[lastname_firstname_]

Meanwhile, single mothers with young dependents have had their SNAP benefits reduced dramatically right before Christmas.

[DiamondMasters]

"You all just got a lot richer" - Donald Trump to his friends at Mar-a-lago after signing tax cut bill.

[jurnagin]

Where is George Carlin when you need him most?

[Dan-udhz]

"... the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow heartbeat
of the social organism, a vast systole and diastole of concentrating wealth and compulsive recirculation."
- Will & Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History
"If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever increasing inequality."
- Stephen Hawking

[nickrich]

Like the man said, only a select few even understand these laws and regulations. No one reading these comment threads do that's for sure. Including me. But we all know it won't benefit the average Joe or his family.

[Catmemegod]

“ you can cut spending” from the epa, osha, education. Doesn’t even mention our insane military budget. Idk if he was just being funny or serious.

[daveramirez]

Senators should go to jail for breaking the law on using reconciliation to pass these laws.