Republicans Pass Their Tax Plan: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the Republicans' sweeping overhaul of the tax code that will overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy and amounts to nothing less than a brazen heist of the country.
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[daylinespinoza]

I don't know if I should keep watching the news to stay informed, or stop to stay sane.

[marsh]

"President Trump keeps insisting in spite of all the evidence to the contrary" can literally describe all Trump related news.

[BrettCrawfordTransgirl]

No, the greatest Christmas present would be you quitting politics mister president.

[robisadev]

I can't even laugh at this anymore. It's too sad.

[SFK]

I had a lot of issues with the Obama administration, and was certainly never a big Hillary guy. But man, this last year has been a non-stop exercise in how much worse things can be. These people are the fucking lowest of the low.

[-pd]

Experts say the GOP tax bill is gonna give big corporations and the rich about $9 trillion in tax cuts, but it's only allowed to add the deficit by about $1.4 trillion so it can be passed by a simple majority. So guess where the other $7.6 trillion will come from? From anyone who isn't rich of course, and also by cutting healthcare and anything that benefits the poor. Eventually the poor and middle class will not just end up paying trillions MORE in tax, tens of millions of them will lose health insurance too and the rest will have to pay way much higher premium. So billionaires can buy themselves another yacht or private jet or something. It's the Reverse Robin Hood at its very worst, no wonder Bernie Sanders calls the tax bill one of the greatest robberies in US history.

[JoeKickass]

Yup 92% people oppose the bill, and they still pass it

[Tadicuslegion]

Even Scrooge is going, "Damn and I thought I was a greedy miser."

[mmedina]

Seriously... why are we not protesting in every street and every town by now???

[toadjiang]

It's a Christmas gift for the middle class alright, only problem is Trump thinks "middle class" means you make a couple of millions per year.

[CNWhatImSaiyan]

“Christmas Present for the middle class.”

Honestly, I’d rather have coal.

[StoutShako]

In 2018, we'll give them an early Christmas present of our own.

[samaliliyanage]

That last comment from Paul Ryan felt like something a male character would say in A Handmaid's

[kaitlyngardner]

What really gets me though is that speaker Ryan insists that the key to our economic development is a higher birthrate but there are so many neighborhoods and families with an excess of children who are living in poverty and rely on welfare. The fact that he proposes we have more children while offering no solutions for people who have families and can't sustain them, it's pretty fucking ridiculous.

[mapuangel]

Christmas was never gone. People had a right to say Merry Christmas and still be able to celebrate it.

[ExplosionChimp]

Trumps ’s a billionaire, maybe he’s so out of touch that he thinks $650, 000 a year is middle class.

[hammadali]

I think Trump thinks the middle class are millionaires. 🤔

[kifacorea]

The rich legally get richer while the poor get poorer. Yes, a gift.

[cvfuxvc]

Also included is a tax cut for golf course owners. You know, something the average American owns. ⛳️

[kevincruz]

Oh man I forgot how christmas felt like! I haven't seen a christmas sale, ad, tree, decoration, sweater in years!