AccountProfileNewsletters & AlertsGift SubscriptionsContact UsHelp Desk Log outAccountProfileNewsletters & AlertsGift SubscriptionsContact UsHelp Desk The Fix Analysis Trump just admitted the GOP’s tax cuts were deceptively sold By Aaron Blake December 20 at 1:26 PM President Trump, flanked by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Trump was so excited about passing his first major piece of legislation Wednesday that he blurted out that the Republican Party had misrepresented the entire bill, handing Democrats some potentially troublesome talking points for the 2018 midterm elections. Speaking at the White House just before the House prepared to sign off on the tax-cuts bill one last time, Trump reveled extensively in his win before turning things over to Vice President Pence to heap praise upon him continuously for a few minutes. It was a thoroughly unique spectacle, even as victory dances and Trump Cabinet meetings go. But along the way, Trump basically admitted that the GOP's talking points on the bill weren't exactly honest in two major ways. While talking about the corporate tax rate being cut from 35 percent to 21 percent, Trump said, “That's probably the biggest factor in our plan.” The problem? Republicans have been selling this legislation as a middle-class tax cut, first and foremost. A sampling: “The entire purpose of this is to lower middle class taxes.” — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)“Primarily, and priority number one, is middle-class Americans.” — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders“The theme behind this bill is to get middle-class tax relief for most people in the middle class.” — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Fox News on Tuesday And polls show Republicans have bought into this, with around 6 in 10 believing the bill favored the middle class over the wealthy — despite the biggest cuts going to the wealthy and the corporate cuts being permanent (unlike the personal tax cuts). Is it possible they think corporate tax cuts will spur the economy and eventually benefit the middle class first? Sure. But wary of it looking like a giveaway to the wealthy and to corporations, Republicans have avoided even this kind of “trickle-down” argument. They've been arguing that the middle-class tax cuts are what this bill was all about, and Trump just said that's not actually the main feature.
Comcast announced it was joining AT&T in giving 100,000 employees a one-time holiday bonus of $1,000 to celebrate the passage of the GOP tax bill, which includes massive permanent tax cuts for corporations, as well as the FCC repeal of net neutrality rules.
敌人中计了，川普胜局已定
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It's final! 之前真不想打草惊蛇。今天税法的通过奠定了川普执政的胜局，之前他需要委曲求全，经常受到民主党和共和党建制派的夹击，而之后随着经济的加速发展，建制派会老实很多，也会被淘汰掉很大部分。这些传统政客其实很容易被收买，给点甜头就投了赞成票，经济增长提速了以后再反川可就没那么容易了，呵呵，这些政客想不了那么远，等川普坐稳了，他还会推议员任期限制(政客像尿布、要勤换)，他说了的都会做的，只是先后的问题，建制派共和党们，你们中计了，我直到现在才敢说，就是怕你们知道得太早:-)
减税真的那么灵吗？很多喜欢受“正规教育”(aka洗脑)但不读历史的人是永远弄不明白的，当年对里根的攻击和现在对川普的攻击何其相似？当年的主(要)流(氓)媒体也说他蠢、说他精神不稳定，结果他大刀阔斧减税，1984年GDP增长达到7.3%， 他竞选连任赢了49个州。有人问这次税改为什么不这个为什么不那个，答案很简单啊，他只是总统不是国王，that's the best deal he could get. 而且税改不是一锤子买卖，分两步分三步改好过谈不成改不成吧？这次税改的关键在于降低企业税，很多人未必清楚，以为加拿大比美国更社会主义税率更高，其实加拿大的联邦企业税最高才15%，而美国的高达35%，这样美国的企业怎么和别国企业竞争？有人抱怨给富人减税，可富人的税是你想收就收得到的吗？苹果富可敌国，赚的钱很多藏到低税率的爱尔兰去了，人家这样东躲西藏地，你政府税没多收，有些工作也流失掉了。所以说在资金可轻易自由流通的当今，增强美国企业的国际竞争力才是提振美国经济的关键。
不要再相信主要流氓媒体了，一个在纽约摸爬滚打赚了几十亿的富豪不可能是笨蛋，一个不抽烟不喝酒不吸毒不纹身的富豪绝不是自控能力低下的人(你们谁做得到？)，他的张扬绝对有他算计的一面，对手一再低估他，屡教不改。他其实很会算计，他很爱美国，更重要的是他懂得在比较深的层面敬畏上帝，这就足够让我投他一票。他是有不少缺点，而且都显而易见，我在了解他之前也曾讨厌他，但他其实有很多优点，反倒都不显而易见，感谢主要流氓媒体(及后台老板)，你们毫不遮掩地抹黑他把我彻底地推到了他的一边，他的缺点和你们一手遮天动摇美国根基的企图比实在不算什么，他的优点你们会
