We should keep calling Congresspersons — ours and others — to demand that these people not implement final passage of the terrible, awful, dreadful Tax Scam of the Century.
That’s the message from (among others) the activists on Legislative Looting, a Pod Save America podcast (they bill themselves as “a no bullshit conversation about politics”), from Crooked Media (a network of journalists, activists, organizers, policy wonks and comedians).
AND, there is still an outside chance that this dreadful legislation could go down in flames, and it’s important that we raise our voices to remind these stupid GOP legislators that we know what they are doing, and we will vote against them!
*Reconciliation will put the awful House bill in contention with the awful Senate bill
*Items left off (some gifts to billionaires and corporations were left off) that their sponsors want back in place
*The draft is filled with jottings that are not always legible
This dreadful bill will harm so many of us to fill the pockets of billionaires and corporations. It’s as if the GOP has decided the party is a loss and they will pick our pockets on the way out, to feed their big donors for future campaigns that they dream of:
*Eliminates home business deductions
*Eliminates deductions for state taxes
*Enables oil drilling in Alaska’s most pristine wilderness
*Raises taxes for grad students
*Eliminates deductions for teachers who buy pencils for their students
and one more horrible thing after another… I’m sure you know more.
(Crooked Media is the folks that also bring us the rousing Pod Save the People podcast that is not to be missed. Check it out!)