Picture yourself as a moderate Dem senator. You’ve agreed to meet with White House economic counselor Gary Cohn to hear aruguments why you should jump on board with the GOP tax giveaway plan. Trying to be polite, you know?
Then, in the middle of the meeting, Cohn’s cell phone rings and it’s the president, calling for you, with the reassuring news that the tax bill, called by that socialist rag Fortune, "The Biggest Wealth Grab in All of History," isn’t anything of the sort. It’s really a big Christmas present for the middle class at the expense of rich people.
And where did the president get this startling, new analysis of the proposed bill?
Trump told the senators that he has spoken to his own accountant about the tax plan and that he would be a “big loser” if the deal is approved as written, according to multiple people in the room who heard the president on the phone.
“The deal is so bad for rich people, I had to throw in the estate tax just to give them something,” Trump said, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of the meeting.
Yes, that provision that would slip an extra billion to his otherwise destitute children was just a sweetener, something tossed to Republicans who would have rejected radical populist ideas like cutting corporate tax rates to an effective nothing. He had to do it, see?
And you can trust this new analysis, however it may disagree with those of real economists. Because Trump got it from the best source: his accountant.
I believe his name’s Miller.
(Source: www.washingtonpost.com/...)
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Okay, finish your chuckling. Now, if you haven’t already, please dash off a quick note to your congressperson and senators. Let them know that, despite the rosy views of imaginary accountants, you oppose this giveaway and that supporting it will have grave consequences for their electoral futures. Thanks.