Honesty compels me to report that the final version of the bill passed out of conference represents a significant improvement over either the House or the Senate bill pilloried earlier in these posts. Many of the just plain mean provisions in the House bill went away; and the Conference committee…
In an earlier post I suggested you just can’t spin denial of healthcare. No marketing effort can overcome the horror of seeing a loved one die for lack of insurance, when that lack that was voted into law by an elected representative. Hell hath no fury … Today’s post is…
Early on the morning of December 2nd, Republicans in the Senate passed a tax bill that differed significantly from the bill posted in early November (a copy of the bill text is here; as of 12/7, there was as yet no plain English description of the changes posted at jct.gov).…
Sure, the Senate bill passed December 2nd contains lots of breaks for the wealthy. A new break for millionaire business owners is introduced; the estate tax exemption is doubled; and the cuts awarded to corporations will flow through mostly to wealthy stockholders. Plus, low capital gain rates are preserved; even…