On 4/26/17 4:20 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/26/2017 4:11 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/26/17 4:08 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/26/2017 3:55 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/26/17 3:52 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/26/2017 3:07 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/26/17 2:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

As is my hobby, I channel surf after a major political
announcement or
news, just to get a feel on how the cable networks react.

So, after today's announcement of the proposed new tax rates, the
panel
on FoxNews were kicking around how it will help individuals, small
businesses and large businesses. The focus of their discussion was
how
and why the new tax rate plan would benefit the economy overall and
create more jobs.

Switch to MSNBC:

Here the larger panel of pundits were focusing (and speculating) on
how
the new tax rates will benefit Donald Trump. Period. That's all
they
were talking about.


Like you, Fox has bought into the Trump bull****. MSNBC wants to know
how many millions the Trumpsters will make off of this, what it
will do
to the deficits, and how it will devastate what little remains of the
social safety net, science, enforcement of anti-pollution and other
citizen safety laws.


In other words, if Trump proposed it .... it must be bad ... even if
you
don't even know the details of his tax changes.



As usual, Trump didn't present any real details, and until he provides
details *and* his tax returns and an independent agency determines how
much the Trumps will make off of this latest scheme, it should be dead
in the water.

Trump promised to revise the tax code. Whatever today's proposal is, it
ain't that. Further, there is no evidence that draconian tax cuts will
result in more good jobs.


Yes, the tax code revision is on his "to-do" list but this wasn't it.
This addressed lowering taxes only.

The Dems are going to screw this all up because they think seeing
Trump's tax returns is more important than giving the middle class and
business, small and large, a tax break. Personally, I don't give a
**** about Trump's tax returns. They are, by law, automatically audited
by the IRS ... both his and the Vice President's. If something is
illegal in them, I am sure a whistle blower will let the media know.

Amazing, isn't it, that roles have reversed in Congress. The liberals
are now the obstructionist party and the conservatives are the
progressives (for the most part).



I'm not sure "illegality" is the issue in Trump's tax returns, although
if there is income in there from Russia, well, that might be a can of
worms.

Oh...the conservatives...are the regressives.


Trump is entitled to take advantage of every legal deduction or tax
loophole ... just like you and I are. His numbers are just a hell of a
lot bigger, that's all.

Still waiting for the shoe to drop with the "Russia, Russia, Russia"
thing, huh? I wonder what is taking the FBI, the House Committee and
the Senate Committee so long to conduct their "investigations".


Don't
you think that if a real, smoking gun had been discovered by now that
proved some kind of collusion between Trump and Russia that someone ...
Comey, one of the Democrat committee members or even one of the
Republican committee members would be screaming at the top of their
lungs? They love to be famous. Or are they going to just stay quiet
and let an illegal president continue to run the country?


Both the House and Senate committees are controlled by Republicans and
it has been reported for more than a week now they are laggards because
of party politics.