Posted on 07/28/2017 7:13:24 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
At 1:45am on July 28th 2017, Republican Senator John McCain together with Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voted against the ObamaCare repeal in the Senate; ensuring the failing ObamaCare health care takeover and economic drag continues.
This should not come as a surprise. McCain has a legacy of voting against the American people to the benefit of his corrupt legislative corporate handlers. Yet, the vote was still blood-boiling in ramification and consequence.
Additionally, it should be noted for an accurate record that Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller delayed his own roll call vote, skipped his name when called, until he was able to see that McCain cast the vote against America.
When Heller was safe – as in: able to hide his malicious intent and vote “aye” at the conclusion of the roll- he gave the appearance of support. A very typical albeit Machiavellian maneuver, customarily subtle and historically utilized by Senator Ted Cruz with few paying attention.
Senator McCain’s vote holds much larger ramifications than just the continuance of ObamaCare. Inherent within the retention is a reality that any tax reform, tax cuts to benefit the middle-class, will also necessarily be diminished.
The expansion of Medicaid within ObamaCare has, by intention and design, blown a massive hole in the federal budget.
When tax reform legislation is now proposed the CBO scoring will have to factor in a large projected need for additional tax revenue. This reality essentially dooms the middle-class tax proposal of the White House unless adjustments are made.
When considering the cost of ObamaCare and expanded Medicaid expenditures, it is now likely the middle-class tax-paying workers will not only have the cost of skyrocketing health insurance premiums locked in, but they will now need to contribute more of their tax dollars to subsidize Medicaid.
Yes, this is a double-whammy impact; and yes, it was done by design. The original goal of ObamaCare was always to facilitate a collapse in the system creating single-payer as the default setting for any possible financial exit.
The vote cast by Senator John McCain carries much more than just more inflicted pain upon the middle class and health care insurance costs, it now -once again- clouds any hope for tax relief upon the forgotten American workers. It is a sad reality that there are few voices beyond President Trump looking out for the forgotten American middle-class.
However, all of that bad news established – the collapse of the healthcare insurance reform effort does open a door in tax policy. If I could capture Mick Mulvaney’s ear I would immediately suggest to him that the White House might consider shifting part of their focus of the income tax reform effort.
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
I would suggest that immediately President Trump and the White House tax policy team add in the removal of state income tax deductions from federal income tax filings to their planned reform.
The Trump administration is currently proposing to remove deductions on high income earners in an effort to lower rates, and yet broaden the tax base, by removal of deductions often exclusively used by high income filers.
I would strongly suggest they adjust and expand the federal tax reform proposal to include removing any deduction for local and state income taxes.
Almost immediately the liberal states, New York, Illinois and California as examples, will go bananas at such a tax proposal. However, ObamaCare’s need for revenue now gives the opportunity for such deductions to be called into question.
If retaining ObamaCare needs that revenue, then I would propose getting it from liberal states -with greatest advocacy of ObamaCare- via removal of this federal income tax deduction.
The current tax deduction laws allow and enable states with high income taxes to advance overly aggressive taxation by deducting that taxation from federal income tax liability. If the American middle-class is going to suffer under the retention of ObamaCare’s endless revenue need, then let everyone suffer under the same equity.
Hold firm to this tax reform proposal as a stick to bring Democrats back to the table and reconsider the failing economics of ObamaCare. And do not flinch. We are obviously going up against the UniParty and extreme measures are now called for.
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
Lastly, here’s video of Mitch McConnell conceding defeat to John McCain and his crew of like-minded Democrat brethren. Always remember the Republican leadership don’t fear losing the next election to the other side of the UniParty. Regardless of what color flag is atop the spire the indulgences of the swamp are almost identical; nothing changes and the seats of power are still controlled by the same group and their financiers.
What both sides of the UniParty fear is losing an election to uncontrollable actual outsiders who possess differing priorities and ideas that are counter to the best interests of the swamp.
Sear this into the psychological vault of cold anger.
McCain loves getting publicity as the “maverick” who conducts the “Straight Talk Express”. Like Kasich, he revels in the adoration of the media; unlike Kasich, he was treated like dirt by the same media when he had the effrontery to run against Obama. He is what Lenin used to call a “useful idiot” - the Reds would use dingbats in academia and liberal Russian politics to push forward their message, then discard them when their real enemies were eliminated and they had no further use for them. He is one nasty old man.
I have a feeling that we won’t be seeing much more of Meghan on Fox. She has been pretty good for a while but when it comes to Daddy I doubt if she can be objective. Her presence can only compromise Fox.
I agree but they also use the stick of blackmail against them. I think there is a strong possibility that many are still being blackmailed by Obama via the intelligence agencies.
You may be right.
Do you have any reason he shouldn’t be?
Corker, Heller and Alexander also voted for Rubio’s amnesty.
They HAVE to go.
Corker and Heller are up in 2018. So are Flake and Hatch.
Graham and Alexander in 2020
McCain will be dead by 2022
Rubio, Murkowsky and Hoeven need to be Cantorized in 2022.
True
...”We need real Republicans.
Alexander, Corker, Flake, Gardner, Graham, Hatch, Heller, Hoeven, Murkowsky, McCain, Rubio, Burr, Tillis, Portman, McConnell, Thune, Cornyn, Cochran, Isackson, Blunt, Johnson, Toomey, Capito, Rounds, Fischer, Collins, Wicker, Sasse, Ernst and Shelby are all Democrats in R jerseys.”...
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Swell. Then make him participate in it too!
In 2008 “the system” gave us a choice between this nutcase and Obama. THAT’S the problem!!
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The Kenyanesian Usurpation was brought to you by BOTH parties.
The Constitution says natural born citizen.
That means one who is naturally an American because they couldn’t be anything else, born here of citizen parents.
Everyone in DC wanted that changed without the hassle of amending the Constitution.
The Senate passed a resolution declaring McCain a natural born citizen because he had TWO citizen parents, even though he was born in Panama.
Then Obama runs and wins based on just being born here, even though he told us on his website he was born a British subject as the result of having a foreign national father.
So the standard went from born here of citizen parents to just TWO citizen parents to just being born here in one election cycle without amending the Constitution.
According to this standard the recently deceased King of Thailand was eligible, he was born in Cambridge MA, as well as every anchor baby with no loyalty to the USA.
This was done intentionally because Rubio (no citizen parents), Cruz (foreign birth, one citizen parent), Jindal (no citizen parents), George P Bush (one citizen parent) and Haley (no citizen parents) were all ineligible and the future of the GOP.
The truth of the Kenyanesian Usurpation will never see the light of day because they ALL cooperated in the violation of the Constitution.
Before the run up to the vote on CSPAN, John McCain walked to the democrat side and conferred for a long time with about 8 dems in a huddle. Upchuck Shummer was their leader.
Recalls are not legally possible for federal offices.
Just stop looking for Congress to be the solution to problems created by Congress.
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Words to live by.
They don’t fail to appreciate it, they are in on it.
They are not representatives of the people, they are attendants of Fedzilla.
Why doesn’t he just switch parties? He delivered his parting shot before he croaked...just like that Arlen Spector. Damn them.
That's not the problem. The 17th is the problem. The 17th is the reason We the People no longer have a say in the U.S. Senate.
This stain should be gone soon. The cancer cells are briskly eating his very small brain.
A guy with a brain tumor.
Wouldn't you have to have a brain, first?
Without a doubt.
That might be the best solution. However, I can see the judges blocking his every move. Our best hope is having a few more Trump appointed supreme court judges.
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