But it should cause some concern.
I believe this plan will hurt Republicans in the short term and benefit them 4-6 years out when the economy is raging.
Still, the numbers are daunting.
Anyone remember the Congressional elections of 1994?
Didn’t they predict a Hillary win? Nuff said.
Couldn’t they pass a real tax cut?
Goodness, it’s John Harwood. He is the most negative, biased business reporter in the media!
The Dems have been shouting from the rooftops the tax plan favors the rich but when the middle class gets their tax bill and sees they are getting a cut, they will change their opinion. I didn’t see the break down of the polled voters either. They are likely a majority Dems. (it’s like Rush always says, the polls have become a vehicle to a news story instead of simply information. They take polls and then report on them as though they are facts.)
They should have done real reform, not something half-assed via reconciliation, and dared dems to filibuster it.
In the words of the immortal Ronald Reagan, “there ya go again.”
REGISTERED VOTERS
PARTY IDENTIFICATION
Republican 21%
Democrat 33
Independent 38
Other/DK/NA 8
People actually believe these push-poll articles? The tax overhaul hasn’t affected ONE American yet, good or bad.
Seeing quite a few instances of this sort of article lately. It all comes down to, “You’re not going to like it! Really, you’re not! PLEASE don’t like it!”
Problem is that they have not clearly explained much detail on the changes, how they simplify things, and what’s in it for everyone. So, instead, most people hearing their MSM news each day are hearing about how bad, how unfair, and how much more they are going to pay. Republicans forgot that they have to explain, be the messenger.
Nobody knows what the final tax plan actually is.
I think there is pretty wide distrust that government in any form is going to do *anything* that is going cost people less money than they pay now. I think that sentiment is nearly universal. The last time government said they were/it was doing something for the public good that would cost less, the government spun out 0bamacare. I am sure there are some people who like 0care, but I don’t know any. And I hear stories of absolutely ordinary people with families with $24K healthcare bills. So IMO there is quite valid reason to distrust the government; over and above the generic ones. Additionally, there is no secret that no matter how hard they are working on it, the Republicans know well that they damn well better get this passed even if it is a piece of crap or their support will dissolve. So bottom line, I think expectations are fairly low and there is some reason to imagine it could be a real pack of blundering moves. There some people in high tax states who will lose their state & property tax deductions; and without wanting to analyze this or any of the other minutiae, that could produce $40K and $50K swings in tax liabilities. Yeah, that could be scary, putting it in the hands of a relentlessly klutzy government.
Point being, I can’t see there being much enthusiasm over it.
They were supposed to end the taxpayer giveaway to illegal aliens.
They did not.
Actually, it should help Republicans in the short and long term. Unlike Obamacare, this plan will produce tangible results by Nov 2018. Even with out it, the economy will grow at 2.5 to 3 %. With it, the growth will be 3 - 3.5%. This will have a real impact on wages and employment.
Also, except for high income people in CA, most will experience a reduction in taxes.
Well... lets ponder this for a moment:
1. The Leftist Mainstream Media has been 100% pumping out anti-GOP tax plan rhetoric and propaganda - indeed, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen this degree of direct, false propaganda in a single issue. It is unreal.
2. It is this same, corrupt, Leftist Mainstream Media pumping out all the supposed poling...
3. This is the same Leftist Media that were confident Hillary was going to win last year...
Had this same Leftist Mainstream Media bothered to even pretend to do their jobs when Obama was railroading his signature namesake healthSCARE legislation through (shutting out all GOP from any and all discussions, planning, or debate) - Obamacare would never have passed.
everyone of these stinking pubs needed to be unitied from the get go instead of whimpering around like something bad was happening...
I hate them...I vote for them...but I hate them...
Obvious we have to retire a number of GOPe/RINOs to get something decent.....this at least follows Regan’s thoughts about going for the loaf one slice at a time....
The GOP is so hated, I will be very surprised if they are not wiped out in November.
Meanwhile, the Democrat "tax cuts for the rich" mantra is easy for them to process.