Posted on 02/01/2018 4:34:14 PM PST by Kaslin
There really should be a job posting coming up soon for a new DNC strategist because somebody has gone off their meds. The phrase “repeal and replace” is coming back into vogue, but this time we’ll be hearing it from the Democrats.
At first glance I had to double check to make sure this wasn’t an article from The Onion. But it’s really published at The Hill and deals with the Democrats’ overarching strategy heading into the midterms and perhaps even the 2020 elections. They’re counting on Americans being so unhappy with their “crumbs” from the tax cuts that they will ask the voters to give them control of Congress so they can repeal and replace the new tax law. And if you haven’t already guessed, Republicans couldn’t be happier about it.
Democrats are vowing to undo parts of the GOP’s tax-code overhaul if they win back control of the House in November, hoping President Trump’s first major domestic achievement will be a liability for the Republicans in the midterm elections.
The effort is reminiscent of the Republicans’ long-drawn campaign to hammer away at the Affordable Care Act and turn President Obama’s signature health-care expansion into a down-ballot albatross for the Democrats — an effort that helped the Republicans retake the House with sweeping election victories in 2010.
“We should repeal it and I think we should offer an alternative tax plan, which is we’re going to provide the tax relief to the middle class and the working class,” said Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).
The initial stage of the plan is to hold liberal “teach-ins” around the country in competitive districts and states. These educational seminars are intended to inform voters about what a “scam” the tax cuts were and why the Democrats will be able to dump them and put something much better in place if they regain the majority in both chambers.
Does anyone see a couple of possible issues with this strategy? First of all, they should recall how well “repeal and replace” worked out for the GOP when it came to Obamacare. And that was a seriously flawed legislative package which drove health insurance prices through the roof and immediately began collapsing under its own weight.
Conversely, the polling on the tax law has been shifting rapidly. Pelosi’s “crumbs” comments have gained zero traction and now even a significant number of Democrats are saying they like the tax cuts. Heck, it’s even dragged Trump’s numbers back up to the mid-40s in a couple of recent polls, not to mention eviscerating the Democrats’ previous lead on the generic ballot. This is what you’re going to run against all year?
And as I mentioned above, the GOP has finally found an area where we can have bipartisan agreement. They want to see the Democrats make this their theme for 2018 also.
“I would welcome Democrats running for election based on, ‘Let us slow down the American economy, raise taxes and make sure people’s paychecks are stagnant for another decade,’ ” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) told reporters earlier this week.
“That would be a terrible campaign theme for them to run on, but I welcome them to do it,” he said.
The final question is the obvious, fill in the blanks issue. One of the biggest failures of repeal and replace when it came to Obamacare was that the GOP was never very clear about exactly what they planned to replace it with. And when they did roll out a replacement package it turned out to be full of holes. So what would the Democrat’s replacement tax plan look like?
No answer thus far. Pelosi is talking about repealing “the most harmful elements” of the tax bill, but which are those? The bigger standard deduction? The cuts for nearly every working class person in the country? Perhaps the cut to the corporate rate which has been cited by a huge list of employers as the reason they’re raising wages and handing out bonuses?
This should be simply fascinating to watch.
Agree, for many reasons. The election will happen before the 2018 tax returns are filed, so families with children need to be made aware of, in the simplest terms, the child tax credit increase on top of the lower taxes taken out their pay checks this year. The democrats won’t tell them about it.
And union members, who’s pensions are invested heavily in the stock market, need to be reminded that although they might not, as an individual, invest, their retirement is.
Yeah, the middle class certainly “feasted” during the 8 years of Obama.
They had a filabuster-proof majority and the Presidency; yet failed to pass any tax relief, while tripling our national debt.
They can do nothing but lie to the gullible and foolish DEM voters because even stupid DEMs wouldn’t vote for them, if they were told the truth.
In 1984, Walter Mondull campaigned on a promise to raise taxes.
We know how that election turned out....
The government has to control all of the money because the people who earn it don’t deserve to according to liberal ideology.
Demon’s campaign slogan for 2018: We won’t rest until your taxes are twice as high and your take home pay is cut in half!
Of course I am being ‘selfish’ here but.....
I think PDTs ‘Trump Card’ is along about Labor Day announce that since the Libs and Rinos have managed to give SS recipients approx a 2% COL raise when in the same period the true COL rose about 10% that a substantial raise is in the making..
That should pretty much wrap up the ‘Old Fartz’ vote..<:
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By labor Day everyone should be used to the new ‘tax breaks’ and, like someone pointed out, that if there is a bonus for taxpayers it will more than likely mean a ‘raise’ for that element that gets more back in tax returns than they paid in????
Also ALL R’s should be taking notes etc of this latest scheme of the D’s and use it in their campaigns..
Bout time the R’s started using all the ‘free lines’ the Ds hand them...
They want everyone broke and depending on them.
[1] Voters were asked whether or not they approved of the proposed measure which, if it had passed, would have ended the 5.3% income tax in Massachusetts on wages, interest, dividends and capital gains.
Ultimately, Massachusetts voters defeated Question 1 by a wide margin, with approximately 70% opposed versus 30% in favor.
And there you have it.
This will play out better than Chuck Schumer shutting down the government for illegal aliens!
They will never realize this because doomsday for them begins tomorrow. It’s time to take out the trash.
Could the stock market be manipulate/compromised by the liberal globalist zillionaires who back the evil rats? A stock market collapse would help the filthy dirty RATS R and R tax Bill!God help us cause anything the rats do with the help of the disgusting mediapukes is in play!! They are never accountable for anything bad they do!! They are FCKING EVIL!!!
It worked well for a guy named GHW Bush who broke his no new taxes pledge, turning him into a one term President.
People will forgive a lot of things in this country but not raising their taxes.
The Democrats are welcome to test the proposition voters really want smaller paychecks.
But of course they will have to pass it to find out what’s in it.
Obamacare raised people’s premiums and limited their health care choices.
The Trump tax cut boosts their take home pay and gives them a better quality of life.
Democrats can’t or won’t see the difference.
Mondale 2.0
Should make a campaign commercial spilling 2000 dollars worth of bread crumbs in the back ground while showing images of things 2 kilobucks can buy
The renewal of the state and local tax write off will be at the top of the left-wing nuts wish list.
They never show how the money flows. They just say “da won puh-sent!” and everybody believes them.
“What, repeal and replace with higher taxes? What dummy would vote for that?
Never mind......”
What dummy? .... my boss for one. He “all of a sudden” became concerned about the deficit. He doesn’t pass up a chance to tell people how this tax bill will explode the deficit and blow up the debt! Never mind what occurred during the previous 8 years.
Can’t fix stupid.
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