Posted on 12/14/2017 11:17:28 AM PST by 11th_VA
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has threatened to vote against the tax bill, putting the legislation in danger of being delayed past Christmas.
Rubio has told Senate leaders that he will vote against the bill unless the child tax credit is made more generous to help lower-income workers who pay payroll taxes and not regular income taxes.
“Sen. Rubio has consistently communicated to the Senate tax negotiators that his vote on final passage would depend on whether the refundability of the Child Tax Credit was increased in a meaningful way,” said a spokesperson for Rubio.
If Rubio votes against the bill, Republicans can only lose one other lawmaker if they hope to pass the final bill that emerges from a House-Senate conference. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) previously voted against the Senate tax bill because it would add $1.5 billion to the deficit, and no Democrats support it.
Corker has not ruled out voting for the final conference report, though he suggested his concerns have not changed.
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Your third sentence explains why this is a such a priority for "Gang of Five" Rubio. With the exception of McCain, Rubio is one of the worst Republicans in the Senate on immigration.
Let's call EIC's what they really are: welfare. They aren't a tax cut, they're a handout. Sadly, people like Rubio create a lose-lose situation for the more sensible Senate Republicans. Either they cave and give him what he wants, or we get no tax cut at all.
Lil’ Marco thinks he has on his big boy pants.
Sen. Rubio’s argument concerning child tax credit is no surprise from a post-17th Amendment ratification senator.
Patriots are reminded that even without the child tax credit, it remains that the states have never expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds the specific power to appropriate taxes for family issues.
”... the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Federal Constitution, is in the States, and not in the Federal Government [emphases added].” —Rep. John Bingham, Congressional Globe, 1866. (See about middle of 3rd column.)
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
"The smart crooks long ago figured out that getting themselves elected to federal office to make unconstitutional tax laws to fill their pockets is a much easier way to make a living than robbing banks." —me
"Federal career lawmakers probably laugh all the way to the bank to deposit bribes for putting loopholes for the rich and corporations in tax appropriations laws, Congress actually not having the express constitutional authority to make most laws where domestic policy is concerned. Such laws are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues." —me
Patriots now need to be making sure that there are plenty of state sovereignty-respecting, Trump-supporting patriot candidates on the 2018 primary ballots, and pink-slip career lawmakers by sending patriot candidate lawmakers to D.C. on election day.
And until the ill-conceived 17A is repealed, patriot candidates need to win elections by a large enough margin to compensate for possible deep state ballot box fraud and associated MSM scare tactics.
But instead I assume they will just give more Billions of our tax dollars to the Takers in order to buy off Rubio. Rubio is pi$$ed because he introduced an amendment to lower the corporate rate to 20.94% to pay for his EITC giveaway, and it was defeated. Then the GOPe raised the corporate rate cut 1% to 21% (still a huge break for the corporates) in order to pay off other gun to the head demands in conference.
Good grief — McCain may be dead by then. They should get rid of all these deductions and go with a flat tax. This crap will drag on forever.
Aye, Aye Captain. All aboard the MAGA express and it will be a great 8 year run! Best Wishes.
For those who make so little money that they pay virtually no taxes, EICs are not a tax refund, they are a handout, i.e. welfare. Calling EICs an "income credit" was a clever ploy to disguise welfare as a tax cut. Rubio is either an idiot who can't see this, or, more likely, he knows what's going on and is just back to his old Gang of Eight Self.
Correction — My bad. Rubio is talking about a credit and not a deduction. This is worse than I thought.
Sumbeech!
I loath the little bassturd!
Then fix the welfare system and don’t punish hard working Americans who want to keep more of their money while they celebrate LIFE.
Where’s the tax credit for those of us who don’t have children
Will no one relieve us of the meddelsome RINOs?
I thought they scrapped that, but if it’s in the final bill, then good.
I never liked the idea of supporting someone else’s brats.
They had ‘em, they support ‘em or go to jail for abuse.
Each with their own apron or one between them? I know what my preference would be. The one who is frying the bacon gets the 1 apron.
As there isn’t much in the way of reform in this tax reform bill, I have little problem with anything that jettisons the vote.
It works that way, now ... It needs to end. It's back-door welfare.
Should have been lower taxes for most everyone. But there isn't. Retirees who previously itemized (usually from medical expenses over the AGI threshold and property taxes) will likely see a higher federal tax bill. That's a voter group you really don't want to piss off before the 2020 elections.
He wants more “latin” babies to swarm our schools
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