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https://shareblue.com/it-just-seems-wrong-gop-rep-admits-tax-scam-he-voted-for-rips-off-working-people/Theres not much to like about the GOP tax scheme. The bill, drafted hurriedly and under the cover of darkness, is wildly unpopular among the American people and economists alike, with little to offer other than corporate giveaways and tax cuts for the rich.
But that didnt stop Republicans like Rep. Tom Cole from voting for it even though he admitted in a recent interview that it just seems wrong that the scam is, quite simply, a massive giveaway to the rich paid for by working class Americans.
Speaking with CNBC, Cole conceded that hes not much of a deep economic thinker and didnt pay much attention to those fancy tax analyses conducted by non-partisan agencies, almost all of which excoriated the bill for increasing the federal deficit without boosting economic growth.
He doesnt know what the models are, CNBC noted, but doesnt worry much about that.
Instead of turning to things like evidence and numbers, Cole relied on his GOP colleagues to tell him how to vote on the bill, which delivers massive tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans but offers little else for the rest of the population. Cole likes the way his colleagues think, and it was apparently easier to listen to their reassurances than to grapple with all those pesky facts and figures.
In the end Im going to trust the people who are philosophically aligned with me, he told CNBC.
kimbutgar
(21,155 posts)These cretins need to be removed in 2018.
BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)Let's nail the GOP and bury them permanently!
Doodley
(9,092 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Yup,can't be bothered with things that hurt the little people. His Friends at Koch Industries own his ass anyway. Yup,them facts just get in the way. Yup,got to support my Party.
Golden Raisin
(4,609 posts)murielm99
(30,742 posts)Funny, but true.
unblock
(52,243 posts)dgauss
(882 posts)He doesnt know what the models are, but doesnt worry much about that.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I want the people that vote for them to suffer. We should focus an lawsuits to insure that the sparse public monies that will be available get distributed fairly and we need to insure that republicans don't pass laws favoring private schools. I want people that vote for them to pay a severe price, like in Kansas.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)and out to multi-national corporations.
Sickening.
mobeau69
(11,145 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)TeamPooka
(24,228 posts)getagrip_already
(14,757 posts)So now that he knows whats in it, is he still going to vote for it?
I know the answer, just asking out of formality.
Is this their new strategy? The bill, as it turns out is flawed and I'm sorry I voted for it......
Who could have predicted they would be dumb enough to start it before the final vote?
dgibby
(9,474 posts)bluestarone
(16,959 posts)Repubs vote for the party(no matter who you destroy) and Democrats vote for the country
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)The way it's meant to be.
Of course, when they're harmed by the tax bill, they deserve it. If they continue to vote for him even after he does them irreparable harm, then they're pitiful fools.
And we gotta live with 'em.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Ideology is knowing the "answer" before even knowing what the question is.
lame54
(35,292 posts)It's more like
"It seems wrong - of course I'm in"
eShirl
(18,494 posts)lastlib
(23,239 posts)PArty over country, IOW. FUCK YOU, COLE! And the party you rode in with!