It would be IF we were voting in "fair" elections, but we aren't.

thuglicans are in control of collecting and counting votes. Do you trust them to play fair? I sure as hell don't. Hell, many side with the ruskies over their OWN IC agencies, and don't CARE if the ruskies continue on meddling in our elections. And, with the ruling coming down from a 5-4 right-winged High Court in 2018 which will more than likely state that thuglicans CAN continue on with gerrymandering in Wisconsin, it's Katy bare the door all across this country for Dems. It's bad enough that the GOP IS getting away with voter-suppressing Dems off of the chain (voter cross-check, voter-purging, expanding voter ID laws which ALL hurt Dems etc.), but now they're gonna make it REALLY personal by turning Dems into the permanent minority party.

Republicans no longer give a hoot about what might be dangerous. Cult45 have already tried to destroy healthcare, and now, they’ve got their “tax cut”: $$$$$ to the “ruling class.”

With all three branches of government in their control, and their useful bully/idiot/psycho/mother-of-all-distractions “president,” it’s party time and they don’t give a shit who knows about it. To them, Social Security and Medicare look like two fat Honey Baked Hams ready to be sliced and sent lovingly upstream as holiday fodder for their oligarch masters.

... only explanation for such minerals

is the goal of the gop. Truly an evil party.

And they’ll keep voting GOP because they got theirs ya know.

Like Collins, Murkowski, and Flake are on board with this nonsense. I get that some Republican senators are awful people, but (erroneously apparently) thought there were a handful of principled Republicans who would vote in the best interest of their constituents, not to mention the country.

awful as their fellow rethugs.

Laffer Curve,Supply Side Economics,54 Trillion of SS Bonds transferred to Wall Street. Remember this,we all hated the idea of Chained CPI data,well,this new Tax Bill in built on this POS.

Making "entitlements" sound like welfare. How about those corporate "entitlements?"

Bringing the hammer down on the runaway big Pharma costs apparently not on their radar to help the economics of health programs.

Kicking out young immigrants who want to work and build families who will nourish Social Security also in their blindspots.

Bringing wages to family-sustaining level is abhorrent, despite the fact that standard payroll deductions would shore up SS while bringing enough income to support a family.

Unions??? Forget about it.

These people are so greedy and evil I can no longer say that they do not understand what they do. They understand, alright and have been boiling since FDR, passing down their hatred and ignorance to the likes of Ryan.

It worked for the Veterans Administration.

And, it would split the opposition. Dems who are unaffected vs Dems who are affected.

or do we just have to put up with him collecting campaign contributions while killing the seniors and kids.

Part of me hopes they try, because I know it won't pass and will hurt them politically.

It's not called the Third Rail of American Politics for nothing.

any raises because they are taking it all back in part B premiums, what little raise we Do get.