The Republicans, however, hated the idea of irritating so many powerful special interests just to create a simpler, tidier tax system. John Boehner, asked about Camp’s plan at a press conference, famously responded: “Blah, blah, blah, blah.” This was a betrayal somewhat similar to the moment in “Game of Thrones” when Lord Walder Frey assassinated his new in-laws at his daughter’s wedding.....“It went down the toilet!” said an unsurprised Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute
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On party-line votes, Ways and Means followed Camp’s lead. The House Republicans are now on their way to approving permanent tax cuts that would add about $600 billion to the deficit over 10 years. It will make a lot of corporations happy, but, as a plan, it’s like — wow, what do you think? Walter White’s idea on “Breaking Bad” to pay his hospital bills by selling meth? Something about vampires or zombies? Feel free to fill in the blank.