Guest Cartoon: The Highwayman: "Sell Or Be Sold" (Just Say No To Trump's Tax Scam)

<"Sell Or Be Sold": The Highwayman>
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Party line-driven legislation....crammed with fuzzy Washington math, leaps in logic, and wishful thinking ...hashed out behind closed doors ... whose key provisions favor the upper crust, with the groundlings as the giant "pay for"...no, we're not talking about another Zombie Trumpcare/ACA Repeal (Take Umpteen-Whatever-Attempt-It-Is-Now), but the Republican tax "reform" plan, as our GOP friends are calling it.

And, like Zombie Trumpcare, it's going down like the proverbial lead balloon...so far, at any rate. The big reveal is now off until tomorrow, due to the absence of little details like...who's going to pay for this latest go-round in Zombie Trickle Down Economics...not to mention the cracks already emerging in the "cut cut cut"/"simplify simplify simplify" feelgood facade that we've seen being previously trotted out for the cameras.

All hell is about to break loose, once we see the screwing that's being proposed in cold print. As Yogi Berra so famously said: "It's deja vu all over again."

But don't take our word for it. My favorite summary comes from Bruce Bartlett, the man who helped architect the Reagan-era tax cuts, and doesn't want to be in the same room with the current bunch comparing themselves to the Gipper: "Illustration of the Republican tax plan, Halloween edition--Give all your candy to the first kid and hope that he shares with his friends."

This nugget from Vanity Fair works well for me, too:

"If the idea was to deny Democrats an opening to paint the Republican Party as an annex of Koch Industries and the Chamber of Congress, they might have wanted to double-check the fine print in their own plan before rolling it out. All the salesmanship in the world won’t help Trump if and when a large swath of his “forgotten men and women” realize that they’re paying more to finance Trump’s tax savings."

I'm sure you can find more; maybe we'll save them for a "favored epitaph" list if this whole ill-starred enterprise collapses. For now, though, just enjoy the above cartoon from my good compadre, The Highwayman...and crank up "Sell Or Be Sold" (The Minutemen), too, while you're at it. Because the point's still relevant...more now, than ever.--The Reckoner

Links To Go (Hurry, Before Trump & Co.

Start Picking Your Already Bare Pockets):

Indivisible.org: Trump Tax Scam:
https://www.trumptaxscam.org/

The Minutemen: Sell Or Be Sold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqbo6FZCjtY

NBC News: The GOP Tried Trump-Style

Tax Cuts In Kansas. What A Mess:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/gop-tried-trump-style-tax-cuts-kansas-n812701