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Agree, for Trump's base the

NCD — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:37:31 +0000

In reply to The current Congress no Paul

Agree, for Trump's base the whole thing is what Trump tells them, it's entertainment. They will never connect anything bad that comes from it (for them) with Trump.

Fox News and the right will always blame liberals, "it wasn't big enough", "Democrats and Trump haters didn't let Trump be Trump"....etc

The current Congress no Paul

artappraiser — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:56:47 +0000

In reply to How Republicans Learned to Sell Tax Cuts for the Rich

The current Congress no Paul Mellon's. They are keeping it so complex that a quarter of the population doesn't know yet what they think of it, while half think they know and don't like it, far from populism any way you look at it:

NEW NATIONAL POLL: Approval of #TaxReform plan

26% approve
47% disapprovehttps://t.co/uDYe1tIkAG
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) December 18, 2017

It's possible, even likely,

ocean-kat — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:51:35 +0000

In reply to If this tax cut follows

It's possible, even likely, that the tax bill won't help republicans in 2018. But that doesn't mean it will hurt them no matter how unpopular the bill is. It's not just whether people have a favorable or unfavorable position on something. It's also how important that issue is to them and how strongly they feel about it. People may prioritize other issues and not care that much about the tax bill even if it polls badly.

If this tax cut follows

rmrd0000 — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:29:02 +0000

In reply to How Republicans Learned to Sell Tax Cuts for the Rich

If this tax cut follows history, public distaste will increase over time. The tax cuts actually punish wealthy states like California and New York. Wealthy donors in these states may respond by withholding donations.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/will-passing-the-tax-bill-help-the-gop-in-2018-probably-not/

Except they're not even

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:09:02 +0000

In reply to How Republicans Learned to Sell Tax Cuts for the Rich

Except they're not even selling it. They're just doing it. 25 years of indoctrination just gives them the right to do whatever, hardly any strings attached.