We can point fingers at each other about how we got here. But if we are trying to get out of a hole, first we need to stop digging. 8/18
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No estimate that accounts for the economic impact of higher debt has found the bill would raise the growth rate by more than a quarter of the Republicans’ declared 0.4-point growth target. http://bit.ly/2BmCoN1
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@GOP tax bills in#Congress would cause U.S. debt to increase "substantially" faster than the economy. http://bit.ly/2AnRJke 10/181 reply 4 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
The House bill would lose between $1 trillion and $1.7 trillion over a decade in revenue, AFTER accounting for growth. http://nyti.ms/2hx5O79 11/18
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What in the world has happened to the Grand Old Party and fiscal responsibility? 12/18
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This is not what you or your constituents really want. They don’t want their tax breaks to expire while corporate breaks don’t. They don’t want students to suffer from even more debt. 13/18
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We can do a REAL tax reform without jeopardizing our children’s future. 14/18
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Make the corporate rate 25% instead of 20%, like the Business Roundtable and Mitt Romney once suggested – that saves $600 billion. 15/18
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Maintain the Alternative Minimum Tax for high earning families, but index it over time so it doesn’t catch the middle class. 16/18
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Work with Democrats to find ways to limit tax expenditures, but save the burden for those who can afford it. 17/18
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If my Republican colleagues will commit to doing that, I will commit to working with you, and I will honestly and publicly thank you for putting country before politics. 18/18
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