If this tax bill passes you're going to see Democrats campaigning in 2018 on a "tax cut" targeted at suburban voters. These voters are already the most likely to swap from Republican's and have long been swayed by GOP tax rhetoric.
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The secret to the Bush tax cuts was that these suburban voters did get a real tax cut. It was much smaller than the tax cut for the ultra-wealthy, but they still took care of their voting base. This tax plan is uniquely targeted at screwing over middle income families.
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Replying to @mikeal
It screws over middle class families *in blue states*, which is bad for CA and NY GOPers, but those folks are also pretty ideological.
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They get it the worst, but families making over 100K (which is typical in suburbs) see a tax increase as well.
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These people used to be reliably Republican and slipped a bit in the last election due to Trump and in these select 2017 elections shifted BIG to democrats.
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I don't get it. These people have always been evil, but now it's like they're stupid, too. How do Congressional GOP leaders think this is a good idea?
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They assume diffusion of responsibility will take care of it. That and they're true believers.
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It's a bigger problem for the house than the Senate, since there are tons of GOP house members from wealthy suburbs in blue states. Not for long, perhaps.
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