Another is that politics should clearly represent the interests of its constituencies. This may never have been true, but it certainly is not true now. Instead, politics (parties, candidates, conventions, campaigns, official and unofficial congressional activities, etc.) misrepresent and subvert its constituencies' interests.
The Trump administration is reportedly warning of possible repercussions for Alaska after Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) votes on healthcare.
Senator @lisamurkowski of the Great State of Alaska really let the Republicans, and our country, down yesterday," Trump tweeted. "Too bad!"
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said Zinke's message was "troubling."
"I'm not going to go into the details, but I fear that the strong economic growth, pro-energy, pro-mining, pro-jobs and personnel from Alaska who are part of those policies are going to stop," Sullivan said.
just a shame that he was ultimately prevented from fully implementing/ extending the policy on a permanent basis by the spineless liberal legal establishment — John Gould
Have you been tuning in to fake news? X-) I mean, for example, not enough time has passed yet for him to have increased or decreased poverty in the first place. That's certainly too early to judge.Cons:
Ballooning debt
Increasing poverty
Degrading environmental protections (locally and globally)
Encouraging xenophobia
Legitimizing vulgar discourse
Legitimizing corrupt business practices
Attacking freedom of the press
Excessively increasing military spending
Decreasing security (e.g. increasing threat of nuclear war)
Disregarding honesty / integrity of office
Delegitimizing judiciary / constitutional checks and balances — Baden
One of the best presidents in the last 20 or so years.
He's doing what a President should do, which is not being a slave to the media and to what other people think of him, and standing up for what he believes in, even when it's unpopular. — Agustino
Have you been tuning in to fake news? — Agustino
The issue is a lot more complicated than your simplistic picture. Yes he does cut out budgets for several state programs that were meant for the disadvantaged, but he also finances some other programs. For example, he cuts out after-school programs that are meant to educate disadvantaged children so that they do better in school, and replaces it with a $1.4 billion in-school program. And so on so forth. America needs a budget cut. It seems to me that only someone financially illiterate can suggest otherwise. Here's a summary:Yes, it was fake news that made me think Trump's budget included over a trillion dollars in cuts to anti-poverty measures — Baden
The US needed budget cuts even if we were to ignore the tax cuts that Trump seeks to introduce. Also tax cuts aren't just for the wealthy.You realize that all that red is intended to finance tax cuts for the rich and that the debt is projected to increase right?? — Baden
So the so called tax cut for the rich that you're crying about is actually just a 4.6% cut in tax. Also the 35% tax applies at earlier points than before.Ordinary income -- things like wages, business income and interest -- are currently taxed at seven possible rates depending on your income level: 10%/15%/25%/28%/33%/35% and 39.6%. The top rate of 39.6% kicks in at around $480,000 of income if you're married; $417,000 of income if you're single.
Under the Trump plan, the seven bracket system would be replaced with three rates: 10%, 25%, and a top rate of 35%. The May rollout did not include any detail as to at what level of income those rates would apply, so the TPC had to fill in the blanks by assuming that the income breaks Trump proposed during his campaign would be adopted; thus, the Center assumed that the 10% bracket would apply up to $37,500 of income ($75,000 if married), while the 25% bracket would apply on income up to $112,5000 ($225,000 if married), with the 35% rate applying to all income above those amounts.
I get a feeling you're just being paranoid.Lowest 20%: Income $0 - $25,000.
How many get a tax cut? 64.5% of taxpayers earning less than $25,000 will get a tax cut.
How much, on average, will those getting a tax cut save? On average, those enjoying a tax cut will save $100.
How many will have a tax increase? 6.8% of the poorest 20% will NOT get a tax cut, but rather will pay more tax under the Trump tax plan.
How much, on average, will those with a tax increase pay in additional tax? On average, those experiencing an increase will pay an additional $380.
Next 20%: Income $25,000 - $46,800
How many get a tax cut? 70.3% of taxpayers earning between $25,000 and $46,800 will get a tax cut.
How much, on average, will those getting a tax cut save? On average, those enjoying a tax cut will save $520.
How many will have a tax increase? 23.9% of the next 20% will NOT get a tax cut, but rather will pay more tax under the Trump tax plan.
How much, on average, will those with a tax increase pay in additional tax? On average, those experiencing an increase will pay an additional $640.
Next 20%: Income $46,800 - $86,100
How many get a tax cut? 75.1% of taxpayers earning between $46,800 and $86,100 will get a tax cut.
How much, on average, will those getting a tax cut save? On average, those enjoying a tax cut will save $1,320.
How many will have a tax increase? 23.8% of the next 20% will NOT get a tax cut, but rather will pay more tax under the Trump tax plan.
How much, on average, will those with a tax increase pay in additional tax? On average, those experiencing an increase will pay an additional $990.
Next 20%: Income $86,100 - $149,400
How many get a tax cut? 77.8% of taxpayers earning between $86,100 and $149,400 will get a tax cut.
How much, on average, will those getting a tax cut save? On average, those enjoying a tax cut will save $2,640
How many will have a tax increase? 22.0% of the next 20% will NOT get a tax cut, but rather will pay more tax under the Trump tax plan.
How much, on average, will those with a tax increase pay in additional tax? On average, those experiencing an increase will pay an additional $2,260.
Richest 20%: Income > $149,400 -
How many get a tax cut? 73.0% of taxpayers earning more than $149,400 will get a tax cut.
How much, on average, will those getting a tax cut save? On average, those enjoying a tax cut will save $19,510.
How many will have a tax increase? 26.9% of the richest 20% will NOT get a tax cut, but rather will pay more tax under the Trump tax plan.
How much, on average, will those with a tax increase pay in additional tax? On average, those experiencing an increase will pay an additional $3.990.
Yeah of course, because their income is already small! When you apply a percentage to a small income, you're not going to get a huge dollar amount return will you?!The poorest will gain a measly 100 bucks each on average (or pay 380 more, which they can't afford). — Baden
Yes, ONLY 6.8% of the poorest 20% will get that $380 tax increase that you're talking about. That is very unfortunate, but one would hope that growths in the job market and salaries can offset that if the economy starts doing better.6.8% of the poorest 20% will NOT get a tax cut, but rather will pay more tax under the Trump tax plan.
No, as far as I see it, 64.5% of the poorest 20% also get a tax break - that is most of them. And only 6.8% of the poorest see their taxes go up, while 26.9% of the richest 20% will see their taxes increase. That seems quite fair to me.The richest will gain 20,000 bucks more each on average (which they don't need, or pay 3990 more, which will make hardly a difference to them). Also, it's the richest three bands that have the highest percentage of beneficiaries as well as the highest net benefits. That equates to tax cuts for the rich, or if you want to be more precise, tax cuts overwhelmingly aimed at benefitting the rich. — Baden
Did you not read that 26.9% of the richest 20% will actually see their taxes go up?It seems quite fair to you to give huge amounts of money mostly to rich people who don't need it and pay for that by cutting anti-poverty programs by 1.74 trillion + cuts to education, health etc... If that seems fair to you, you have a very perverse view of fairness. — Baden
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