It’s not the Cliff’s Notes version. That’s basically it.
Now, I have to say, as an independent business owner, this is just fan-fucking-tastic. I’d basically be locked into a personal income tax of 15%. I recently moved back to Kansas, land of the Free, so no state taxes either. I’m pretty sure I can find enough deductions and business expenses to push my cumulative tax liability down to around 5-10%.
That’s sales tax territory. Less so because they’ll probably have to significantly increase sales tax (among other things) to help balance the budget.
I mean, no. It’s not going to increase my business or cause me to hire anyone new. And as a citizen of this country that sees the both the need for, and benefits to, investments in infrastructure, education, and science, this is just abhorrent and will do absolutely none of the things it’s claiming to do.
But for me, personally? I couldn’t be happier! Hell, why can’t I just pay no taxes? I deserve at least that much.
Mining clean coal reverses “black lung” disease. Thus, workers are back on the job, and don’t need Obamacare! Yeah, that’s stupid. Which is why I am surprised they haven’t tried it yet. And if next week, they try it, I will be bitterly ashamed at having helped them.
How exactly is this supposed to work? I can imagine someone calling the hotline:
Caller: I was mugged by undocumented immigrants!
Hotline: Are you sure they had no documents?
Caller: Well, they looked like they didn’t have any.
Hotline: If you’re not certain they were illegal, I’m afraid we’ll have to treat this lie an ordinary crime. Hold, please…
But the real fun part comes later in the article:
I suspect these callers are Trump critics, just calling the line to yank their chain.
Caller: Hell, yes, they were undocumented! They had green skin and antennas! And I think one of them implanted something in Mabel!
You’re far more charitable than I. Here’s how I see it:
Caller: I was mugged by undocumented immigrants!
Hotline: Oh my god! Of course you were! First on a scale of 1 to 10 how swarthy were they? Secondly, would you say their calves were larger or smaller than canteloupes. And finally, have you contacted Fox News yet? If not, here is their booking line …
While I appreciate and give the appropriate amount of kudos for humbly labeling this proposal as “the biggest tax cut in American History”, I must take away points for missing an opportunity to also tack in “greatest”, “best”, “most awesomest” *or *“you’ve ever seen”.
That said, the list format is a keeper. More legislation should be written in the form of clickbait.
Good strong thinking outside the box. Drainage of the intellekshual swamp. And what specialist hasn’t been thrilled, just absolutely thrilled, to hear somebody who had just discovered their field by reading its wikipedia page on it give them helpful pointers ?