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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 01:20 AM Nov 2018

Trump's 'very major' new tax cut dies a quiet death

About a month ago, Donald Trump first declared publicly that he and congressional Republicans were working “around the clock” on a “very major” new tax cut, which would be ready no later than Nov. 1, despite the fact that Congress was effectively out of session until after the elections. No one in Congress had any idea what the president was talking about, and even White House officials quietly conceded they were “mystified.”

Trump didn’t care. The plan, which appeared to exist only in his imagination, quickly became a major applause line at the president’s campaign rallies. Pressed by reporters for details, Trump boasted that he and his team had came up with a way to make his new tax plan “revenue neutral based on certain things.”

The Nov. 1 deadline came and went, and the plan the president promised to present never materialized.

For those who’ve watched Trump and his operation closely in recent years, the fact that Trump made up a fictional policy, and peddled it as if it were real, is hardly shocking. Indeed, it’s one of the key takeaways from his farcical little story: the president simply says stuff, without any meaningful concerns about whether his stuff reflects reality in any way.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-very-major-new-tax-cut-dies-quiet-death

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Trump's 'very major' new tax cut dies a quiet death (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 OP
I'd prefer 'Trump Once Again Shows He's a Delusional, Serial F***ing Liar" as the headline ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #1
That would basically be the headline every time he speaks. Caliman73 Nov 2018 #2
Great idea! MyOwnPeace Nov 2018 #8
And this happens because his followers Codeine Nov 2018 #3
It seriously makes my friggin' head explode, man ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #4
"Ha, ha, hee, hee................ MyOwnPeace Nov 2018 #9
Gosh, I hate to think it was just an Turbineguy Nov 2018 #5
Look how well it worked! (n/t) PJMcK Nov 2018 #6
What will the wealthiest do without another national debt increase democratisphere Nov 2018 #7
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. I'd prefer 'Trump Once Again Shows He's a Delusional, Serial F***ing Liar" as the headline ...
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:00 AM
Nov 2018

but I suppose this'll have to do ... given our Corporate-Controlled US Media ...

Keep at it Rachel!!!

Caliman73

(11,764 posts)
2. That would basically be the headline every time he speaks.
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:07 AM
Nov 2018

The only other headlines might be:

Trump embarrasses the US with his idiotic behavior ... Again.

Trump praises yet another murderous dictator/regime.

and

Trump yet again, shows that he has no control over his petulant entitled temper

That is Trump in a nutshell.

MyOwnPeace

(16,966 posts)
8. Great idea!
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 06:42 AM
Nov 2018

Also, how about some pictures other than the usual rally pics with the smiling, laughing idiots in the background wearing their doofus red MAGA hats (that is, the ones remaining if they haven't been dragged out for not smiling like a doofus wearing a MAGA hat!).

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
3. And this happens because his followers
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:50 AM
Nov 2018

are perhaps the most cognitively dissonant people in the world. They simultaneously love him for “telling it like it is” while not minding the fact that he’s flat out lying to them.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. It seriously makes my friggin' head explode, man ...
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 03:15 AM
Nov 2018

But then, I suppose I'm arguably suffering from cognitive dissonance as well ... though I SWEAR mine very much feels 'reality-based'. I'm basically positive that it is, matter of fact.

But maybe ... they're coming to take ME ... away ... lol ...

MyOwnPeace

(16,966 posts)
9. "Ha, ha, hee, hee................
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 06:44 AM
Nov 2018

to the funny farm!"

Great classic, and certainly where IQ45 needs to take up residence!

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
7. What will the wealthiest do without another national debt increase
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 06:37 AM
Nov 2018

supported tax cut. redumbliCONS are the party of total frauds.

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