Tax cut bill: down with education, hooray for big oil
When you look at the details on paper, the tax bill that was passed last week should be enough to convince Americans to kick the GOP out of power in both the Senate and the House. Aside from the fact that , there is another part of the bill that is even more disturbing.
During a time when gas prices are above even $3.30 in some places, the GOP inserted a provision into the bill that would give :
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the chairman of the Democratic SenatorialCampaign Committee, noted that Republicans decided to drop a provisionallowing Americans to deduct up to $4,000 in college-tuition costsworth $4.5 billion.
Instead, Schumer pointed out, Republicansincluded a tax break for oil companies worth $4.3 billion despite theindustry's record profits.
"The choice is stark and clear --Big Oil or middle-class families," Schumer said. "The RepublicanCongress chose Big Oil, and that's why voters want change."
The Democrats need to get their act together and start strategizing more preventively and pragmatically. Why was this not talked about until after the bill was passed? Why did the DNC not raise more of a fuss?
If the strategists over at the DNC had a clue, which they unfortunately don't, then they would be courting conservative voters by saying things like ever since the Republicans took Congress twelve years ago, the . If that is fiscal conservatism, then that I am proud to be a liberal.
But as usual, the Democrats will sit back and watch from the attic as the turmoil below that has been inflicted by this Republican Congress goes unchecked and affects millions of Americans. WAKE UP DEMOCRATS! This is not just about taking back Congress. It is about standing up, pushing for reform and thinking in the long-run about how to make America stronger than ever.
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