WaPo: Trump’s GOP Keeps Violating More Governing Norms
We’ve been urging our friends across the aisle to follow regular order and pursue bipartisan tax reform. Today, the Washington Post points out maybe they wouldn’t find themselves in such a debacle if they had. Here’s a look at the top six ways that Republicans have violated traditional governing norms while pursuing their GOP tax scam, from the Daily 202:
“1. The Treasury Department still has not released a formal estimate of how the tax code overhaul will impact the economy, despite repeatedly promising to do so.”
“2. The lack of meaningful committee hearings to scrutinize the draft legislation means flaws and problems won’t become totally clear until after it takes effect – at which point it will become much harder to grapple with unintended consequences.”
“3. Previous tax cuts have passed with crossover support. This is not a bipartisan effort.”
“4. Many Republican politicians are not being forthright with their constituents that some in the middle class are going to see their taxes go up under this bill.”
“5. Trump has not released his tax returns, so we cannot fully assess how much this legislation will personally enrich him.”
“6. Breaking with history, Republicans are trying to pass massive tax cuts when the economy does not need a stimulus.”
“2. The lack of meaningful committee hearings to scrutinize the draft legislation means flaws and problems won’t become totally clear until after it takes effect – at which point it will become much harder to grapple with unintended consequences.”
“3. Previous tax cuts have passed with crossover support. This is not a bipartisan effort.”
“4. Many Republican politicians are not being forthright with their constituents that some in the middle class are going to see their taxes go up under this bill.”
“5. Trump has not released his tax returns, so we cannot fully assess how much this legislation will personally enrich him.”
“6. Breaking with history, Republicans are trying to pass massive tax cuts when the economy does not need a stimulus.”