The rush to enact the tax bill was designed to mask — as a break for the middle class — what is, in fact, a $1.4 trillion package of benefits for key donors and lobbyists, the richest members of Congress, President Trump, his family and other families like his.
Questions:
1. What was the speed from introduction to passage of the bill?
2. What did the document entitled “The Games They Will Play: An Update on the Conference Committee Tax Bill” discuss?
3.Who are Glogower, Kamin, Kysar, and Shanske and what do they say about the tax bill?
Source:
Edsall, T.B. (2017).You Cannot Be Too Cynical About the Republican Tax Bill.The New York Times, Dec. 21 (Retrievable online at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opinion/republican-tax-bill-trump-corker.html?WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0&action=click&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&pgtype=Homepage®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region)