Are you like me? Do you think they could have done one heck of a lot better on that health care bill? Are you waiting for the GOP brass to embrace a genuine free market solution? Yeah. I thought so.
However, generous soul that I am, I've decided to wait until we see what happens in the Senate before I pile on. There's still a chance (slim, I know) that they'll get it right. In the meantime, the House of Representatives has decided to move on. There are other fish to fry and, if Paul Ryan is to be believe, they're heating up the skillet.
I know, I know. Paul Ryan. I share your skepticism. Still, he's out there making the rounds, promising tax reform will be accomplished "this year." Here's hoping he knows what he's talking about.
So... The question is this: Will they do "big league" tax reform, meaning individual income tax cuts, and simplified brackets, and corporate cuts, and the repatriation of foreign cash? Or, will we all get our hopes up again, only to be slapped with another feckless, Republican-backed, half-measure?
This was one of the central promises of not just President Trump's campaign, but the campaigns of virtually every GOP member for the last thirty years. A massive, across-the-board alteration of the current tax scheme (and the agency that enforces it) has been the core platform of the conservative movement since the Goldwater years.
At every turn, we've heard the same excuse: "We need both houses of Congress and the presidency to 'really' do it." Well, now they have them.
This had better be good...
