After actually 'running the numbers'

the non-partisan  Tax Policy Center. said the new plan will result in (Gasp!) a tax INCREASE for a families earning between $40,000 and $100,000, while giving massive tax breaks to the rich. Wow, who da thunk?
Want Kids, a Degree or a Home? The Tax Bill Would Cost You
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
An immense tax giveaway to the rich will hurt everyone else. Here’s how.

AND,
What goes around comes around, and on Tuesday, karma came for President Trump and his Republican acolytes. From Washington to Maine, New Jersey to North Carolina, Trumpist ugliness was met and vanquished, sometimes by the very targets of right-wing scorn.
What welcome inclusiveness at a time when the president stews in a hate-filled bubble, appealing only to the shrinking fraction of Americans unrepulsed by his behavior. Or, in other words, the FOXSheep who swallow the Roger Ailes legacy of broadcasting Repub propaganda as if it was actual 'news'.


Pre-Trump vs. Post-Trump: How Americans Feel Now
By DAVID LEONHARDT AND STUART A. THOMPSON
How has the national mood changed in the 365 days since Donald Trump was elected president?

Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon speaking about the top 1% of people who will benefit from the Republican tax plan.
Republicans Wonder How to Make the Rich Richer
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
The House tax bill championed by President Trump finds many different ways to increase inequality.

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