Social Issues

Suddenly Republican tax reform is looking deader than a doornail.

Remember when we declared the Trump tax reform effort officially "dead on arrival" yesterday after Senator John McCain affirmed that he would vote against anything that resembles the House bill in its current form? McCain’s opposition, by our count, brought the number of ‘no’ votes to three: Aside from McCain, Maine Senator Susan Collins said she would vote against the bill, as did Tennessee Senator Bob Corker.

Authored by Doug French via The Mises Institute,

“Pension fund problems worsen in 43 states” says the Bloomberg headline.

Laurie Meisler writes,

Authored by Giulio Meoti via The Gatestone Institute,

Via MurraySabrin.com,

Last week President Trump’s tax plan was unveiled with great fanfare by the Congressional Republican leadership. Although President Trump babbled what he claimed to be the biggest tax cut in American history, the evidence is quite to the contrary.