{"id":2146,"date":"2017-12-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/04\/tax-bill-makes-republican-priorities-clear\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:00:00","slug":"tax-bill-makes-republican-priorities-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tax-bill-makes-republican-priorities-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Bill Makes Republican Priorities Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans&rsquo; tax bill shows just how out-of-touch today&rsquo;s Republican Party is with middle-class families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Senate Republican-passed tax bill confirmed their primary goal is to &ldquo;enrich the country&rsquo;s elite at the expense of everybody else.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/02\/opinion\/editorials\/a-historic-tax-heist.html?_r=0\">New York Times Editorial<\/a>: &ldquo;With barely a vote to spare early Saturday morning, the Senate passed a tax bill confirming that the <strong>Republican leaders&rsquo; primary goal is to enrich the country&rsquo;s elite at the expense of everybody else<\/strong>, including future generations who will end up bearing the cost.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Orrin Hatch said it was hard to fund health insurance for children, while Republicans prioritized a tax cut for the rich that would increase the deficit by over $1 trillion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2017\/12\/3\/16730496\/orrin-hatch-chip-tax-bill\">Vox<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>GOP Senator says it&rsquo;s hard to fund $14 billion children&rsquo;s health care program &mdash; then advocates for $1 trillion tax cut<\/strong>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Chuck Grassley said people who aren&rsquo;t passing their wealth onto their heirs are just spending &ldquo;every darn penny they have&rdquo; on booze, women or movies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/2017\/12\/02\/tax-reform-iowa-farmers-estate-tax\/906946001\/\">Des Moines Register<\/a>: &ldquo;&rsquo;I think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing,&rsquo; Grassley said, <strong>&lsquo;as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it&rsquo;s on booze or women or movies<\/strong>.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Republicans were still able to sneak in last-minute provisions that would benefit their donors and other special interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/02\/business\/tax-bill-offers-last-minute-breaks-for-developers-banks-and-oil-industry.html?_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>Tax Bill Offers Last-Minute Breaks For Developers, Banks And Oil Industry<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/pga-tour-officials-breathe-easier-after-provision-to-strip-tours-tax-exempt-status-is-removed-at-last-minute-from-senate-bill\">Golf Digest<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>PGA Tour Officials Breathe Easier<\/strong> After Provision To Strip Tour&rsquo;s Tax-Exempt Status Is Removed At Last Minute From Senate Bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senator-s-pet-projects-added-last-minute-tax-bill-n825846\">NBC News<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>Senators&rsquo; Pet Projects Added At Last-Minute Into Tax Bill<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans&rsquo; tax bill shows just how out-of-touch today&rsquo;s Republican Party is with middle-class families. The Senate Republican-passed tax bill confirmed their primary goal is to &ldquo;enrich the country&rsquo;s elite at the expense of everybody else.&rdquo; New York Times Editorial: &ldquo;With barely a vote to spare early Saturday morning, the Senate passed a tax bill <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tax Bill Makes Republican Priorities Clear - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tax-bill-makes-republican-priorities-clear\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-04T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tax-bill-makes-republican-priorities-clear\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tax-bill-makes-republican-priorities-clear\/\",\"name\":\"Tax Bill Makes Republican Priorities Clear - 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