A Grower Not a Show-er
Ask five different people what’s the worst thing in the GOP spending bill and you’d get five different answers. And they’d all be right. I know, I know. That math doesn’t add up. But the Senate majority’s doesn’t either. Members of the Senate party in power are fighting amongst themselves in a battle to determine where the spending bill will land on the spectrum between terrible and horrible. That’s not just my opinion. According to polls, that’s the opinion of most Americans. “The tax and domestic policy bill nearing a vote by Senate Republicans includes hundreds of provisions, including extended and expanded tax cuts and significant cuts to Medicaid, food benefits and other programs. It would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.” NYT (Gift Article): A List of Nearly Everything in the Senate G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save. Somehow, we are about to be spending a lot more to get a lot less. But don’t worry, according to the president, “We will make it all up, times 10, with GROWTH.” (I think we’ve all heard that line before.)
+ “Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry.” Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power. This idea is so bad that it even made me agree with Elon Musk who said, “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.” We’re not just ruining our chance to lead the renewable energy charge. We’re replacing that cleaner, more profitable future with a lump of coal. “At the same time, new last-minute inducements were unveiled for fossil fuels, including one classifying coal as a critical mineral when it comes to a government manufacturing credit. ‘We’re doing coal,’ Trump said. Here’s the latest from CNN.
