tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1065771252026957955..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Senate Republicans Made a $289 Billion Mistake in the Handwritten Tax Bill They Passed at 2 A.MRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33143043594878866992017-12-06T12:31:36.322-05:002017-12-06T12:31:36.322-05:00Agreed on both points.Agreed on both points.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505462828969815943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43006704079772604262017-12-06T11:36:21.278-05:002017-12-06T11:36:21.278-05:00With apologies, RW, this points out weaknesses to ...With apologies, RW, this points out weaknesses to the "Capitalism Breathes Through Loopholes" argument. Perhaps as long as the Loopholes are "small" with the understanding that the Bribes contained therein allow certain friends to prosper "Just a Little" (Outside of Patent Law, mebbe),"Loopholes" become massive Crony Capitalism.<br /><br />This is just Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417810805625984670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21350799458733194862017-12-06T11:29:25.849-05:002017-12-06T11:29:25.849-05:00Yes - and the Senate bill now goes to a next step ...Yes - and the Senate bill now goes to a next step - called "reconciliation" - whereby the House and Senate versions of the bill are negotiated (and adjusted/corrected) to produce a final, consensus document, to be sent to the White House for Presidential signature - at which point the new "law" becomes enacted.<br /><br />For this website to "whine" (like a spoiled Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423905673202582953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86129464503476898242017-12-06T11:23:25.173-05:002017-12-06T11:23:25.173-05:00A quarter trillion here, a quarter trillion there,...A quarter trillion here, a quarter trillion there, and before you know it, you're talking real money. [not said by Everett Dirksen].Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603153065912441315noreply@blogger.com