The GOP’s legislative plan was doomed from the start, and now we get the reckoning.
tax reform
Posted inPolitical Animal
Why the Republicans Can’t Legislate
They simply won’t negotiate even when this assures failure.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Don’t Normalize Trump’s Policy Incoherence
Whether it’s domestic or foreign policy, Trump does not have any preference outside of what suits him immediately.
Posted inPolitical Animal
How a Tricky Tactic by Congressional Republicans Destroyed Trump’s Agenda
The double budget resolution gambit blew up in his face.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump Is Facing Massive Failure, Leaving Much of Obama’s Legacy Intact
The failure of the AHCA makes other large-scale efforts by the White House and the GOP unlikely for at least the rest of 2017.
Posted inMagazine
Middle Class Hero
Letting his ego out for a trot, Kevin Phillips begins Boiling Point by observing that during last year’s presidential campaign, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Tom Harkin, Mario Cuomo, Jerry Brown, Lloyd Bentsen, Douglas Wilder, and Dick Gephardt all demonstrated that they had either read his last book, The Politics of Rich and Poor, “or drawn […]
Posted inJanuary 1973, Magazine, Political Animal, Politics
The Screwing of the Average Taxpayer
Late this month, as Congress reconvenes, Representative Wilbur Mills will announce that tax reform season is with us again. A year or two later, after debates, studies, vetoes, and compromises, a Tax Reform Act of 1973 or 1974 will emerge, advertised no doubt as a significant step toward tax justice, a boon to the average […]
