Right and Left React to the Passage of the G.O.P. Tax Cut
Any claim that the cuts will pay for themselves, he writes, “a free-lunch fantasy.” Read more »
James Piereson in American Greatness:
“To survive in a competitive universe, blue state governors and legislatures may have little choice
but to reduce taxes and pare back public services and public employment — in other words, to abandon the blue state model.”
For Mr. Piereson, there is an added benefit to the new tax bill.
And yet, he writes, it’s an opportunity to embrace a populist movement
that may actually “push for a real alternative to the shock of an entrenched corporatist system.” Read more »
“The bill is a win for know-nothing anti-intellectualism.”
In the long term, they warn, the legislation will “very likely will be remembered as an ignominious moment for Republicans.” Read more »
Nate Silver in Five Thirty Eight:
“Voters probably aren’t being quite so single- and literal-minded about whether or not they’re getting a tax cut.”
One argument many on the right have used to counter the low poll numbers favoring the tax bill has been to suggest
that once voters see more money in their pockets, their view of the bill will brighten.
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