G.O.P. Rushed to Pass Tax Overhaul. Now It May Need to Be Altered.

[UCmeNdc]

The legislative blitz that rocketed the $1.5 trillion tax cut through Congress in less than two months created a host of errors and ambiguities in the law that businesses big and small are just now discovering and scrambling to address.

Companies and trade groups are pushing the Treasury Department and Congress to fix the law’s consequences, some intended and some not, including provisions that disadvantage certain farmers, hurt restaurateurs and retailers and could balloon the tax bills of large multinational corporations.




https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/us/politics/tax-cut-law-problems.html?emc=edit_th_180311&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=186744850311



Democratic Politicians should not help Republicans fix their mess. They did not want the democratic politicians' input when the GOP wrote it.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. And we hear again that Congress can't even do their job properly...

What idiots. I'm sure that they had most of this legislation on the books for some time and pulled out of the air when they finally got a chance to vote on it (gop). So, no excuse at all in failing miserably in doing their job. They should get a black mark on their report card.

And you're right, the democrats shouldn't help these idiots fix their own mistake. They'll need the democrats to probably fix the errors.

Again, another example of Congressional and presidential total failure. This could, in some ways, seriously damage some industries, although I suspect that the IRS (it may or may not) when they write their rules on how to interpret Congress' intentions w/ the tax law of 2018 via the tax code, somewhat alleviate some concerns, but I somewhat don't think so.

[cstanleytech]

2. Aye our guys should not bail the Repugnants out of the mess they created.

Rather we should do what they would do to us if we had done this and use it against them.

[rainin]

3. Ha!! They want to fix it? I say we Repeal and Replace. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Exactly my words. "Repeal and Replace".

[Freddie]

4. Nope, no fixing!

They refused to tweak the ACA, except to make things worse of course. Legislate in haste, repent at leisure.

[Achilleaze]

6. Greed causes the KGOP to do all manner of evil

Grabby grabby grabby, greedy republicans are toxic for American decency & democracy.

[Jim Lane]

7. How about a comprehensive mutual-tweak bill?

There are things in the ACA that need fixing, such as setting the statutory authority for the CSR payments so that the adverse court decision on that score doesn't help undermine the whole structure.

And, of course, any fix to the tax bill should include reinstating the individual mandate -- a tax bill provision that does even more to undermine the ACA structure.

I'd be OK with the Democrats saying, "Yes, we'll help you fix the tax law, and we won't filibuster the amending bill, provided that it also includes fixes we need on health care."