Could someone please explain to me..

[busterbrown]

How we are going to pay for these Tax Cuts...

Please make it as simple as possible..

Thanks!

[underpants]

1. We will just eat the children

Problem solved.

[LuckyCharms]

5. LOL n/t

[Johonny]

2. This pretty much explains how

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-gop-tax-plan-political-disaster-2017-9

They're raising taxes on the middle class.

[ToadRibs]

3. I think the whole point

is to cut government by cutting taxes. Libertarian and Republicans have long wanted less Federal government and put more back on the State level government. Cutting taxes and defunding agencies is an effective way to do just that.

My 2 cents.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Anybody who wants to cut the federal government, is ignorant of how they got where they

are in life and what a HUGE role a properly functioning federal government plays in it.

Rightwing, racist states cant be trusted to handle the simplest of things like healthcare, environment, etc.

Oh wait, turns out they are NOT simple after all.

[busterbrown]

14. Exactly what I think?

Healthcare, Education, Work Projects (infrastructure) Environmental Protection.Consumer Protection

They think were that stupid?

[Salviati]

7. While I agree that's certainly a byproduct of their plan...

... the whole "starve the beast" strategy, it's also important to note that cutting taxes is also an end unto itself for them. For a lot of them, they aren't cutting taxes to stimulate the economy, or starve the government of funding, they aren't cutting taxes with any vision of what will happen in the future, they're cutting taxes because they want to pay lower taxes.

[unblock]

6. *pay* for these tax cuts? what on earth are you talking about?

these are republicans, they don't really *pay* for anything.

they borrow, then declare bankruptcy!

[procon]

8. True! LOL 🤑 nt

[MiniMe]

10. To pass it under reconciliation rules, they need to pay for it

My guess would be to base future tax revenue on unrealistic growth

[unblock]

12. i not sure about that. i think they only need it to fit into the original budget

if the original budget allocates $4 trillion for a tax cut, then i think all the reconciliation bill needs to do under reconciliation rules is to not cost more than $4 trillion.

of course, getting the original budget passed in the first place with such a big gaping hole is a problem in and of itself, though the politics of passing budget bills is different from the politics of passing an isolated tax cut bill.

[Angry Dragon]

9. just die

[doc03]

11. We have a $20 trillion debt and they are cutting taxes, that is

insane. That's like being on the verge of homelessness and reporting off work 2 days a week.

[MineralMan]

13. You will pay for them. That's the answer, in a nutshell.

[busterbrown]

15. Exactly....

It's not very difficult to understand..All Govt. Programs designed to help the majority of Americans will be severely knifed!
Think about it.. Infrastructure, Healthcare, Poverty, Environmental Protection...oh... fuck it

[Weekend Warrior]

16. We will pay.

Deaths from a lack of affordable healthcare. The continuation of the crumbling infrastructure. Continuing to ignore our education system. SS with increases not attached to the real cost of living.

Government math goes like this and it helps Republicans. If the same exact dollar amount is spent on an agency or program from one year to the next then it's a spending cut.

[busterbrown]

18. Reward sane govt.workers for doing good work.

Sticking within the budget considered a crime by RightWing/Libertarians!

[pansypoo53219]

17. pay? credit card publikklans?

[blueinredohio]

19. We will just borrow more money SIMPLE that's what Trump does so it must work