re: #199 lawhawk

The odds are so slim on tax reform being passed that even Goldman Sachs says they don’t see it happening. Whatever political capital Trump had left after the disaster that was Trumpcare was torched this week. There’s already predictions that there will be a government shutdown next month because the “Freedom Caucus” will be so emboldened by Trump’s remarks Tuesday and Bannon’s threats to go after “the establishment” that they will demand the craziest shit they can in the debt ceiling bill because they know Trump will have their back. And even if they avoid a shutdown, the odds they’ll come together to craft a budget just so they can use reconciliation to cram through tax reform are laughably small.

Tax reform is not going to be the GOP’s salvation. Only a come to Jesus moment and the wholesale disassociation from Trump will save them and only if they do it soon.