Hardball Politics and Unconstitutional Ideological Targeting by Republicans

by Neil H. BuchananTaxes are not supposed to be in the news right now.  Back in December, Republicans abandoned all pretense of legislative order and sensible lawmaking to pass their stroke-the-rich tax bill, which Donald Trump happily signed.  And now we are supposed to have moved on, which is pretty much what has happened.  Why continue to worry about the last tragedy when new tragedies are hitting us in the face every day?It is amusing to note, however, that Trump and the Republicans apparently think that their awful tax bill was a political win for them, which means that they are the ones who want to keep talking about it.In his inimitably narcissistic way, Trump even argued that the current government shutdown is all about the tax law.  As The New York Times reported on January 18: "Traveling in Pennsylvania, Mr. Trump accused Democrats of provoking a shutdown to drown out discussion of the Republican tax overhaul. 'I think the Democrats…

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