re: GOP tax document reveals plan for massive tax cuts, preserves key deductions

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Are you disappointed

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Of course not, I feel I had no reason to expect anything I'd be impressed with from this admin or congress. That's because it's been clear for a while that they weren't actually seeking any "reform", they just wanted a tax cut. Which isn't inherently bad or good, but depends on the circumstances. And my view of the circumstances is that our long-term deficit picture is a bigger problem right now than taxes (on either households OR businesses) being too high. With no intent of any type of meaningful spending reform in sight, the outcome of this was always likely to look like shite to me