Thune Statement on Senate Passage of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

22 thoughts on “Thune Statement on Senate Passage of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”

1. “Thune votes for tax giveaway” will make a fine epitaph.

   1. I don’t cede the notion the fed. government owns or produces anything, hence no giveaway. The only tax giveaways are the earned income credits and refunds given to people who haven’t paid a dime in tax.

      1. The federal government has a net worth of $89 trillion dollars and it has a legal right to create governmental wealth by taxing citizens for the good of the group. That’s the truth whether your twisted logic accepts it or not. Every assertion you make that controverts those facts is inherently false.

2. Sen. Thune – Commenting on a temporary tax cut for the middle class while stripping the needy at Christmas is what made Charles Dickens furious. Bah Humbug to your gifts to the super rich and may your corporate donors be plagued throughout Trump’s term!!

   1. Go back to Facebook and troll there.

3. ….. smd

4. Am I the only one that thinks passing a last minute, far reaching 500-page tax bill in the middle of the night that no one had time to read is a bad idea? I’ve said this for years, but how are politicians supposed to represent their constituents if they don’t know exactly what’s in the bills they’re voting on? Just seems irresponsible.

   1. Thank you for supporting the repeal of Obamacare.

      1. Typical response. Party X did this so that makes it okay for Party Y to do. Tired of seeing this type of argument from people. It doesn’t solve our problems and only drives us farther apart.

         1. Where is your criticism of the passage of Obamacare on the same basis?

            1. I mean if you really want me to criticize the process that led to the ACA I can.

               Before the ACA passed, Senate Majority Leader Reid worked in secret to merge the two committee bills and unveiled his own version of the health-care bill which then offered as an amendment to a completely different House bill — the Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009. There were a number of closed door meetings with health care industry lobbyists which no one liked. Since it had been sitting on the Senate Calendar of Business, he avoided having to obtain unanimous consent to bring it up. The bill was already obsolete and so he inserted the text into the shell of the old bill.

               It passed strictly on party lines, which is definitely not what you want with a national, far-reaching law which will impact everyone in the country.

               The Democrats then used Reconciliation to force through a second bill to make a number of changes to the first which the majority of Republicans were not for. There was very, very little compromise in the whole thing.

               I’m a supporter of the majority of the ACA, but definitely thought it was shady how the Dems went about it. With that being said, they at least gave time for debate and didn’t send it in last minute.

               1. Malachi, you must proceed with caution and with as much knowledge as possible when visiting a conservative blog, we are masters at researching.

                  “But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it – away from the fog of controversy.”
                  -Nancy Pelosi 2010

                  It’s disappointing to see a fellow millennial manipulated into supporting and championing the lies we were all told…

                  June 11, 2009: “No matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you’ll be able to keep your doctor; if you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan.”

                  July 23, 2009: “Reform will keep the government out of your health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your coverage if you’re happy with it.”
                  -Barack Obama

   2. The Senators complaining about not having time to read it were all wetting their Depends over having to pull an all-nighter. Dementia gets worse when the sun goes down and staying up past 7 pm is just too hard when you’re older than dirt.
      Passing bills in the middle of the night is going to become more and more popular with younger members as they realize it’s the only way to get anything done.

5. “Thune Statement on Senate Passage of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” So “reform” was really more like a “root and branch” ?

6. A Lowly Independent here, I know the R’s in this state don’t really care what an Independent has to say as they made that clear in the last election cycle by denying me into your primary, but can’t we just make this tax code simple?!?! Like a flat tax!?!? If you want to LIVE like a millionaire you get TAXED like a millionaire… isn’t that fair enough? Can’t we just start there???

   1. Hey lowly independent if you want to vote in a Republican primary all you have to do is register as a Republican. The only person preventing you from voting in a primary is YOU, so cancel the pity party because it won’t work.

      1. I won’t join EITHER of the major corporate political parties… take the money out of it first and then we’ll talk. THANKS.

      2. Oh and I can already vote in the dems primary without having to be one.

         1. L.I. Then vote in the Democrats’ primary then. Why would Republicans even want you voting in their primary?

         2. You can also vote in the Republican primaries. It takes five minutes.

7. Thank you, Sen. Thune.

8. So will the coward Thune come home and face his constituents and have town hall meetings or will he run like chicken Mike and avoid the people.

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