That Idiot Trump
20th December 2017
We keep hearing that Trump is an ignoramus, that Trump is a clown, that Trump is a moron, that Trump is an idiot — and yet he keeps winning. Wonder how that happens. When a drunk wanders through a minefield without getting blown up, we mark it down to luck. When he does it a dozen times and still doesn’t get blown up, the whole ‘luck’ thing starts to wear pretty thin. If he offers to bet you $100 he can do it again, which way do you bet?
We now have a ‘Tax Reform’ plan that will soon be law. A prominent left-wing think tank admits that 80% of taxpayers will be paying less. My question is: What do we know about the other 20%?
Democrats keep slagging the plan as ‘tax cuts for the rich’, but we all know that rich people are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans these days. Where do rich people live? Blue states, like California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts — and the D.C. Beltway suburbs of Maryland and Virginia.
Where do rich people live specifically? In very expensive houses … in Blue states like California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts — and the D.C. Beltway suburbs of Maryland and Virginia.
What is one of the most unusual provisions of the new tax plan? A cap on the amount of state and local taxes and the mortgage interest deduction, which will not hurt middle class people but will clip rich people pretty hard … people like those who live in Blue states like California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts — and the D.C. Beltway suburbs of Maryland and Virginia.
Think about that. Most people will be getting a tax cut — except rich people in Blue states, people who hate Trump and would jump off a bridge before voting for him. Trump will be signing into law a tax plan that gives his supporters a tax cut but his enemies a (pretty carefully targeted) tax increase.
That didn’t happen under any previous Republican President — not Nixon, not Ford, not Old Bush, not Young Bush, not even Reagan. None of them thought of such a clever trick. I’m sure Trump is laughing all the way to the bank.
Next time you hear somebody call Trump an idiot, haven him check his wallet; it might be missing.