I try not to get too engaged in this thread anymore, but people do fail to realize that there are economic benefits to drastic tax cuts for the wealthy. There are questions about how the current law will actually have those benefits reach the middle class, but nevertheless, a different bill might be able to spur economic growth in like manner without hurting vulnerable economic groups.

I bring this up, not to say that I adore Trump or the current bill, but to point out that I don’t believe Republicans maliciously pass these bills in order to harm everyone but the richest in America. I’m not an economist and don’t understand these processes all that well, but just because the simply math that is used to say, “Hey, we quit taxing rich people which immediately leads to income this much smaller,” that doesn’t mean that is all there is to the story. I believe that the GOP believes what they are doing is best, even if it turns out they are misguided in this regard.

I’ve said it before, I don’t trust any of our politicians tremendously, but I don’t believe the majority of them on either side of the aisle are evil, mustache-twirling villains either.