“...Suddenly, there’s a path to a deal that doesn’t simply cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for the rich.”
Always disturbed by the tax breaks for the rich song and dance (it’s an old tune, I’m sure everyone knows the tune if not the lyrics). The so-called rich pay almost all of the Federal taxes. On a personal level, I had worked for a start-up business some years back and will never forget that one of the first paychecks I received came out of someone’s personal checking account. Right, one of those evil rich people rolling the dice on starting a business and employing people to get it operational.
for years in high school and college i caddied at an “exclusive” country club- carrying the golf bags for those evil rich people who became successful by ripping people off /sarc...
funny thing- after i graduated from college a number of them offered assistance in helping me get a job....