[Peace-discuss] The Green Party on the tax bill

[Karen Aram]

"Greens dismiss "trickle-down economics," which Republicans use to justify the bill, as a scam designed to further enrich the wealthy and corporate sector at the expense of working people and those who really on essential human services. The bill was drafted with the help of more than 6,000 corporate lobbyists<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org%2Fr%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthehill.com%252Fbusiness-a-lobbying%252Fbusiness-a-lobbying%252F362796-analysis-more-than-6000-lobbyists-have-worked-on%26e%3D2177ee7df832681e8b75d7a2c070df8d%26utm_source%3Dgpus%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D12_13_17sup%26n%3D9&data=02%7C01%7C%7C834c03635d204c76b89f08d5427c2f19%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636488023482126000&sdata=Gv7uqgalDXPLFlK4lyVxbCXW6b%2FqQvqoKkVNcJmZSdI%3D&reserved=0>.

The Green Party has said that the best way to alleviate the deficit and provide tax relief to middle- and low-income Americans is a drastic reduction in the bloated and wasteful military budget -- $598.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2015, which accounted for 54% of all federal discretionary spending.

Both major parties are responsible for the size of the military budget<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org%2Fr%3Fu%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.forbes.com%252Fsites%252Feriksherman%252F2017%252F07%252F14%252Fmost-house-democrats-just-voted-for-a-defense-budget-far-bigger-than-trumps%26e%3D2177ee7df832681e8b75d7a2c070df8d%26utm_source%3Dgpus%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D12_13_17sup%26n%3D10&data=02%7C01%7C%7C834c03635d204c76b89f08d5427c2f19%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636488023482126000&sdata=7M20LjfF5ryEVg75BK%2BVhjS8hB3j6D8vEIRaONUHWZs%3D&reserved=0>, which is ten times larger than Russia's. In July, 60% of House Democrats voted for a nearly $700 billion defense budget that was far bigger than President Trump's proposal. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, Mr. Trump signed the bill authorizing the budget for that amount.”

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