Promises, promises, promises.
After failing miserably to follow through on their promise to repeal Obamacare, congressional Republicans are already backtracking on their commitment to totally reform the tax code.
McClatchy DC is reporting that at least one top Republican Senator is insisting that only modest reform is possible this year, and that the House and Senate should wait for greater reform until after the 2018 elections.
Even though top Republicans insist they’re aiming to overhaul the nation’s tax code this year, Sen. Roy Blunt, an influential GOP leader, is suggesting a far less ambitious approach that would have only a handful of changes being enacted this year.
The broader rewrite of the tax code, he is telling both House conservatives and Senate colleagues, could wait until 2019, after what’s likely to be an ugly year of political combat as Republicans try to maintain control of the House and Senate.
“In the time we have to get this done this year, we should focus on tax cuts and some reform, with more reform to come later,” Blunt, R-Mo., told McClatchy’s Kansas City Star in a statement on Thursday.
Blunt talked about the incremental approach at a private dinner last week at the Value Voters Summit, a gathering of staunch conservatives in Washington, two sources told McClatchy.
The people can't trust Congress; that much is clear.
Fortunately, the people don't have to trust Congress to fix the problems this country faces.
An Article V Convention of States allows the people, acting through their state legislatures, to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can impose fiscal restraints on Congress, impose term limits on federal officials, and limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
Tax reform is possible, but only if the people and the states come together and call the first-ever Article V Convention of States.
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