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From Russia to tax reform to losing the popular vote, the buck stops with everyone but Trump

The following article by Eric Lutz was posted on the mic.com website November 3, 2017:

In 2013, when he was but a bombastic businessman with a reality show, Donald Trump offered the world some thoughts on leadership.

“Whatever happens, you’re responsible,” Trump tweeted. “If it doesn’t happen, you’re responsible.”

As president, though, Trump has offered a strikingly different view of leadership — one in which he is never at fault, in which there’s always somebody else to blame, in which the buck stops with everyone but him.

During a cabinet meeting Wednesday, Trump told reporters that he would not take responsibility for any failures on his upcoming tax reform push, which he has billed as “historic,” and would instead point his finger at Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn. Continue reading “From Russia to tax reform to losing the popular vote, the buck stops with everyone but Trump”

Tax Propaganda

The following article was posted on the TrumpAccountable.org website August 10, 2017:

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Republican tax reform advocates and the Trump White House have taken note of the mistakes made during the hapless Obamacare repeal effort that culminated in failure in the Senate. One of the biggest mistakes Republicans made was an inability to make the case to the broader population that their replacement was going to be in any way better.

Tax reform advocates friendly to the Republican agenda have already begun a campaign to help the Republican leadership deliver talking points about the need for tax reform. The American Action Network recently launched a 15 second video across national cable platforms featuring Albert Jones, a laid off metal worker from Ohio, who claims that he lost his job because of the U.S. tax code. Continue reading “Tax Propaganda”