A Difference of Opinion

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

There seems to be a difference of opinion on the GOP tax bill:

• "Tax Bill gives Americans cash Christmas present they really want," Alfredo Ortiz, Fox News, 12/19/17
• "The new tax plan is the worst Christmas present for the middle class," Richard V. Reeves, The Brookings Institution, December 19, 2017

Take your pick, but the numbers seem to agree with Brookings. Ortiz on Fox actually said those with lower incomes benefit more from a smaller cut because they need it more. He really did.

Ortiz's picture (he evidently creates NASCAR jobs) came from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), those wonderful people who brought you model bills on the Kansas tax cuts, Stand Your Ground laws, voter identification, illegal immigration, animal and ecological terrorism, privatizing state prisons, three-strikes laws, support for Enron and deregulation of electric utilities in the 1990s, the Keystone XL pipeline, prohibition of public broadband services, privatizing public education, and repeal of the Affordable Care Act. ALEC has been busy, and well-funded by corporations, think tanks, and trade groups.