Economics
Secrecy, Division, Complaints: GOP Tax Rollout Echoes Obamacare Repeal
- A chorus of ‘we don’t know’ as lawmakers ponder plan’s details
- Framework set some goals, but didn’t answer toughest questions
DC Drama Puts Future of Tax Reform in Jeopardy
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Congress is trying to ram through a bill that would reshape the U.S. economy in just a few short weeks, but its leaders have kept the plan shrouded in secrecy and released not a word of legislative text.
Sound familiar? The GOP is handling its tax-overhaul rollout in almost the exact way it did the Obamacare repeal effort and hoping for a different result. The Republicans’ seven-year quest to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act imploded as they tried to bypass Democrats but failed to rally their own forces amid unresolved policy disputes.