The "talibangelist loophole":
The House Republican tax bill released Thursday would allow churches to endorse political candidates, rolling back a 1950s-era law that bars such activities.
The proposed change is listed at the end of the 429-page legislation.
It states that churches should not lose their tax-exempt status based on statements about political candidates made during the course of religious services.
The change to what is known as the Johnson Amendment has long been a priority of leaders on the religious right. They say the policy violates the First Amendment.
The Johnson Amendment prohibits 501(c)(3) nonprofits from engaging in certain political activities.The "assault on Roe v. Wade" provision:
Anti-abortion advocates are cheering a provision in the new House GOP tax bill that explicitly states unborn children are eligible for tax-advantaged 529 college savings plans.
The language doesn't represent a change to existing law, as prospective parents can already open the accounts even before they conceive. But abortion opponents say the provision strengthens the argument that unborn children should be treated as people and given equal protection under the law — a key element in their battle to overturn or nullify the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy.Finally, a certain Obama- obsessed moron wants to add the "no health insurance for you" poison pill:
Party leaders also took a preliminary step to study Trump’s proposal to include language in the tax bill that would scrap the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, a change nonpartisan analysts say would save the government more than $400 billion over a decade but would also leave 15 million more Americans without health insurance.We have the title that fits this bill: "The Republican Afflict the Afflicted and Comfort the Comfortable Act of 2017 and Always." Has a truthful ring to it.
BONUS: Republicans seem to think 1 percenters are the "middle class." Can't say we're surprised.
