Nothing like a little “creative accounting” to push a $3.3 trillion tax cut for the rich. Republicans are using an accounting gimmick to make it look like their tax plan doesn’t add to the deficit. Can’t pass it honestly? Just cook the books.
How can they do this?
Republicans are using accounting gimmicks, like artificial phaseouts and unrealistic revenue projections, to make their $3.3 trillion tax cut package appear deficit-neutral on paper, even though the real long-term cost would balloon the deficit.
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