Don't Rush to aTax Plan -- Doing it Right is more important

HASTE makes WASTE paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin. We can't waste our limited tax dollars or budget.

It is entirely sad that the desire and rush to get any tax plan done has resorted in approach that developed a plan in secret, rejected all democratic amendments on party-line votes, required votes before impartial assessments could be accomplished, and now are openly and actively advocating for electing a GOP Senate canidate whom the party leadership agrees the claims of child abuse are credible, because Trump and his representatives say they need the vote to pass their party-line tax plan. If the plan is that great, why are open discussions precluded, thoughtful review denied, and impatience ruling the day. This is simple high pressured techniques like Amway, timeshares, and so many other high pressured sales techniques that have led millions to make quick, ill-conceived decisions.

What issues, among others, should be fully and fairly addressed:

1. If small businesses are job creators, why doesnt the plan focus on giving them bigger breaks instead of multi-national corporations that have the present ability but chose not to invest

2. If the business benefits are designed on the pretense that they will choose to invest in US, jobs and higher wages, why does the tax plan actually reward the desired behaviors instead of throwing money at businesses (government has often required citizen target benefits/cuts be limited to targetted goals, why not businesses)

3. If everyone "knows" businesses are going to use the tax breaks to invest in US, jobs, and wages, then why not just target the cash breaks to the targetted behavior (a cynic would say because everyone knows the corporations would do what they have historically done, raise executive wages first, give dividends second, and then usually nothing is left over for stimulating the US economy)

What can be discussed, openly and fully:

1. Have a public disclosure about corporate welfare and its costs, which welfare should be continued, expanded, or reduced

2. Have a public discussion on the balancing and determine if it is better to just trust orproations will do the right thing eventhough they are not currently doing so, or block granting the same amount of money into projects that will help US jobs and wages such as infrastructure, helping the national parks maintenance, etc

3. Have a public comparison between how equivalent money is spent, lets say, if we gave $1 Trillion to corporations, historically, how much of that gift has resulted in actual wage and economic growth, and compare that to if we gave $1 Trillion to those making less than $100,000 or we invested that $1 Trillion directly into government projects/block grants for private bussineses doing government project or we gave it to small businesses.

If something needs to be done asap, how about a proposal that treat all people similarly and all businesses similarily:

1. Leave all deductions but increase the amount of income tax free income to all people, and say the proposed increased exemption applies to all, poor to millionaires

2. Leave the ATM and apply to businesses and people alike, do not let businesses pay less than people, do not let corporations get favored treatment compared to small businesses, and give targeted deductions for increased jobs, increased wages, increased investment in US.