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When its too fast to See and TOO important not to

We the people deserve input on tax plan before it adds $1.4 Trillion to debt & gifts businesses & rich at expense of needy, workers & future

SPEEDING without reason, other than to avoid accountability, review, and people's input

If you want to be heard on any issue, like the GOP corporate tax plan, the taking away of healthcare, eliminating net neutrality, reduction of the size of national parks and allowing energy drilling within parks, the reductions of social security, medicaid and medicare, the removal of the safegaurds to prevent another financial crisis and bailout, the expansion of dark money influencing politics, the change to allow non-profits to be political, or other issues, stay informed, follow the press, and speak out socially, publically, adn contact your representative. We the People should be heard. We the people is our founding principle, and we the people should nto be silenced by big money, by shutting out the press, the expansion of dark money, or rushing policies through in the dark of the night with sham "conference." You can contact you presentative by facebook, twitter, email and telephone. This link helps you identify your federal representative by your zipcode, https://whoismyrepresentative....

GOP rushes plan through without meaningful input, consideration or time for public to react, all to force a terrible plan enriching the corporations and few upon us with a new wrath of tax loopholes for the sneaky rich and taking away of supports for our most needy. And the long-range plan, reduce medicaid, medicare and social security, why, because they just gifted billions to the rich and corporations who have selfishly kept to themselves and amassed the largest wealth and income gap and savings in american history.

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As families making citizens in our own lives, we would not want to be rushed and we would want input before making decision regarding thousands of dolalrs, never mind, in this case, trillions. Slow down, lets get it right, not done fast before people know whats in it.

We do know the rich have benefitted most from existing

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tax law accumulating record wealth and income and they have not increased investment in US so what does the GOP do, cut their taxes more, and hope they change their colors

We do know the rich tax full advantage of tax deductions, schemes and games through their fancy lawyers and accountants, so what does the GOP do to insure that this type of conduct (which would have reduced Trumps taxes from $31 million to $5 million), nothing, instead they eliminate the AMT which would require the rich to pay a minimum tax

We do know that the corporations have achieved record profits, earnings and cash on hand for years, yet they have failed to hire more, increase wages or increase investment in US, so what does the GOP do, cut their taxes from 35% (statutory) to 21% (statutory) and hope they change their colors

We do know that GOP refuses to admit the US Corporate effective rate drops SUBSTANTIALLY due to generous corporate deductions and rules (which REMAIN in place to further reduce their taxes under the new system), so their previosu effective rate was under 20% and their new one may be below 10% or even zero...so what does the GOP due to insure they pay some taxes, NOTHING, they eliminate the corporate minimum tax

We know that unlike the rich and corporations who game the system to use deductions to avoid all tax responsibility, what does the average Joe get, NOTHING, less deductions, lost deductions, all while businesses like golf-course (like Trump's) and pass through businesses (like Trump's) and real estate businesses (like Trump's), get massive tax cuts.

The devil is usually in the details, and this rush through the night, is preventing feedback from independent agencies, other representatives, and the people. There is NO reason to rush, aside from hoping that like a speeding car, people cannot see the details, because it moved so fact until its too late.

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