Why are Republicans rushing their massive tax cut bill through Congress? What are they hiding? And can it be stopped? As the media focuses on the vote wrangling and dealmaking over specific provisions, David Sirota digs into the bill’s deeper implications, to show how it would fundamentally reshape society for generations to come — and argues how no one is safe from its most problematic provisions.
He then calls up an old friend, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who explains the real-world effects of the legislation in the state that delivered Trump the presidency. Shapiro discusses his efforts to convince his state’s Republican lawmakers to oppose the bill — calling its rationale “total bullshit” — and he explains how it would harm the very working-class voters Trump promised to help.
Just months after the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion was targeted by an arsonist, Sirota asks Shapiro whether fear of political violence and retribution is a factor in the pressure individual Republicans feel to support the bill. They also discuss whether voters will hold lawmakers accountable in the midterms if they vote for the legislation.
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