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Tax reform is done. The left wants you to be very worried

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, center, R-W.I., pats House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, left, R-Texas, on the back after the House passed tax reform legislation, Tuesday. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., right, looks on. Celebration will have to wait, however. The bill hit a late-afternoon glitch in the Senate when the parliamentarian ruled that three minor provisions in the GOP bill did not comply with strict budget rules and would have to be stripped out.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, center, R-W.I., pats House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, left, R-Texas, on the back after the House passed tax reform legislation, Tuesday. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., right, looks on. Celebration will have to wait, however. The bill hit a late-afternoon glitch in the Senate when the parliamentarian ruled that three minor provisions in the GOP bill did not comply with strict budget rules and would have to be stripped out.
By Debbie Lord for The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Dec 20, 2017

The tax reform bill has passed. What happens to your wallet now? A roundup of editorials Wednesday takes a look at the issue.

Opinions from the left:

1. Tax reform was easy, next debate could be uglier

From The Washington Post: What should the government provide for its citizens? That’s the debate after the passage of the tax reform bill.

2. After tax cuts, Republicans may suddenly find Trump is more trouble than he's worth

From USA Today: The tax reform bill is passed, does the GOP still need President Trump?

3. The built-in instability of the G.O.P.’s tax bill

From The New York Times: This is never going to work, so what can go in its place?

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