{"id":135488,"date":"2017-12-03T18:34:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T01:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135488"},"modified":"2017-12-04T00:07:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T07:07:52","slug":"remarkable-list-economists-supported-gop-tax-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/03\/remarkable-list-economists-supported-gop-tax-bill.html","title":{"rendered":"The remarkable list of “economists” who supported the GOP tax bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senate GOP and President Trump touted loudly a list of 137 economists who supported the Senate tax bill as being a really, awfully, terribly keen idea.<\/p>\n

A closer look at those 137 show a few … um … issues. Non-economists. Retirees who aren’t listed as such. At least one guy who doesn’t recall sending such a letter. Some folk who work for organizations that are always<\/i> for tax cuts. Some folk who actually work for banks. And at least one person who may not actually exist.<\/p>\n

Maybe we can get that Voter Truth Commission to look at this<\/i> list.<\/p>\n

Not that it made any difference in the Senate throwing around enough favors and pork to get the votes they needed. But it’s worth bearing in mind the next<\/i> time they start claiming Neutral Support from Learned Individuals for one of their boondoggles.<\/p>\n


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\nGOP\u2019s List of Economists Backing Tax Cut Includes Ghosts, Office Assistants, Ex-Felons, and a Sprinkling of Real Economists<\/a><\/span>
\nPaul Ryan has touted a list of economists who support the GOP tax plan, but the list holds up under scrutiny about as well as the tax plan itself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Senate GOP and President Trump touted loudly a list of 137 economists who supported the Senate tax bill as being a really, awfully, terribly keen idea. A closer look at those 137 show a few … um … issues. Non-economists. Retirees who aren’t listed as such. At least one guy who doesn’t recall sending … Continue reading “The remarkable list of “economists” who supported the GOP tax bill”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,374,358,376],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-money-politics","category-poor-citizenship","category-taxing-spending"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/paul-ryan-and-flags.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135516,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/04\/oops-gop-tax-bill-also-screwed-major-gop-supporters.html","url_meta":{"origin":135488,"position":0},"title":"Oops — the GOP tax bill also screwed over some major GOP supporters","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 4-Dec-17 6:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In their unseemly rush to get the Senate Tax Bill passed -- rush so great that the final 400-odd page version was handed out to Senators only a few hours before the vote, including hand-written marginal notes as part of the law -- they managed to screw up their own\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mitch-McConnell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":129066,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/thank-heavens-the-congressional-gop-has-their-priorities-straight.html","url_meta":{"origin":135488,"position":1},"title":"Thank heavens the congressional GOP has their priorities straight!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 4-Dec-15 1:27pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because what is a better way to celebrate Christmas than the Senate passing a bill that would toss almost 20 million people out of having health coverage? 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