Honey, I sunk your favorite tax breaks

Thanks to Rob in CT for this much needed laugh.

In hindsight, McConnell should have asked for an extension. While Republicans were manically outlining their plans to take from the poor to give to the Trumps, they also, accidentally, nullified all of their corporate donors’ favorite deductions.

Whoopsie.

The GOP had originally intended to abolish the AMT. But on Friday, with the clock running out — and money running short — Senate Republicans put the AMT back into their bill. Unfortunately for McConnell, they forgot to lower the AMT after doing so.

This is a big problem. The Senate bill brings the normal corporate rate down to 20 percent — while leaving the alternative minimum rate at … 20 percent. The legislation would still allow corporations to claim a wide variety of tax credits and deductions — it just renders all them completely worthless. Companies can either take no deductions, and pay a 20 percent rate — or take lots of deductions … and pay a 20 percent rate.

With this blunder, Senate Republicans have achieved the unthinkable: They’ve written a giant corporate tax cut that many of their corporate donors do not like.

In addition to avoiding town halls and other events where they may come into contact with angry voters, they’ll have to avoid those $1,000/plate luncheons. At least until they re-write the bill to redirect Medicare funds to the Koch Bros. However, this is ultimately more proof that whoever runs the Senate Democrats’ Twitter feed is an inept bungler.