Preach it sister
by digby
Catherine Rampell in the Washington Post:
And you get a tax cut! And you get a tax cut! And you, and you, and you!
Unless you’re poor. Then pay up.
So says Bobby Jindal, Louisiana governor, Rhodes scholar and celebrated policy wonk, who through his newly released hack-job of a tax plan has achieved the impossible: He has made Donald Trump look like a grown-up.
In the months since Trump began hoisting himself upward in the polls, his fellow Republican presidential candidates have scrambled to spotlight what an unserious contender he is. It’s not just his frequent insults and puerile doxxing that demonstrate his unseriousness; it’s first and foremost his intolerably silly policy positions.
Jindal has been especially critical, calling Trump an “unserious and unstable narcissist,” who “has no understanding of policy. He’s full of bluster but has no substance.”
Yet again and again, the other 14 Republican presidential candidates have proved themselves to be no less silly on policy issues than Trump. On the occasions when he has staked out new territory on the craziness frontier, the other candidates have quickly tried to meet or surpass him. This was the case, for example, with his hateful comments about immigration (which led to me-too calls to unilaterally ignore the 14th Amendment, among other highlights). Trump says jump, and the other contenders say: How far right?
There's more., specifically about their economic "policies."
This problem really can't be overstated. Trump and Carson's campaigns may seem like jokes. But their lunatic presence is pushing the GOP even farther to the right on economics. That's not good for anybody. Too many people think they still make sense on that issue:
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