Trump warns of 68% tax increase!

[Ninurta]

So, it's worse than I thought. Not only have they failed to do what was promised, they've actually sold us down the river.

You only forgot one thing, one word..." (again)".  They..."sold us down the river...(again)."

True enough. I stand corrected. I thought '94 was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to this... IF the Dems choose to make hay while the sun is shining on them, courtesy of the Republicrats... and assuming the court battles go as they've been set up to go.

I've no doubt that Trump will sign the bill into law, considering the fuss he's made over it, so he gets his sops in it while selling the rest of us down the river.

Odd turn of phrase, that "sold down the river". It comes from the days of slavery. The bigger plantations were "down river", towards the river mouths where the ports for shipping produce were, and the lands were flatter and richer, due to alluvium deposits from periodic flooding. If a slave on an upper plantation or farm was particularly problematic, they would be "sold down the river" to the bigger plantations, where they would receive far worse treatment and be worked far harder.

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